“Musical” has been a dirty word in marketing some recent song-and-dance studio films, but there’s no avoiding it in bringing “Wicked” to the big screen.
This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Jon M. Chu , center, on the set of “Wicked.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard of Oz, left, and Michelle Yeoh as Madam Morrible in a scene from the film “Wicked.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Jon M. Chu , center, on the set of “Wicked.” This image released by Universal Pictures shows director Jon M. Chu , center, on the set of “Wicked.
Various forms of a “Wicked” movie been in development almost since the Broadway show opened in 2003 — earlier, in fact, because producer Marc Platt initially developed Gregory Maguire’s book “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” as a film before shifting to the stage. “Ari, she came in five times for us. Every time, she was the most interesting person in the room,” Chu says. “I resisted. I was like, ‘There’s no way Ariana Grande, the person we think of, can handle this, carrying a movie, her first movie.’ Wait until you see her in this. She will blow your mind and break your hearts.”
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