Wicked Movie Seeks New Director — Page 6

Owen22 said: "Cynthia Erivo for Elphaba."

How about Ariana DeBose?

Last night I finished The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it got me thinking; what about Kiernan Shipka as Glinda? She can definitely sing/act and looks the part, but not sure how her legit soprano is. And I posted this on the page before in this thread but I really think Emmy Raver-Lampman would be an excellent Elphaba. She’s becoming more known in Hollywood with The Umbrella Academy and Central Park... and has played Elphaba on Broadway plus has the Hamilton fame.

FosseTharp said: "Last night I finished The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it got me thinking; what about Kiernan Shipka as Glinda? She can definitely sing/act and looks the part, but not sure how her legit soprano is. And I posted this on the page before in this thread but I really think Emmy Raver-Lampman would be an excellent Elphaba. She’s becoming more known in Hollywood with The Umbrella Academy and Central Park... and has played Elphaba on Broadway plus has the Hamilton fame."

Emmy Rossum?

Globefan said: "FosseTharp said: "Last night I finished The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it got me thinking; what about Kiernan Shipka as Glinda? She can definitely sing/act and looks the part, but not sure how her legit soprano is. And I posted this on the page before in this thread but I really think Emmy Raver-Lampman would be an excellent Elphaba. She’s becoming more known in Hollywood with The Umbrella Academy and Central Park... and has played Elphaba on Broadway plus has the Hamilton fame."

Emmy Rossum?"



lol no, I said Emmy Raver-Lampman, not Rossum. She currently plays Allison on Umbrella Academy and replaced Kristin Bell on the Apple+ cartoon Central Park. She was Elphaba on Broadway (there are videos of her on YouTube performing the role) as well as Angelica in the National Tour of Hamilton /Ensemble on Broadway.

FosseTharp said: "Globefan said: "FosseTharp said: "Last night I finished The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it got me thinking; what about Kiernan Shipka as Glinda? She can definitely sing/act and looks the part, but not sure how her legit soprano is. And I posted this on the page before in this thread but I really think Emmy Raver-Lampman would be an excellent Elphaba. She’s becoming more known in Hollywood with The Umbrella Academy and Central Park... and has played Elphaba on Broadway plus has the Hamilton fame."

Emmy Rossum?"



lol no, I said Emmy Raver-Lampman, not Rossum. She currently plays Allison on Umbrella Academy and replaced Kristin Bell on the Apple+ cartoon Central Park. She was Elphaba on Broadway (there are videos of her on YouTube performing the role) as well as Angelica in the National Tour of Hamilton /Ensemble on Broadway.






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I was throwing out my own suggestion.

When Daldry departed in late 2020, they were still aiming for a late 2021 start.

Also if DeBose is smart, she will stay away from this. She needs to do something that isn't a musical next.

Updated On: 2/3/21 at 04:06 PM

Solea Pfeiffer, please.

BwayLB said: "^ Are you kidding? she needs a leading role"

No. She needs to diversify to have a career beyond just doing musicals. Anyway she is doing that (see here), which now proves my point :)

briankershawjr said: "I believe with them finding a director so fast to replace Stephen Daldry and taking months or even a year or two to replace him was they want this movie musical made soon. If you look around there are a few major musicals being turned into movies because of the closure of Broadway/West End. I would not be surprised to read soon many more musicals coming on board to be turned into a movie. Just look at Dear Evan Hansen, that movie was made last fall I believe and is coming out a year after it being made. I could see this movie going into production this summer or fall and beginning released next year sometime. If making movie musicals is the best way to get people to see musicals, even though they are not live, I am all for it."

Given that one of the reasons Daldry left is because he wanted to shoot in London and Universal didn't want to simply wait until there was somewhere available to shoot there, it's pretty easy to see they want this sooner rather than later.

Wicked only became a musical because Universal never figured out a way to get the book to the screens. With that in mind and the fact it's being written for cinema by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, I doubt it. Plus, the books are awful and the show is much, much better than the original source.