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Musicals Aren’t Dead, Even In Two Parts: Jon M. Chu’s “Obvious” Decision Has ‘Wicked’ Opening To $120M, A Record For Broadway-To-Screen Pic – Crew Call Podcast
Podcast interview with Jon M. Chu about the making of 'Wicked', why he divided into two-parts and the future of 'Crazy Rich Asians'
Warner Bros. did it with the greatest of ease on the final film adaptation of Harry Potter, 2010 and 2011’s Deathly Hallows, which combined grossed $2.3 billion worldwide. Musicals have always proved to be a rags or riches genre at the box office, and when it came to the ambitious task of dividing up Wicked into two-parts, filmmaker Jon M. Chu, says “it was also the most obvious thing to do because every time we tried to make it one move, you had to rip out songs.” However, the filmmaker knew he owed moviegoers a bigger explanation, read “What does it mean to defy gravity?” Does Elphaba power the broomstick or does it pull her?
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