Details on the film adaptation of the Broadway blockbuster Wicked, which is currently in development, were revealed during CW3PR's 8th Annual Behind-The-Music: Crime, Death and Resurrection Panel, moderated by Violett Beane July 21 at San Diego Comic-Con.
Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz, the show’s composer-lyricist, stated that he is adding four new songs to the film adaptation, three of which are newly written and one of which is a song cut from the Broadway production. Schwartz did not name which cut song will be reinstated.
Schwartz also confirmed that the screenplay is written by Winnie Holzman, who also penned the show’s book. Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) will direct.GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT WICKED ON BROADWAY
