WICKED Film will be split into two movies, releasing Dec 2024 & Dec 2025 — Page 5

I have never been less excited for a film adaptation in my life.

gypsy101 said: "won’t schwartz need to write basically a whole new score to make two movies make sense?"

I think it depends on what, and how much material Chu intends to add to the movie(s). I don't think he needs to write an *entirely* new score, but it seems possible that the finalized Wicked project could result in something similar to Burton's adaptation of "Sweeney Todd" (less a musical, more a movie).

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "Wicked has always been a trifle with a bit more sophistication cause of Schwartz’s motifs throughout. It moves at lightning speed and the more time meditated on certain elements of the plot you start to go “wait what? Save the animals?” But what sells it all is when it starts becoming an Easter egg filled re do of the Wizard of Oz and you realize there’s a tongue in cheek element to all of it. People forget that musical is stuffed with jokes and a good 90 percent of them always land.


To split this in half not only is it a disservice to the continuity of the score, it’s gonna make the plot seem much stupider. And maybe I’m in the minority here- the Gregory Maguire book is especially stupid and over indulgent.

As well as- we have seen every single movie musical be a gamble. If this is bad, why would anyone come back and see part two?"

What was stupid about the McGuire book? It was deep and asked questions about people's natures. And the show is not stupid, it is a deep story about how a person can change and how they are perceived by people. It's about how someone innocent can seem so bad sheeple are willing to kill them. It's about what it really means to be a good person or bad one.


I can't wait for the world-building production design and costumes and special effects along with the amazing singing. I am expecting Erivo's acting to also be good, but I don't know about Ariana. I still have optimism for her, though, and I have optimism for this two movie thing being done well enough to warrant it, though I do still have my doubts like just about everybody. I will wait to we see a trailer before I give up hope.

Updated On: 4/29/22 at 10:39 AM

I really do like "Wicked" but I honestly have to agree with the majority of the forum members who have expressed that there really is no reason why this has to be released in two parts.

I suspect that they have to be adding material from the original novel or more musical numbers to justify the excessive length.