The Wicked movie hits a further delay

by Simon Brew |
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The big screen take on the Wicked musical won’t now start shooting until next summer it seems – but it does finally look like it’s edging forward. Universal Pictures has long planned to bring the hit musical Wicked to the big screen, but it’s certainly taking a long time to get there. It’s taken over 15 years even to get this far, and Stephen Daldry for a long time was attached to direct the movie. He’s departed in the last year or two, and there’s still not in place a completed screenplay to work from. Jon M Chu has since come in as the new director, and it does finally look as though the movie will be going before the cameras in 2022. According to a new report, the film – that had been lining up to shoot in the US next March – will now be filming in the UK from next June. It’s set to be based at Elstree, and all signs now point towards a release at the end of 2023. Universal hasn’t confirmed this as of yet. As we get casting news, we’ll let you know. More as we hear it… THR — Thank you for visiting! If you’d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.
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