Oscar nominated movie Wicked could soon be remade into a TV series, based on the original X-rated novel rather than the family friendly musical.
The film, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is nominated for a whopping ten Academy Awards and is an imagined prequel to the iconic Wizard Of Oz.
The film and 2003 musical is loosely based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book, Wicked: The Life Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which features much darker themes including torture, orgies and forced castration.
The likes of Salma Hayek, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg have all tried and failed to bring the story to the small screen, but following the film’s success things may be about to change.
With the author, 70, telling The Sun: ‘For many years there has been talk of a non-musical, original TV movie or a streaming series based on Wicked the novel, not Wicked the musical.
‘While we came pretty close several times to having such an operation greenlit, it hasn’t happened yet. It may happen one day’.
Oscar nominated movie Wicked could soon be remade into a TV series, based on the original X-rated novel rather than the family friendly musical
The film, starring (L-R) Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande , is nominated for a whopping ten Academy Awards and is an imagined prequel to the iconic Wizard Of Oz
The film and 2003 musical is loosely based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book which features much darker themes including torture, orgies and forced castration
Way back in 2011, Hayek was attached to produce an eight-hour miniseries adaptation of the musical.
Meanwhile in 2009 author Maguire revealed he sold the musical’s rights to ABC to make a ‘non-musical adaptation’ of the novel that will stick strictly to the book.
Two years later in 2011, ABC announced that Hayek and her Ventanarosa Productions partner Jose Tamez would serve as executive producers.
Erik Jendressen (Band of Brothers) was set to write the eight-hour miniseries, though the production never fully got off the ground.
While the TV adaptation fell through, the movie adaptation kept moving along, with actresses such as Lea Michele and Amy Adams floated for the leads of Glinda and Elphaba.
Sunday saw Wicked co-stars Ariana and Cynthia opened the 97th annual Academy Awards with a jaw-dropping medley paying tribute to the world of The Wizard Of Oz.
Grande kicked off the performance with a stunning rendition of Judy Garland’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow from the classic 1939 film.
The Grammy Award-winner, 31, wowed the star-studded audience with her incredible vocal abilities.
The author (L) pictured with Cynthia Erivo said : ‘For many years there has been talk of a non-musical, original TV movie or a streaming series based on Wicked the novel not the musical’
Salma Hayek , Demi Moore (pictured) and Whoopi Goldberg have all tried and failed to bring the story to the small screen, but following the film’s success things may be about to change
Sunday saw Wicked co-stars Ariana and Cynthia opened the 97th annual Academy Awards with a jaw-dropping medley paying tribute to the world of The Wizard Of Oz
But it was a ‘tiny detail’ on Grande’s glittery red ballgown that sent the singer’s fans wild as they tuned into the awards ceremony on ABC.
As a clear homage to Dorothy’s iconic footwear, the singer’s custom Schiaparelli gown had a ruby slipper adorned to the back of it.
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After delivering her Somewhere Over The Rainbow cover, Grande pᴀssed the mic to Erivo — who, like Grande, is nominated for an Oscar.
The Tony Award-winner performed Home from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, which was later turned into a film famously starring Michael Jackson.
Erivo glittered under the stage light inside the Dolby Theatre in a billowing white gown decked out with glitzy 3D floral decals up and down the bodice.
The talented duo then launched into Wicked’s Defying Gravity as Grande and Erivo came together, holding hands.
A visibly emotional Grande then stepped to the side to allow Erivo the spotlight as she took over the final half of the epic number.
The audience erupted with applause as Erivo effortlessly hit the iconic final note in Defying Gravity while standing on a rising platform.
Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Emilia Pérez leads this year’s Oscar nominees with 13, including for best picture, actress, supporting actress and director
Best Director
Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker — Anora
Brady Corbet — The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat — The Substance
James Mangold — A Complete Unknown
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo — Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison — Anora
Demi Moore — The Substance
Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here
The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody — The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo — Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes — Conclave
Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice
The Brutalist came in second place with 10 nods, including for best picture, actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actor (Guy Peare) and supporting actress (Felicity Jones)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande — Wicked
Felicity Jones — The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini — Conclave
Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov — Anora
Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER
Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce — The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice
Animated Feature Film
Flow – WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematography
The Brutalist — Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume
Maria — Ed Lachman
Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke
Original Screenplay
Anora — Sean Baker
The Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David
The Substance — Coralie Fargeat
Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown — James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave — Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
Nickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield
Achievement in Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Achievement in Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Original Song
El Mal – Emilia Pérez
The Journey – The Six Triple Eight
Like A Bird – Sing Sing
Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
Original Score
The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers
Live-Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Flow is nominated for both International Feature Film and Animated Feature Film
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg’s drama A Real Pain
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Achievement in Costume Design
A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips
Conclave — Lisy Christl
Gladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu — Linda Muir
Wicked — Paul Tazewell – WINNER
Achievement in Film Editing
Anora — Sean Baker
The Brutalist — David Jancso
Conclave — Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling
Wicked — Myron Kerstein
Anora is nominated for several Oscars, including best picture, actress, supporting actor, director, screenplay and editing
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
