'Wanted' Sequel Gets Moving as Does 'Wicked' Adaptation
One is interesting, but I am weary for Wicked
NOTE: Plot spoilers for Wanted have been blacked out in this article, highlight the text with your mouse to read what is written.
Variety has posted an article saying that Wanted producer Marc Platt has just resigned with Universal Pictures through 2012 and has already begun work with Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov and writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas on Wanted 2.
The article points out the fact that just about everyone died in the first film and seems to act as if that would be an issue. However, I think the film easily moves into a sequel and that was actually one of the problems I had with the film despite enjoying the action. Wanted felt like it was a set up for a franchise more than a stand alone effort. Sure, the action was great with the CGI cars and all, but the story was television drama simple. The action wasn't even the best part of the film, Morgan Freeman shouting, "Shoot this muther fucker!" at the end was easily the highlight for me.
The other news surrounds talk of an attempt to bring the stage play "Wicked" to the big screen now it has hit the $1 billion mark in worldwide stage gross and opening its eighth production in Australia. Variety compares the attempt to bring Mamma Mia! from stage-to-screen, a move that has already paid off overseas and is sure to do the same here in the States as it serves as excellent counter-programming to teh WB's Dark Knight.
I have not seen the stage version of "Wicked" (and have never actually seen a stage play to my recollection), but I have heard the book is a nightmare read. I have stayed clear of the novel written by Gregory Maguire which is set in the land of Oz, centering on Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West, only difference in this world is that she is not wicked; nor is she a formally schooled witch. Instead, she's an insecure, unfortunately green Munchkinlander who's willing to take radical steps to unseat the tyrannical Wizard of Oz. Sounded interesting to me, but I listen to those I know and don't plan on giving it a shot in book form, perhaps the film will change my mind.
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