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'Wicked' the book and the 'Wicked' movie poster If you've been "defying gravity" waiting for the new Wicked: Part One movie to hit theaters, the agony is over — you're headed to Shiz!
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
The book is Maguire’s fifth revisionist story and the second set in the land of Oz conceived by L. Frank Baum. Son of a Witch continues the story after the fall from power of the Wizard of Oz and the death of Elphaba by recounting the life of Elphaba’s son, Liir. The book is dedicated to the cast of the Broadway musical version of Wicked.
The book and musical could be distilled to the same plot summary: Behold, the unexpected backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good.
If the Wicked movies follow a similar timeline to both the book and the musical, then the events from The Wizard of Oz will be featured in Wicked Part 2 (out November 21, 2025) and occur as early ...
Sunrise is the sixth and final book in Erin Hunter's Warriors: Power of Three children's fantasy novel series. HarperCollins published it on 21 April 2009. [ 1 ] The plot follows Jayfeather , Hollyleaf , and Lionblaze on their quest to find Ashfur 's true murderer.
Wicked (titled onscreen as Wicked: Part I) is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox.It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, itself a reimagining of the Oz books and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Elphaba’s magical powers develop—at a cost. Towards the end of Wicked: Part One, Elphaba is invited to meet the Wizard at his palace in the Emerald City.She invites the newly-self-proclaimed ...