This is unexpected news for sure! Rob Marshall honestly sounds like a much better choice for this musical than Bill Condon (though I'm curious to how his Kiss of the Spider Woman will turn out). If the casting process has already begun, this will be interesting.
If that's true, then the writers must have expanded a lot of the elements that were just glanced at or overlooked. I hope the long running time will be justified, unlike most Part One movies I've seen.
If the movie doesn't get nominations for Best Costume and Production Designs, I'm going to riot. There was another interview somewhere that Jon M. Chu said that the use of large-scale sets was inspired by the Spielberg movie Hook. Though, one can say there's some Hello, Dolly! influences too when it comes to how big and lavish it feels.
Stephen Schwartz has confirmed that he's written two new songs for the movie. Plus, it's indicated from others in different interviews that the new songs will be used in Part 2 instead of Part 1.
I saw a new interview somewhere when producer Marc Platt explained another reason why the film is split into 2 films. He said that Part One will focus on Elphaba and then Part Two will focus on Glinda, of course I don't know if that's him trying to give an excuse to this choice. Or that it's an actual valid reason for it. Either way, I don't care as long as the film can actually flesh out the story and characters which was two of Wicked's biggest weak points
ElephantLoveMedley said: "The second trailer has been released. While the marketing materials have been hit-or-miss for me, the film itself continues to look absolutely stunning.
I will say that was a stronger trailer than the first one, it gets one pumped to see it. I agree that regardless of different opinions once this movie comes out, the visuals nail the "lavish Hollywood movie musical" look perfectly. After Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights, Jon M. Chu has earned my trust and respect.
I kind of knew that the film, and certainly Part 2, would be rated PG. Wicked the musical is certainly toned down in comparison to the novel. Anyway, these character posters have been revealed and it's teased that a brand-new trailer is coming tomorrow. These look pretty nice.
BrodyFosse123 said: "Musical Master said: "When was the last time a movie musical adaptation of a Broadway musical had this kind of big marketing push?"
HAIRSPRAY: The Musical did to some extent.
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Oh yeah, I do remember that when Hairspray was coming out it was almost everywhere.
BrodyFosse123 said: "This WICKED film adaptation is going to surpass the original 2003 Broadway stage production in the same way the 1965 film adaptation of R&H’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC surpassed its original 1959 Broadway stage production."
I hope so. Other than West Side Story 2021 and arguably Chicago, it's rare to find a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical that's a big improvement over the stage version.
Agreed. What some people forget, for the most part, is that what works on stage isn't necessarily what will work as well on film. The ill-fated film adaptations of The Producers and A Little Night Music are a strong testament to that statement.
To the poster who said that the film is "CGI-ed within an inch of its life", did you miss the featurette where the majority of the sets in the movie are actual large-scale sets with some C
Now that's how you do a TV spot! "Dancing Through Life", "One Short Day" and "Defying Gravity" looks like they're going to be huge visual highlights. Also, it's nice to see Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode getting clearer appearances for their roles in the promos.
I love it when film promotions show how the look of the film was done. Not to mention heavy use of large-scale practical sets is very refreshing to see in an ocean of CGI settings in most effects heavy movies these days. All this effort for a two-parter movie musical; is going to be something to behold and Chu and the rest of the crew should deserve all the positive attention.
It could've been so easy for the studio to take the easy way out, but I'm personally happy they d
TotallyEffed said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Both parts were already filmed. To avoid continuity and scheduling issues bothparts were filmed as one film though they will be released separately."
It has nothing to do with continuity and everything to do with money. They weren't "filmed as one film," they just shot both parts back to back, similar to what Lord of the Rings did. Much more expensive to wrap a huge film like this and the
Looking at the budgets for both films (Part One costed 145 million dollars and Part Two will cost 165 million dollars), Wicked as a whole, cost 310 million dollars to make. Is it my imagination or is this the most expensive movie musical adaptation of a Broadway musical of all time? Even Hello Dolly! back in 1969 cost 25 million dollars to make, and that was around 200 million in today's money.
I'm wondering if the humongous budget is one of the reas
BrodyFosse123 said: "Musical Master said: "There was a TV spot last night during the Tony Awards. Didn't have any new footage, but there was a snippet of Ariana singing "Popular" and Cynthia singing the word "unlimited" both of which sounded really good."
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There it is thanks! Ariana's "follow my lead" sounded nice, I can only imagine that she'll slay "Popular" in her sleep!
The film has officially been wrapped as of a few days ago. With Lopez, this cast and rumors of the musical numbers being BIG, this might be a very good movie musical for Bill Condon. Dreamgirls was the last movie of his that I really enjoyed, hopefully Kiss of the Spider Woman will be really good.
There was a TV spot last night during the Tony Awards. Didn't have any new footage, but there was a snippet of Ariana singing "Popular" and Cynthia singing the word "unlimited" both of which sounded really good.
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