Posted by: Adam
Posted on: Tuesday, July 15 2008
With Universal poised to release Mamma Mia! in theaters, the studio is ready to bring another blockbuster Broadway musical hit, Wicked, to the big screen.
| "Our goal now is absolutely to make the Wicked film" |
The stage play (music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz) is based on the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, which retells L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
According to Variety, Marc Platt and David Stone will produce the screen adaptation for Universal, which has had the project for a decade. Winnie Holzman will script.
Universal production president Donna Langley told the trade, "Our goal now is absolutely to make the Wicked film, but much like Judy Craymer wouldn't give up screen rights to Mamma Mia! until the stage show had reached its pinnacle, Marc and Stephen Schwartz are very mindful of the right timing. But we're dying to do it."
http://movies.ign.com/articles/889/889797p1.html |
