Wicked desperate to see a big screen version of the show hit screens just got some odd news: director John M. Chu has announced the movie will be split into two films, released a year apart.Wicked tells a prequel story to The Wizard of Oz centered on the witches of the titular fairyland.
Since its inception, a movie version has hit one roadblock after the next. Universal Studios, the Hollywood house producing the film, struggled for years to find a suitable director for the film.
Stephen Daldry eventually signed on to helm the project in 2016, though further production delays eventually prompted him to leave.
Universal then pulled the film from its schedule, replacing it with Cats. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed filming by another two years.