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‘Wicked’: Read The Screenplay For The Highest-Grossing Broadway Musical Movie In U.S. History

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The untold backstories of the witches of Oz come alive in the record-breaking Broadway-to-film adaptation of 'Wicked', with the original musical's writer and a 'Cruella' scribe at the quill.
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  • The screenplay for 'Wicked' was co-written by Winnie Holzman, who penned the original Broadway musical's book, and Dana Fox, the co-writer of last year's 'Cruella'.
  • With its roots in Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West', this big-screen adaptation is poised to become the highest-grossing Broadway musical movie in U.S. history.
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Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Universal Pictures, Wicked
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