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Wicked Movie Almost a 90s Flick
22 Nov, 2025
Summary
- A 1990s film adaptation of Wicked was nearly made.
- Demi Moore's company initially optioned the novel.
- Whoopi Goldberg expressed interest in producing.
The recent premiere of 'Wicked: For Good' highlights a nearly realized cinematic vision from the 1990s. A movie adaptation, closely aligned with Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, was in development before the current version. Producer Marc Platt recalled the project being at Universal Pictures when he joined in 1996.
This earlier iteration was almost brought to fruition by Demi Moore's production company, which initially optioned the rights to the book. The novel itself had sparked a bidding war among actors interested in film production.
Notably, author Gregory Maguire mentioned that Whoopi Goldberg had expressed interest in producing a film version within the first six months of the book's release, underscoring the early desire to adapt the story.
