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'Wicked' Rights Sought After by Whoopi Goldberg & Demi Moore in the 1990s
MovieWebStory by Soniya Hinduja
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Whoopi Goldberg and Demi Moore competed to adapt beloved novel 'Wicked' in the 90s, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown.
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- In the 90s, acting heavyweights Whoopi Goldberg and Demi Moore both tried to secure the rights to adapt Gregory Maguire's novel 'Wicked', which would eventually become a smash Broadway hit.
- The battle for 'Wicked' rights between Goldberg and Moore was a little-known Hollywood drama that could have resulted in a very different adaptation of the beloved story.
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Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Moore, Gregory Maguire, Wicked, Wicked