UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 17 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures has announced it will release a movie version of the stage musical Wicked on Dec. 20, 2019.
No casting has been revealed yet for the project.
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 17 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures has announced it will release a movie version of the stage musical Wicked on Dec. 20, 2019. No casting has been revealed yet for the project.
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The original, Broadway ensemble for the now 13-year-old show starred Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth and Joel Grey.
Stephen Daldry is to helm the film adaptation of the musical, which is based on Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West -- an alternative telling of L. Frank Baum's classic Wizard of Oz stories.
The musical phenomenon WICKED comes to the big screen. In theaters 12.20.19. pic.twitter.com/rFojgh56oH
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