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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/31/12
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#126
Posted: 2/3/21 at 10:01am
Owen22 said: "Cynthia Erivo for Elphaba."
How about Ariana DeBose?
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#127
Posted: 2/3/21 at 10:53amI side with Cinco Paul on Twitter. Ariana Debose as Elphaba and Dove Cameron as Glinda
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#128
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.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#129
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.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#130
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?
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#131
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.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#132
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.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#133
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.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#134
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.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#135
Posted: 2/3/21 at 4:04pmAriana 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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#136
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#137
Posted: 2/3/21 at 4:10pm^ Are you kidding? she needs a leading role
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#139
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#140
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 :)
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#141
Posted: 2/3/21 at 5:27pm^ I did about ISS and I’m intrigued to see what will happen
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#142
Posted: 2/3/21 at 6:24pmNaomi 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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#143
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
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#144
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.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#145
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
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#147
Posted: 2/3/21 at 8:45pmWonder if they might try to stick to the books and milk a trilogy out of this... hmm
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#148
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.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#149
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?
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