'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu on 'shooting the moon,' casting Ariana Grande and growing 9M tulips
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โMusicalโ has been a dirty word in marketing some recent song-and-dance studio films, but thereโs no avoiding it in bringing โWickedโ to the big screen.
Director Stephen Daldry exits 'Wicked' film adaptation
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The long-gestating film adaptation of the Broadway hit โWickedโ has hit another snag. Director Stephen Daldry is exiting the project, a studio representative confirmed Tuesday. The โBilly Elliotโ director has been associated with the adaptation for years, going back as far as 2012. Writer Winnie Holzman, who wrote the musical, wrote the script with โWickedโ composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. At one point, the film was supposed to hit theaters in Dec. 2019.