“Wicked” director Jon M. Chu is through accepting limits. He’s expanding his big-screen take on the hit musical into two movies.
In a “special Wicked update” shared Tuesday on social media, the filmmaker revealed that, after trying to condense the complex narrative of the stage production into a single film, he has instead decided to release the adaptation in two parts.
“Thank you for all the support these past several months in anticipation of the WICKED movie,” Chu wrote. “We have so many exciting things to share but for now I’m giving you one... or two, rather.