I want it to flop so that studios stop pulling this multi-part bullshit.
It’s probably not going to flop.
Wicked is one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time. There’s been a lot of marketing for this film, and on other non-Fediverse social media platforms there’s been a lot of buzz and genuine excitement for this.
It’ll probably break even on the first film’s gross alone; Part Two’s gross will be pure profit.
Ahem. Cats.
Another movie(s) nobody asked for.
I did ask for it. Not holding my breath thou.
Also I wanted a series, could have been a 1 or 2 season arch and then Netflix or whoever could flail off into other characters and deeper cannon and non-cannon lore, and I would have had my fill and moved on.
Musicals are massively popular. People go to them to get drunk and sing along too loud, and maybe have a fight.
I have no problem with musicals.
Wicked was published in 1995. Making this movie might have made sense up to 2009, but now? It’s a sentimental cash-grab. Same reason they’re making Gladiator 2.
That’s a wild stance.
The musical premiered in 2003 and has been wildly successful. It’s the third highest grossing musical behind The Lion King, which was already and has since become a film again, as well as Phantom of the Opera which had a film made several years back.
This film was always going to be made. Musical films have an iffy track record. Some do great, some do terrible, few are just sorta in the middle.
You can call it a cash grab if you want but even that seems ridiculous. It’s a film that was always going to be made someday, it’s been 20+ years since the musical premiered, and they’ve spent a good amount of money on it. The only point you have in favor of it being a cash grab is the fact that it’s a two parter. But that’s not a cash grab it’s just greed.
As for Gladiator 2… I have no idea how that relates to this film.
I was a bit excited but this constant two part money grab bullshit is just too much. In no way was two movies necessary.
I’m not a fan in the slightest but someone else said that the stage production omits a lot of stuff from what is written in the books. If that is true then there’s a possibility that the film(s) could be an expanded version… but it’s probably just a cash grab.
I saw Wicked on Broadway because my wife wanted to go even though both of us hate musicals. It did nothing to change our minds about musicals. It was also one of the loudest experiences of my life, and I’ve gone to DJ sets where it felt like my heart wasn’t beating.
Aww damn, I didn’t know it was going to be two films. Guess I’m not watching it until both are released now. I can’t stand watching one film and not getting a resolution to the plot for like a year or two.
I can, but only when it makes sense.
It made sense for Dune, where the story is too vast to tell in one movie of reasonable length. Lawrence of Arabia proved that it is possible, but also that it’s not easy.
This was a stage production, which you watch in one sitting, with intermission, more than likely.
In this adaptation, that intermission will be longer than half an hour. Way longer.
I have no hope that it will turn out to be a good adaptation.
