That WICKED Animated Storyboard

[filkertom]

YouTube took down the original, but Heidi posted it at Vimeo:

Defying Gravity Storyboards from Heidi Jo Gilbert on Vimeo.

Comments

[hbruton.livejournal.com]

that was pretty cool!

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Yeah, I want to see that!

[hillarysherwood.livejournal.com]

That was good. I would see it if it were made.

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

It does seem like such a perfect combination. A popular, fantasy themed musical with a strong female lead character and some great music.

Of course, the fact that it's not the in house creation of Disney makes the chances of it getting developed next to nil.

Does DreamWorks Animation still have a traditional animation studio?

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Whoa... I really hope that gets made!

[msgeek.livejournal.com]

Just so you know, Universal Pictures helped develop "Wicked" as a theatrical musical, and is the company with the film rights, hence the takedown on YouTube. I would not be surprised if Vimeo is next to get a lawyer letter from Comcast/NBC/Universal.

Universal hasn't really had great luck with animated features, although they did have a mild hit with "Despicable Me." They really don't have an in-house animation studio...they tend to contract with existing studios like Fox does. I don't know if they would have the time or inclination to assemble an animation studio from scratch to do the movie.

If Disney/Pixar was to do this, they would probably have to pay Universal big bucks to buy the rights away from them. Then again, Comcast taking their controlling interest of NBC/Uni might be smarting from the price, and might be looking to unload properties that could make them some quick cash. Considering that Uni helped develop "Wicked" as a stage play, it might be one of the properties they would be least wanting to unload.

My guess is that Wicked will eventually be made as a live-action movie with liberal amounts of CGI. Not what I want. But it's what Uni would likely do. Actually they are in pre-production as of last July:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/wicked-ready-to-cast-movie-spell-authors-meet-with-filmmakers/

Exclusive interview with Heidi and a working video

[theateradvisor (from livejournal.com)]

We interviewed Heidi and posted her video on our blog today. Come see the video and read about what inspired her to make the video at

http://bit.ly/wickedanim

Enjoy.

The TheaterAdvisor Team