Tag: Jon M. Chu
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New ‘Wicked’ Featurette Looks at ‘The Powerful Bond of Friendship’
A new featurette for ‘Wicked’ takes a look at ‘The Powerful Bond of Friendship.’
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A First ‘Wicked’ Trailer Shown During Super Bowl
During the Super Bowl on Sunday night, the first trailer for part one of Wicked was shown. This trailer gives a look at what this theatrical version of this popular Broadway musical will look like when it arrives in theaters later this year. Wicked stars Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. It…
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“Wicked” Movie to Actually Be 2 Movies
The Wicked movie is now going to be two Wicked movies. The two movies will be released a year apart. Director Jon M. Chu shared the news via Twitter. In the post Chu shared the reasoning behind this news. “As we prepared the production over the last year, it became impossible to wrestle the story…
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Jon M. Chu Set to Direct Wicked Movie Adaptation
Jon M. Chu is set to be the new director for the theatrical adaptation of Wicked. Chu recently had to leave the Willow series for Disney+ that he had been expected to direct. With his schedule open again and Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry departing from Wicked, the opening was there for Chu to take the helm. Chu confirmed…
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Jon M. Chu in Negotiations to Direct Lilo & Stitch Live-Action Film
Director Jon M. Chu is in talks to direct the live-action Lilo & Stitch for Disney. If this goes through, he will join producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback on the project. They were the producers behind Aladdin, which garnered over a billion dollars at the box office for Disney last year. Chu is known…