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Wicked: Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo set to lead movie musical adaptation

The Wicked movie adaptation has finally found its leads with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo set to headline the movie adaptation of the popular Broadway musical. Directed by Jon M. Chu, Wicked will see Erivo play Elphaba while Grande will...

Posted 5 years ago

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Wicked movie delayed again due to location change

Posted 5 years ago

Universal Pictures adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked has been in development since 2004 and it has hit various snags along the way. While it seemed like filming would be underway soon in Atlanta, Georgia, it looks like filming...

Elizabeth Banks boarding live-action Magic School Bus as Ms. Frizzle

Posted 6 years ago

All aboard the Magic School Bus! It has been announced that Universal Pictures, Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions, and Marc Platt are developing a live-action hybrid adapted from Scholastic's "The Magic School Bus." Banks isn't just on board as a producer...

Universal’s Wicked to conjure some holiday magic with Christmas 2021 release

Posted 7 years ago

Universal has announced that their feature adaptation of the Broadway powerhouse WICKED will arrive in theaters on Wednesday Dec. 22, 2021. Based on the three-time Tony Award-winning musical, which had been adapted from the ficticious Wizard of Oz tell-all novel penned...

Steven Spielberg developing Walter Cronkite pic with Bridge of Spies team

Posted 10 years ago

Deadline has learned that the BRIDGE OF SPIES team of Steven Spielberg, co-writer Matt Charman and producer Marc Platt are re-teaming for a biopic about iconic newscaster Walter Cronkite for Amblin Partners. According to the site, the movie will "focus...

Shinobi is the next video game to get a movie because… ninjas

Posted 10 years ago

Video games don't exactly have the best track record as far as intellectual properties being adapted to the big screen into feature films. In fact, their history has been downright awful. There is always hope that some studio will eventually...

Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt teaming up for musical comedy

Posted 10 years ago

You can’t stop those song-and-dance men. You can only hope to contain them, and, by contain them, I mean hope they team up and make something fantastic together. That’s what we have our fingers crossed to get as news spreads...