Wicked Movie Seeks New Director- Page 6

[Owen22]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 9:45am

Cynthia Erivo for Elphaba.

[Globefan]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 10:01am

Owen22 said: "Cynthia Erivo for Elphaba."

How about Ariana DeBose? 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 10:53am

I side with Cinco Paul on Twitter. Ariana Debose as Elphaba and Dove Cameron as Glinda

[FosseTharp]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 1:03pm

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.

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 1:20pm

Tag said: "Um hello, you gotta have Liza as Morrible for the Garland throwback.
Unfortunately I doubt she is up for it."

Believe me, I’ve been fantasizing about that for YEARS. But I agree that she doesn’t seem very active these days.

[Globefan]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 1:25pm

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? 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 1:37pm

Unless the movie starts filming in 2026 (which, let's be real, might actually be a possibility at this point), I can't imagine Kiernan Shipka looking old enough to play Act 2 Glinda. She's 21 years old, and still credibly plays teenagers. 

[FosseTharp]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 2:18pm

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.     
 

 

 

 

[briankershawjr]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 2:33pm

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. 

[Globefan]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 2:37pm

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.






"

I was throwing out my own suggestion. 

[EmeraldOzian]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 4:04pm

Ariana DeBose would be fantastic. Jon is liking a lot of tweets about Elphaba being played by a PoC and I think she would be perfect and more than qualified for acting and singing the part.

[Tag]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 4:06pm

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

[BwayLB]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 4:10pm

^ Are you kidding? she needs a leading role

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 4:15pm

Solea Pfeiffer, please.

[binau]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 5:06pm

What about Nico Santos (also in Crazy Rich Asians) as Boq?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Santos_(actor)

I don't know if he can sing but I can easily imagine him giving a hilarious and heart warming performance. 

[Tag]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 5:15pm

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 :)

[BwayLB]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 5:27pm

^ I did about ISS and I’m intrigued to see what will happen

[EmeraldOzian]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 6:24pm

Naomi Scott is probably another choice that could work in terms of bring able to sing the part and has some recognisable franchise movies behind her.

[BwayLB]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 7:45pm

^ I have seen her in Lemonade Mouth, Power Rangers and Aladdin. She’s got powerhouse vocals which shows in Speechless and she’s got the brooding girl to woman phase down

[sparksatmidnight]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 8:01pm

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.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 8:03pm

Tag said: "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."

why? she's never done a musical on film or television

edit: oops i was thinking of Raver-Lampman

Updated On: 2/3/21 at 08:03 PM

[Owen22]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 8:23pm

Harry Styles for Fiyero.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/3/21 at 8:45pm

Wonder if they might try to stick to the books and milk a trilogy out of this... hmm

[sparksatmidnight]

Posted: 2/4/21 at 3:43am

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.

[Owen22]

Posted: 2/4/21 at 8:36am

Of the three leads, at least ONE of them is going to be a POC. 

There is a chance they might make a star of an unknown (well, nationally unknown) person but I find that unlikely.

I haven't read this casting on here yet, but it seems the most obvious, young, singing "star" is an actress who is just waiting for a breakout movie role (plus she is a BRILLIANT actress).

Zandaya

Now, I don't know what her range is. She sounded great on the Greatest Showman soundtrack but all those songs are so horribly, heavily overproduced you can't tell. Does anyone know more of her oeuvre?