posted 01-03-2007 11:23 AM               

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Originally posted by I Couldn't Be Happier:
I can't believe we keep having the same debate. Can we table this posting until we actually hear real news about the movie? C'mon it's 30 pages long and we have no real insight.

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Amen to that...that was my whole point.

posted 01-05-2007 01:54 PM               

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Originally posted by LPhiBah:
Wow. I for one am impressed you all found enough to debate about on a non existant movie for 30 pages.

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posted 01-07-2007 11:02 PM               

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Originally posted by defygravityLFB:
THE ORIGINAL CAST NEED TO DO IT< IDINDA AND KRISTIN WOULD BE AMAZING

i herd the movie would be "son of a witch"

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Actually you would have "heard". Also, where ever you heard this from, they were wrong.

posted 01-09-2007 05:23 PM               

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Originally posted by MusicalTheatreObsessed:
Actually you would have "heard". Also, where ever you heard this from, they were wrong.

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SECONDED.

posted 01-09-2007 09:05 PM               

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Originally posted by defygravityLFB:
actually, no. idina was on a talk show last year, and no, i dont remember which....but she said it was being considered (son of a witch)

and this is a forum...you need not correct my grammar....not to be mean

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You must have misheard. I guess I can't say for sure, but think of all the movies you know of. How many of them are sequals, but came first. Nothing in a SoaW movie would make sense without Wicked. The title of the movie would have to be changed.

Second of all, you said it yourself, this is a forum. It is the place to go to be corrected on grammar. It's what we do. If I made an obvious and blatant mistake that was at the bottum of a post in which everything was against the rules, I would expect you to correct me.

Last but not least; "actually, no." is not a sentence, idina should be capitalized, and three dots are a maximum.

posted 01-12-2007 09:28 PM            

When I read wicked I was very fascinated with this character(Elphaba) that I could not wait for the movie either, especially the images with fiyero and his blue diamonds. But I didn't find any info abou it, well except this 30 pages long topic, of course!! But recently I bought the grimmerie and I read it as soon as it arrived.

So, in the book they posted all the comments from maguire and the producers. And according to them, it said that when maguire wrote the book in 1995, it got the attention of Demi Moore and Whoopie Golbert and Moore bought the rights to make the movie.

Then, later in 1997 they were doing the scripts for the movie, but it did not work as they wanted it because it didn't show all the magic about.

So later when the guy who wrote the lyrics for the musical wanted the rights for a movie too, they realized that it was a very good book for a movie, so they decided to the the musical instead.

Therefore, they started back in 1998. The only one in mind to write the musical was Kirsten(original glinda/galinda). So its character was pretty much based on her personality. They would write the dialogs and she woul read them. So it took them quite a long time. And as soon as they were ready to prove it with public they looked for an Elphaba and they realized back then that Kirsten only had a few lines, and since she was so good and comic in it, they changed the story and it became about the 2 witches instead of only Elphie.

They rehersed for a long time, until it was what it is today.

posted 01-12-2007 11:33 PM            

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Originally posted by operagirl:
ELPHABA: Celine Dion
GLINDA: Reese Witherspoon, Renee Zellweger
NESSA: Natalie Portman
FIYERO: Hugh Jackman
BOQ: Adam Brody (OC)
MORRIBLE: Maggie Smith
WIZARD: Joel Grey, Dustin Hoffman?

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Celine Dion, she would kill it! Elphie has a rock voice plus Celion is much to old! Glinda actually needs to be able to hit the extremely high notes neither Reese or Renee can....and Adam Brody...may god help us if he is in any way involved in this project!

posted 01-12-2007 11:36 PM            

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Originally posted by Unlimited:
Does anyone have any info on the film version?

PLEASE tell me they're not considering Renee Zelwiger - lol.

Assuming Idina & Kristen are not eligible (Hollywood often requires bigger names)... who's your 'dream cast'? Mine:

ELPHABA - Charlize Theron, Minnie Driver
GLINDA - Megan Mullaly (Karen 'Will & Grace')
WIZARD - Joel Grey, Anthony Hopkins
MORRIBLE - Bette Midler
FIYERO - Hugh Jackman, Rob Thomas
NESSA - Natalie Portman
BOQ - Leonardo DiCapprio

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I love the idea of Bette Midler as Morrible! Megan does not have a high singing voice, actually her voice on Will & Grace is a voice she only did for that role, her real voice is much deeper.....Alot of these people will be much to old. I keep seeing Natalie Portman on everyone's list, I agree that she would be good.

posted 01-13-2007 02:24 AM               

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Originally posted by Almost_Green:
Hello, everyone. I want to say something before this topic become larger!!!

When I read wicked I was very fascinated with this character(Elphaba) that I could not wait for the movie either, especially the images with fiyero and his blue diamonds. But I didn't find any info abou it, well except this 30 pages long topic, of course!! But recently I bought the grimmerie and I read it as soon as it arrived.

So, in the book they posted all the comments from maguire and the producers. And according to them, it said that when maguire wrote the book in 1995, it got the attention of Demi Moore and Whoopie Golbert and Moore bought the rights to make the movie.

Then, later in 1997 they were doing the scripts for the movie, but it did not work as they wanted it because it didn't show all the magic about.

So later when the guy who wrote the lyrics for the musical wanted the rights for a movie too, they realized that it was a very good book for a movie, so they decided to the the musical instead.

Therefore, they started back in 1998. The only one in mind to write the musical was Kirsten(original glinda/galinda). So its character was pretty much based on her personality. They would write the dialogs and she woul read them. So it took them quite a long time. And as soon as they were ready to prove it with public they looked for an Elphaba and they realized back then that Kirsten only had a few lines, and since she was so good and comic in it, they changed the story and it became about the 2 witches instead of only Elphie.

They rehersed for a long time, until it was what it is today.

So to make all this short, I guess we will just have to wait for a movie to come out. They did have the idea back in 1996, but since all the magic of the caracters was so great they decided to put it in a musical instead in order for people to enjoy and feel the road that elphie had to walk to become the wicked witch of the west.

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posted 01-14-2007 01:36 AM            

Idina and Chenoweth: Both wonderful singers, I love Chenoweths G(a)linda and whenever I hear her voice now, it just seems out of place not being as that character. However, even while she was in the OBC she looked too old for the part when up close. A makeup artist can do a lot, but they aren't miracle workers. At most I think you could take 10 years off of Chenoweth, but not too much more. Idina could still pull it off I believe, but she's getting older as well.

The length for a transition: Though many debate that RENT wasn't made into a movie until ten years after it's debut on Broadway, it was in the works before the actual movie of Chicago was, so to speak. Rob Marshall was being considered by Miramax to direct the screen-version of RENT, but at his interview, he kept talking about Chicago and how it should take place in her mind, disregarding RENT completely. The producers love the idea so much, RENT was put on the back-burner, meaning that we could have had RENT in theatres about 4 years sooner (which would have been nice as the OBC wouldn't have been so old). Wicked could be made as soon as 2-3 years from now for all we know, mistake? Maybe, but that's not my decision.

Flop?: Many debate that Producers and RENT was a flop, so why wouldn't Wicked be one too? We could just as well ask, why not Chicago too? Or Dreamgirls? Why were these not flops? The OBC was not in it, there's a plus, and the time waited before making it, could be considered a plus, but the fact of the matter is, Wicked has a much bigger fanbase than Producers and RENT. I didn't know what either of them were even about until I got them on DVD. The thing with Wicked is that it's so relevant. So many people are questioning our government and unfortunately, so many turn away. Wicked represents this, and makes people questions, "What can government hide from us?" It's a show that makes us think afterwards, plus it's songs are so powerful and catchy. It's not a showtuney show, it's not a rock show, it's not even a pop show (though it has a lot of pop influence). It is really a powerful show, and everyone know the main story of Oz. Wicked would be a hit in theatres with the right advertising, the right cast, and the right fanbase (which it clearly has). The other thing is, Wicked isn't controversial. It is appropriate for all age levels and genders, very open to all races, and the audience is so mixed. Boys, girls, men, women, seniors, everyone can go to Wicked without being offended or upset.

posted 01-14-2007 06:35 PM               

As for how long they will take to make it... it's very hard to say. It has been very successful on Broadway. Each show has been sold out since opening night which is amazing. I don't know if they'd make a movie so soon because of it's success.

posted 01-22-2007 06:05 PM               

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Originally posted by defy:
but then the profits for the theater production would drop considerably BECAUSE it's more affordable to just go buy a dvd, rather than paying approx. $50 plus to see it live on stage, but you have to because you can't see it any other way-currently

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so what, I would get to see it in DVD whenever i wanted, and still i would go see it in theaters again. l

posted 01-22-2007 06:16 PM               

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Originally posted by Prince Fiyero:
so what, I would get to see it in DVD whenever i wanted, and still i would go see it in theaters again. l

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You are one of the few. For the other 20 million people who wouldn't see the show too, they would bring down theatre profit.

posted 01-22-2007 11:38 PM               

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Originally posted by Unlimited:
Does anyone have any info on the film version?

PLEASE tell me they're not considering Renee Zelwiger - lol.

Assuming Idina & Kristen are not eligible (Hollywood often requires bigger names)... who's your 'dream cast'? Mine:

ELPHABA - Charlize Theron, Minnie Driver
GLINDA - Megan Mullaly (Karen 'Will & Grace')
WIZARD - Joel Grey, Anthony Hopkins
MORRIBLE - Bette Midler
FIYERO - Hugh Jackman, Rob Thomas
NESSA - Natalie Portman
BOQ - Leonardo DiCapprio

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posted 01-23-2007 09:06 PM               

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Originally posted by Yero the Hero:
SECONDED.

Learn to spell, newbie.

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