Wicked in Development as Eight-Hour Miniseries

Wicked in Development as Eight-Hour Miniseries

Gregory Maguire's novel, Wicked, which inspired Broadway's musical of the same name, is likely to serve as source material for an eight-hour miniseries in development at ABC.

By EdGross - Jan 10, 2011 02:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: TVline.com

Writes Michael Ausiello at his newly-launched TVline.com, "When I tell you that Salma Hayek is bringing a wicked new project to ABC, I mean that quite literally. Sources confirm that the actress-producer is teaming with ABC to develop an eight-hour miniseries adaptation of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West... The insider stresses that it would be based on the novel and not the musical. As a result, this Wicked would be less of a prequel and more of a parallel story to The Wizard of Oz."

Universal is also devleopment a movie version based on the musical.

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EdGross
EdGross - 1/10/2011, 3:27 AM
L. Frank Baum's Oz has been the subject of MANY comic books, so we cover Oz-related projects here as well.
Necrophobos
Necrophobos - 1/10/2011, 7:47 AM
Cool news.

Ed, sorry dude, but I can't just shut up about this. "Universal is also development a movie...". Something is wrong here. Also...:))...what is a "usical"? =) I'm sorry, I should not laugh, but I find it kinda' funny.
EdGross
EdGross - 1/10/2011, 8:08 AM
You've never heard of an usical? Oh, I feel so sorry for you. You don't know what you're missing.
Necrophobos
Necrophobos - 1/10/2011, 8:25 AM
Oh man...now you made me wanna know what a usical is. So...what is it? I'm dying to know...really...I don't feel good...
YellowFever
YellowFever - 1/10/2011, 10:32 PM
This sounds interesting. I'm actually shocked that this book might be made into a miniseries, considering the topics and views that are discussed in the book. I'll watch it though. Nice article.
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