Will "WICKED" movie be ready by Dec 2019? — Page 3

I won't mind if Lea Michelle is playing Elphaba. Although I never watched Glee. Ariana Grande would surprise me. But who I want for Glinda is Dove Cameron, Lily James or Britney Snow.

I don't think she would ever do it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they at least asked Meryl Streep to play Madame Morrible.

Also I would take Lea Michele over Ariana Grande for Elphaba, any day of the week.

BwayLB said: "...And Meryl Streep as Morrible sounds good. But I would also want Bette Milder, Bernadette Peters, Emma Thompson, Helena Boheme Cater or Angela Lansbury"

Bette sounds good though I don't think she would do it.

BwayLB said: "True since they are rumors she is doing Dolly again in London"

So you think the supposed London run conflicts with the unannounced movie production?

WICKED is slated for release on the same day as STAR WARS, although it could be counter-programming ( StarWars will likely attract a massive number of fanboys and those who like action movies...while Wicked will likely appeal to the female and musicals demos). It seems that in the last few years, it has been a common film distribution practice to release movie musicals around Christmastime or in December.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=musical.htm

Major exceptions are BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ( March, which contended in the same month as LOGAN, an XMen/Wolverine movie and GET OUT, a thriller - both highly rated at Rotten Tomatoes) and MAMMA MIA ( which had a summer release, maybe because of the theme),

Even if release dates are officially announced especially by the major studios, that is not cast in stone -- some can be reset a year later ( such as Greatest Showman which was moved exactly 12 months later) depending on many factors.

I didn't rule out female fans of SW, but the long queues for STAR WARS will likely be predominantly male, and of course female fans. I was simply speculating that the scheduling on the same date with that movie juggernaut is to offer some type of counterprogramming, as musicals will likely attract more female fans as well as theatre fans.

In a NYT piece called Confirm or Deny, Mantello said the folowing:

"Nobody should make “Wicked” into a movie while it’s still selling out on Broadway and in road shows.

Confirm."

Not that the director of the show has any say on when the movie should be made/released.

haterobics said: "In a NYT piece called Confirm or Deny, Mantello said the folowing:

"Nobody should make “Wicked” into a movie while it’s still selling out on Broadway and in road shows.

Confirm."

Not that the director of the show has any say on when the movie should be made/released."

Not that we're that well served with it, but if they waited for Phantom to be on its way out before making the movie there would still be no movie. I think Wicked has stood the test of time and probably won't notice the release of the movie.

They really should just do this as a cartoon.

There's no way they're putting this up against a Star Wars, there's no way there is enough time to get this done before December 2019.


I might be 100% wrong but I have a feeling it's 2020 or 2021 at the earliest.

Cats just announced a December 20, 2019 release date for its film adaptation. Not sure if that spells well for this thing being 100% on track...