![]() ![]() "Yes, of course, we're going to have Oz, and you're going to be in this crazy world, and you're going to revisit this innocent place and you're going to see that it's not as innocent as it had been in the past," Chu said last year. The story follows the relationship between Galinda (later Glinda), "the good witch," and Elphaba, "the wicked witch of the west." ![]() ![]() The movie will be adapted by the Tony-winning show, which was itself based on Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Wicked will star Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. "That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and whatever scene to follow it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic." Schwartz is working on at least one new song for the movies. "We found it very difficult to get past ‘Defying Gravity’ without a break," Wicked songwriter Stephen Schwartz explained. Part one will likely end with "Defying Gravity," the end of act one. "With more space, we can tell the story of ‘Wicked’ as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters." "We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one ‘Wicked’ movie but two!" Chu wrote in a statement. Here's everything we know about the Wicked movie(s). Chu, who directed the adaptations of In the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians, will be taking on the two-part adaptation of the beloved musical Wicked. The Emerald City is getting a big-screen adaptation. ![]()
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