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Part of 'Wicked’s Magic? Its Cinematographer, Alice Brooks

The ‘Wicked’ director of photography had an extensive process for creating an Oz like movie audiences have never seen before.

Marie Claire

Ariana Grande refused to make Wicked song more 'hip-hop'

Chart star Ariana Grande refused to make one of her 'Wicked' songs more 'hip-hop' because she didn't want to be seen as a pop singer playing a character.

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Wicked director defends film’s colour grading after ‘washed out’ appearance divides fans

‘There’s colour all over it’ the director hit back

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Jeff Goldblum compares Wicked’s Wizard to ‘self-glorifying nincompoop’ MCU role

Jeff Goldblum thinks his Wizard of Oz from 'Wicked' and Grandmaster role from 'Thor: Ragnarok' are similar because both characters are "self-glorifying nincompoops".

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Wicked director Jon M. Chu wants cinema volume turned up

'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu has insisted cinemas need to turn up the volume for screenings of his new movie-musical to allow audiences to watch the film as it was "intended".

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Crazy Rich Asians director shares update about sequel: ‘The bar is too high’

The sequel was announced in 2018

The Independent UK

Wicked director tells audience members to ask cinemas to turn up the volume

Jon M Chu encouraged fans to take their audio experience into their own hands, ahead of the film’s opening weekend

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Wicked director Jon M Chu has request for cinema viewers

Director made complaint about film’s volume at cinema screenings as theatres remind fans that singing along during screenings is prohibited

The Independent UK

Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande make the magic happen

The stars enchant as young rival witches in Jon M Chu’s impossibly slick first instalment of his two-part adaptation of musical juggernaut Wicked

The Guardian - UK

Wicked director says part two has increased in relevance because of ‘where we are in society right now’

The first part of Jon M Chu’s ‘Wicked’ arrives in cinemas this weekend

The Independent UK

Glicked double bill may not match Barbenheimer buzz, experts say

Gladiator II and Wicked getting people into theatres but unlikely to replicate phenomenon of Barbie-Oppenheimer release

The Guardian - UK

The biggest changes Wicked made from the Broadway musical

‘Wicked’, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is finally out in theaters

The Independent UK

The Best Fantasy Epic of the Year Remixes a Legendary Classic in a Powerfully Timely Way

The long-awaited movie musical adaptation takes classic characters into a new frontier.

Inverse

“It was an immediate no-brainer for Cynthia and I. We both were like, ‘well, of course we’re singing live’”: Ariana Grande says that there was never any doubt that the Wicked movie vocals would be recorded on set

“Our movie set was also a recording studio,” confirms director Jon M Chu

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The Independent UK

Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters

“Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture

The Conversation

Wicked’s Defying Gravity is a musical theatre anthem – and a battle cry for outsiders

As director Jon M Chu’s first instalment of the mega-musical adaptation Wicked arrives in cinemas, a new audience of fans is connecting with Stephen Schwartz’s memorable score. Featuring hits including Popular, The Wizard and I and For Good, the musical is particularly loved for its celebration of female characters in…

Total Film

Wicked director says he knew he'd captured movie magic with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on the very first day of shooting

Exclusive: Jon M. Chu talks Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande making Elphaba and Glinda their own

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Wicked director teases "maybe a new song or two" in Part 2, and says "the best is yet to come with these characters"

Exclusive: Jon M. Chu talks Wicked Part 2, which is out next year

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Wicked director explains why the movie's version of Defying Gravity is different to the show's: "We had to break that up a little bit, which is scary"

Exclusive: Jon M. Chu talks splitting Wicked over two movies – and breaking up 'Defying Gravity'

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Ariana Grande auditioned for a different role in Wicked, director Jon M. Chu reveals

Before she landed the role of Glinda in 'Wicked', Ariana Grande auditioned to be the other witch, Elphaba, in the upcoming musical blockbuster.

The Independent UK

The Wicked movie is fun and well acted – but why does it look so terrible?

3/5 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande showcase phenomenal vocal ability in this adaptation of the blockbuster musical, but they’re let down by a film that is aggressively overlit and shot like a TV advert

Total Film

Wicked review: "Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will have you defying gravity"

Evening Standard

Wicked review: will cast a spell on fanatics but its pacing needs a bit more va va broom

3/5 This story of self-acceptance and female empowerment is visually ravishing but with part one an hour longer than The Wizard of Oz even the superfans may wish they’d get a move on

Salon

Wicked: A bewitching vision about power

Cynthia Erivo is moving while Ariana Grande delights in an entertaining holiday event film that defies expectations

WhatToWatch

Wicked review: Ariana Grande, Cythina Erivo are magical in bringing popular musical to big screen

Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, does everything fans of the musical could dream of in one of the best musicals in years.

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