Wicked Movie Seeks New Director- Page 3

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Posted: 11/25/20 at 7:59pm

MadonnaMusical said: "Joe Mantello would be my pick, so long as he has an amazing team of art directors, costume designers, cinematographers, and CGI directors etc."

Why not just film the stage show, like Hamilton did then.

[Globefan]

Posted: 11/25/20 at 8:03pm

Tag said: "MadonnaMusical said: "Joe Mantello would be my pick, so long as he has an amazing team of art directors, costume designers, cinematographers, and CGI directors etc."

Why not just film the stage show, like Hamilton did then."

Hamilton was filmed with the original cast, and Wicked has shifted in tone significantly from when it opened on Broadway. With most long running shows, the tone tends to change over time, like Chicago and Phantom. 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 11/25/20 at 10:54pm

BroadwayNYC2 said: "“ why do you say so?”

My guess is because people still think hating La La Land is a personality trait "

theatre fans hating on that movie was so exhausting

it’s a great film

[sherie_worshipper]

Posted: 11/26/20 at 3:42pm

Two words: Alfonso Cuarón.

[Globefan]

Posted: 11/26/20 at 7:03pm

According to Deadline, Universal plans to start production at the end of 2021. Hopefully we get a new director by early next year. 

Updated On: 11/27/20 at 07:03 PM

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 11/30/20 at 2:43pm

I'd love the idea for Alfonso Cuaron. He seems to have a great rhythm to his movies. The thing with film directors is that unless they have natural rhythm with editing or understand musical pacing, they can be risky choices with making something overly bloated that drags.

[Globefan]

Posted: 11/30/20 at 7:41pm

I hope that whatever director they get picks people from the theater world. Maybe Brittany Johnson could play Glinda in the film 

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 12/1/20 at 1:38pm

My nightmare is:

Ariana Grande as Glinda
Billie Eilish as Elphaba

Or if they want to go a tad older

Taylor Swift as Glinda
Adele as Elphaba.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 12/1/20 at 1:59pm

Scotty, Lea Michelle as Elphaba isn't in your nightmare?



 

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 12/1/20 at 2:06pm

fashionguru_23 said: "Scotty, Lea Michelle as Elphabaisn't in your nightmare?

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I have no fear that Lea Michele will be cast in this movie. She's not exactly a driving people to the box office (whether it be in-person theaters or streaming).

[Globefan]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 5:31pm

I think Steven Spielberg is the right person to do this film.

Updated On: 12/18/20 at 05:31 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 8:05pm

Last week Chenoweth gave her 2 choices of film directors for the film adaptation of WICKED:

 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 8:18pm

^ I have to agree about Rob Marshall

[Globefan]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 8:23pm

Maybe it'll be released for the 20th anniversary if Universal starts production next year. Maybe they'll have a director none of us even expected. 

Updated On: 12/18/20 at 08:23 PM

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 10:25pm

After watching Jingle Jangle on Netflix, I thought of its director, David E. Talbert, for this. He certainly handled the musical numbers and the stylized world well. I’d have more faith in him than in some of the bigger names with no musical experience being suggested.

[Globefan]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 10:56pm

NOWaWarning said: "After watching Jingle Jangle on Netflix, I thought of its director, David E. Talbert, for this. He certainly handled the musical numbers and the stylized world well. I’d have more faith in him than in some of the bigger names with no musical experience being suggested."

Kristin sold me on Rob Marshall 

Updated On: 12/18/20 at 10:56 PM

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 11:05pm

How about Debbie Allen?


You know, last night I watched Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square that she directed (can you tell I’m binging all the holiday movies?). It didn’t inspire a lot of confidence in her abilities as a film director for me. I know she’s directed a ton of television and I think she’s a legend as a choreographer and performer. But I think a film adaptation of Wicked would need someone with strong vision and the ability to create a fully-realized, stylized world and I’m not convinced that’s her.

 

Updated On: 12/19/20 at 11:05 PM

[BwayLB]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 11:19pm

^ I liked that one but also the Prom. But I think who directed Jingle Jangle can do it

[Globefan]

Posted: 12/18/20 at 11:51pm

NOWaWarning said: "How about Debbie Allen?


You know, last night I watched Dolly Patton’s Christmas on the Square that shedirected (can you tell I’m binging all the holiday movies?). It didn’t inspire a lot of confidence in her abilities as a film director for me. I know she’s directed a ton of television and Ithink she’s a legend as a choreographer and performer. But I think a film adaptation of Wicked would need someone with strong vision and the ability to create a fully-realized, stylized world and I’m not convinced that’s her.

"

Maybe she can be the choreographer. 

[Globefan]

Posted: 1/30/21 at 6:41pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "My nightmare is:

Ariana Grande as Glinda
Billie Eilish as Elphaba

Or if they want to go a tad older

Taylor Swift as Glinda
Adele as Elphaba."

My choices are 

Ariana DeBose as Elphaba 

Brittney Johnson as Glinda 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/30/21 at 7:04pm

This movie has been "in development" since 2008. It will never happen. If they wanted to do it, they would have done it by now. See "Dear Evan Hansen" "In The Heights" "The Prom" and "Rent" for examples of just getting it done. 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 1/30/21 at 10:11pm

Sutton Ross said: "This movie has been "in development" since 2008. It will never happen. If they wanted to do it, they would have done it by now. See "Dear Evan Hansen" "In The Heights" "The Prom" and "Rent" for examples of just getting it done."

5 years, 13 years, 2 years and 9 years. varying degrees of “getting it done.” see stuff like Phantom (18 years), Dreamgirls (25 years), Nine (28 years), Les Miz (32 years) and Cats (38 years) for how some big musicals can take a while to reach the screen.

[Globefan]

Posted: 1/30/21 at 10:28pm

And also they want it to be a unique cinematic experience. Not a carbon copy of the stage show. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/30/21 at 11:17pm

5 years, 13 years, 2 years and 9 years. varying degrees of “getting it done.” see stuff like Phantom (18 years), Dreamgirls (25 years), Nine (28 years), Les Miz (32 years) and Cats (38 years) for how some big musicals can take a while to reach the screen.

Those years were all from the very beginning of the musicals, so it's not the same in any way. 

This ain't happening. 

[Ravenclaw]

Posted: 1/31/21 at 4:39am

"In the Heights" is not a good example of "getting it done" quickly--that film was in development since its original broadway run a decade ago, and it was set to go into production with Kenny Ortega before funding fell through. It was then, of course, reignited by the popularity of Hamilton, but even so, the film won't be out until 6 years have passed since Hamilton's broadway opening. In the Heights went through a long production hell, like so many movies do. Also, Rent went through another long development phase with multiple high-profile directors attached at different times. It is not at all unusual for movies to spend long periods of time in development. Chicago was also in development for decades before it finally came to fruition. Take a look at the wikipedia page for the Evita film, which began development even before the score first hit the stage and nearly always had an A-list star and director attached for the next twenty years.

I'm not waiting with bated breath for this film like I was back in 2009, but if the artists and Universal weren't truly committed to this project, I think they would have given up by now. Universal produced the Broadway production specifically with an eye to later adapting it to a film in the first place. It may be two years from now, or it may be fifteen years from now, but Wicked has been such a sustainably popular property that I am sure the film will come to fruition in time.