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Like I have been on the lookout for this since 2007 when it's release date was 2009. Every year, changing the release date lol. Like we already had the Oz movie (James Franco) and Into the Woods, even Beauty & the Beast was first.
But this has a more specific date: December 20, 2019. Is it really happening now? I want to see Defying Gravity like how it will look like on screen. For those keen, found this Schedule of Upcoming Movie Musical Adaptations
Reply by acf
on May 9, 2017 at 7:50 AM
Appears like it is gonna come out in 2019. And it's gonna suck, real bad, like worse-than-that-stupid-Oz-movie-you-mentioned bad. No news about the cast so far, which probably means no Idina Menzel and no Kristin Chenoweth, which means it's gonna suck even harder.
Reply by Melissa Goldfine
on May 3, 2020 at 1:47 AM
Yes
Reply by tmdb24547891
on May 3, 2020 at 2:27 AM
May be you are right. No sequel or spin off could match the greatness of the original.
Reply by znexyish
on May 3, 2020 at 1:39 PM
It's going to go straight to streaming if this corona gets any worse.
Defying Gravity will be done with wires like Peter Pan or Jackie Chan style with sheer awesomeness. Or a Robert Downey Iron Man Jetpack.
Matt Damon is wicked smart
Reply by lmao7
on May 20, 2020 at 11:59 AM
Haha posted this 3 years ago so I guess not!
Or can they just release an anniversary special of stage musical like Phantom of the Opera's 25th with Ramin & Sierra.
Reply by lostincinema
on April 17, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Now it's release date is 2024 with a sequel planed in 2025.
LOL
Reply by lostincinema
on May 16, 2024 at 1:44 AM
The trailer just dropped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COmYeLsz4c
The day you have been waiting for @lmao7 !
Reply by bratface
on May 16, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Shiz University? Shiz? Also, is that Grande's normal voice?
Reply by Grove
on May 16, 2024 at 4:31 PM
The university is called Shiz in the musical (and probably in the source material).
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on March 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Were you talking critically or financially?
Critically, it landed an A on Cinemascore, and is currently maintaining a 69% TMDb rating. Those two numbers suggest it did not suck in terms of entertainment value as far as its core audience is concerned.
Financially, it paid $4.85 in an industry that requires $2 for break-even and has averaged $3.03 across the over 5,700 titles from 1915 to 2024 that I have in my movie ROI database. So, financially, it's done pretty good, as well.
Having ticked these four measurables boxes (Cinemascore, TMDb rating, revenue and ROI), we should be able to agree that, objectively, it did not suck.
What I'm curious to know are:
A) what made you think it would suck; and
B) what happened differently out there in the real world that you apparently did not expect?
Reply by rooprect
on March 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
5th metric: RottenTomatoes (top critics) - a high flying 88% based on 384 reviews
RT's "popcornmeter" (audience) is an even higher 95% based on 25k ratings
Seems like a resounding show of non-suckage on all counts!
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on March 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Wow! Okay, I stand corrected, fi...no, wait...SIX objective measurables.
Yep!