The ‚Wicked‘ movie musical is officially going to be split in two! Here’s everything to know about release dates, the cast, trailer, and more.
Time to sing „Thank Goodness.“ The Wizard of Oz is a story that has not just stood the test of time but one whose adaptations have as well. Not only is the original book a classic, but so are the 1939 movie, the 1970s reimagined musical The Wiz, the 1995 book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and the 2003 stage musical based on the 1995 novel. Obviously, the Wicked movie musical will arrive in theaters with sky-high expectations, so large that the release date now covers two Christmases. Wicked takes the story of The Wizard of Oz and turns it a full 180 degrees. The villain, the Wicked Witch of the West, is the hero, and the heroes — the Wizard, Glinda the Good, and Dorothy Gale of Kansas — are con artists, traitors, and murderers. It argues that not only is the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, misunderstood but that the Wizard of Oz framed her. The Broadway musical adaptation won three Tony awards and a Grammy when it first hit the stage in 2003, starring Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda.
