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Wicked movie gets 2019 release

Universal Pictures is developing a film adaptation of hit musical “Wicked”, announcing the film will hit cinemas on December 20, 2019.

An alternate retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic “The Wizard of Oz”, “Wicked” follows two opposing witches–Elphaba and Glinda the Good– from their first meeting in college to Elphaba’s ultimate downfall and transformation into the Wicked Witch of the West.

The musical was adapted from Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”.

Stephen Daldry will direct the film adaptation and Marc Platt will produce.

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