WICKED - The Film?

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WICKED - The Film?

Posted: 10/28/06 at 7:57am

Ok...so there don't seem to be any plans, but wouldn't it be great! : )

I found a really cool makeshift clip (no bootlegs!) about this: http://wickedtheforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=445

What do you think - Wicked The Movie or no Wicked The Movie?

EDIT - Topic title was a bit misleading :~|

Updated On: 10/28/06 at 07:57 AM

#2

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 8:00am

Um, anybody with more experince want to tackle this one? I'm too tired and afraid I might yell.

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#3

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 8:08am

Its not a hard question...

What do you think?? : )

#4

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 8:17am

There are a lot of other threads on this topic already, redtrain.

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 9:42am

just out of curiosity, how many threads HAVE been made on this topic?

But i think it's a good idea

#6

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 11:31am

Alright, I'll throw this out there because its at least something new -- from what I have heard - the film has recently and very quietly moved into some infant early development stages at Universal, with a writer being assigned to do a screen treatment, etc. A very high profile director has apparently expressed interest in directing, but nothing is at all definite.

That doesn't mean a film version is going to go in front of cameras next summer, but I DO think you'll be seeing this in move theatres sometime in the next 4 years. WITH movie stars in these roles.

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 1:09pm

I think Reese Witherspoon as Glinda would rock!

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 1:39pm

Updated On: 11/24/16 at 01:39 PM

#9

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 1:44pm

Redtrain you might find some movie information here:


Wicked the Movie

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#10

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 1:52pm

i would love to see a movie of this, just as long as they dont used the obc cast members!!! please, i love kristin, and idina is cool, but PLEASE let them not be in the movie!!!

#11

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 1:56pm

Why? If you like the actors and actresses, why not have them in the film?

#12

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 2:03pm

because they might be good for the stage, (ala RENT obc), but might not for the movie. i think that was one of the biggest mistakes for both the RENT and THE PRODUCERS. but i think Idina and Kristin look a bit too old to play college students, on film at least.
i dont wanna argue, but thats my opinion.

#13

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 2:11pm

I'm pretty sure neither Menzel or Chenoweth will be in this film.

#14

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 3:27pm

I think Hathaway and Witherspoon are good ideas.

I also think that Kate Hudson would be funny as Glinda.


Nadia Bjorlin is another person who I could see as Elphaba. If she gets the role of Wonder Woman (which she's supposed to be in the running for) and it makes her more well known, she might be a major candidate.

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 3:28pm

can you imagine how awful a reality show would be where they look for the next Elphaba and G(a)linda.

talk about belting gone horribly wrong

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 3:41pm

I don't care who does the "movie" as long as they can actually sing. NO "MOVIE STARS" please!!! I know Rent was a flop, but the only people who were gonna see it were theatre people anyways, and we liked it cuz it had actual singers in it, well except for one cast member.....

#17

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 3:49pm

I thik Ewan McGregor would be a good Fiyero.

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#18

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 3:54pm

And if we are really lucky we will have a reality show called "Who is Popular?" and they can cast WICKED on tv!!!

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 4:04pm

"the only people who were gonna see it were theatre people anyways, and we liked it cuz it had actual singers in it"

Oh we did, did we?

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#20

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 10:15pm

if there is such a movie, i hope it would be more like the book. The book would make a great movie.

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re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 10:17pm

I am still aprehensive about this movie...

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Updated On: 10/28/06 at 10:17 PM

#22

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 10:27pm

can you imagine how awful a reality show would be where they look for the next Elphaba and G(a)linda.

talk about belting gone horribly wrong

Haha. Can you say "nightmare"?

Please, please, no movie.

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#23

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 11:25pm

A movie would just kill the show and make it look "cheesey"!

Imagine how corny 'Defying Gravity' would look on film! There's no way to make it original because everybody's seen it before! The magic of the show would be lost!

#24

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 11:42pm

I could go for a film adaptation of the novel. I wouldn't care for a film adaptation of the musical.

#25

re: WICKED - The Film!

Posted: 10/28/06 at 11:45pm

MB I have it on very good authority that the ONLY 2 people who have been cleared as the leads thus far, insurance wise by the bonding company, ARE Menzel and Chenoweth.

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Updated On: 10/28/06 at 11:45 PM