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Here's Why 'Wicked' Is Being Split Into Two Movies, According to Musical's Composer

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If you missed the news, the film, starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, will be a two-part movie. Stephen revealed the reason why the Jon M. Chu film will be made into two parts, despite it obviously being a one-part show that has played on Broadway for over a decade. The first is that even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate.” The second reason, as he explained it, came down to the show-stopper number, and the inability for what comes at the beginning of Act 2 to escape its gravitational pull.

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