Salma Hayek is putting on her producer hat and is bringing Wicked - The Min-Series to ABC. According to Michael Ausiello, the mini-series will be based on the book and not the musical. So, does that mean no singing? It is scheduled to be eight hours long which sounds like an entire week of programming. Subtract the four hours of commercials and you have about four hours of actual running time. I grew up during the mini-series craze and they can be hit or miss. They take a big commitment from the viewer and they can be overly long. I would rather just have a three hour feature.
Wicked is a great book and it is one of my favorite musicals, and have been hoping they make the damn movie so Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel are not 100 and can actually star in the movie. I just don't know if a network like ABC can do the book justice. It will probably be better served being on pay cable or a feature. I see this turning into some kind of star vehicle for every ABC star. Cameos from Bachelor contestants and Dancing With The Stars judges.
Oh No....why not Showtime or HBO...this sucks
ReplyDeleteI saw Wicked on Broadway and loved it; I can't imagine the show without the songs.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the network will screw it up somehow.
Oooh!
ReplyDeleteLove the book, but it is so much darker than the musical. (love the musical too)
Think I would much prefer a film version of the stafe musical tbh!
I'm with Miss P. I'm a devotee of the book and the worship around the musical annoys me. That being said, I applaud Salma Hayak for her bold move and suggest she take it to Showtime. They'll do it justice.
ReplyDeleteI'd watch it. That's what DVR is for. I saw the show off Broadway & loved it.
ReplyDeleteI will wait for the dvd. Hate the commercials.
ReplyDeleteOoh, agree that it was hard to keep up with mini-series in the 80s and 90s, Enty, but now with Tivo/PVR it's a snap to "record series". I will definitely check this out since I haven't read either the book or seen the musical, but have wanted to for some time.
ReplyDeletei'm with misch, i wish hbo or showtime would tackle it. i LOVE the book, and if they mess it up and make it stupid, i'm coming after them with an ax...trust this.
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen the musical, but the book is very very dark, so I hope they don't Disnyfy to appeal to everyone. But then again, ABC has done a pretty good job with the V reboot. Plus Salma has enough clout not to cave in if the suits want it "lighter".
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