Who can say if we’ll be changed for the better?
Pack your bags people, we're headed once again to the Emerald City! The hit Broadway show "Wicked" is officially on its way to the silver screen. But we'll have to wait for our chance to fly for two more years.
The film won't be defying box office gravity until the end of 2021, according to a new announcement by Universal Pictures. It's slated for release on Dec. 22, 2021.
The movie is set to be directed by Stephen Daldry, whose filmography includes directing British dance drama “Billy Elliot,” and most recently served as an executive producer of the hit Netflix original series, “The Crown.”
The three-time Tony Award-winning musical was originally adapted by Winnie Holzman and lyricist Stephen Schwartz from the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, entitled "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." Holzman and Schwartz are to collaborate once again, taking on the grand task of adapting the beloved story from theater to film.
Since its 2003 debut on Broadway, Wicked has been nothing short of popular. It’s second only to "The Lion King" as the highest grossing Broadway show of all time.