After, seeing the success of "Alice In Wonderland" (grossed over 1 Billion worldwide) studios have become much more eager to adapt fairy tales into movies. The latest movie adaption concerns, the Broadway musical hit, "Wicked." The show is known as a prequel story to the original "Wizard of Oz." The basic premise is this....*courtesy of Wikipedia*
"The novel presents events, characters and situations from Baum's books and the film in new ways, with many differences between the series and the Wicked Years. These differences arise from the original Oz functioning as a mirror-image of Kansas in a cultural and economic framework: Oz was wealthy, prosperous and had excellent agricultural fields while Kansas was characterized by economic hardship, environmental difficulties and poor harvests. The social strife described in the Wicked Years indicates that the two series are set in similar and internally consistent but distinctly separate visions of Oz."
Universal Studio appears to have finally realized how successful a "Wicked" movie could be thus, they've begun their search for a director. The studio has brought the list down to four candidates: JJ Abrams (Star Trek), James Mangold (Walk the Line), Ryan Murphy (Glee), and Rob Marshall (Chicago).
Which director is the best choice? Well......what DO YOU THINK? COMMENT!
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