The decision to split Wicked into two parts was a controversial one. The Broadway show runs for two hours 45 minutes, while the movie shaves just five minutes off that at two hours 40, but only covers the first half. After rave reviews and a $750 million gross, it would appear that the split was the right decision – and there could be more to come.
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We won’t entirely know whether this was a positive move until the second half, Wicked: For Good, hits theatres later this year. The second act is generally thought of as weaker, while the two most iconic songs (Popular and Defying Gravity) both feature in the first movie. However, now it seems there won’t just be a second movie, but possibly a third one too.
“A Little Bit” Of Hope For Wicked 3
Speaking to Screen Rant on the red carpet at New York City Tisch Gala, Winnie Holzman was asked about a potential third movie. Holzman wrote the musical’s book, as well as co-writing both Wicked and Wicked: For Good with Dana Fox. Asked if she had any ideas to expand on the story, her answer may fill fans with hope. “Sort of. A little bit. Yeah, a little bit. Nothing real.”
The “nothing real” underlines that, if discussions are underway, they are at an early stage, or at the very least the Wicked team are keeping any plans under wraps. But if there had been no plans – the musical’s story will conclude with For Good, after all – the question could have been politely shut down. Instead, Holzman leaves the door open.
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There are obvious challenges to any plans. A good chunk of Wicked’s popularity as a movie comes from its popularity as a musical, which would not extend to an original sequel. It also doesn’t stem from the books, which do have sequels, but rely on characters not present in the movie. The books also, obviously, have no songs, meaning even if they were adapted, they would likely take a lot more work than moving the from the theatre stage to the soundstage.
The third movie could also be completely original, but that would also mean a lot more work, plus the difficulty of appealing to the hardcore fandom that has very specific (read: gay) ideas for the fates of the heroines, as well as entertaining a more general audience less aware of the thousands of headcanons the biggest fans will not want to see broken. Whatever happens, we probably won’t hear until after Wicked: For Good arrives on our screens in November, but hopefully that’s not the last of Wicked for good.
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January 14, 2004
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Games
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Burbank, California, United States