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Wicked Was Almost a TV Miniseries (And You’ll Be Surprised Who Was Set to Star)
ComicBook.comStory by Catherine Delgado
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Wicked's journey from book to Broadway and beyond was marked by a failed ABC TV miniseries with Salma Hayek attached, revealing the challenges of adapting the beloved musical's darker source material.
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- In 2011, ABC Studios was developing an 8-hour Wicked miniseries with Salma Hayek and her production company, Ventanarosa Productions, planning to adapt the original Gregory Maguire novel instead of the Broadway musical, but the project never materialized.
- Producer Marc Platt, who initially acquired the Wicked rights, revealed the script 'never found its way' and they 'never cracked the third act,' leading them to ultimately decide the story worked better as a musical due to the 'magic' music brings to the character's inner journeys.
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Salma Hayek Pinault, Gregory Maguire, ABC Studios, Ventanarosa Productions, Wicked (Generic)