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Jon M Chu

since 2025 › Mar › 01 (Sat) @ 08:53 UTC

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8 days ago

Masters of the Universe review – Amazon’s He-Man adventure is a weak big-budget misfire ⊖

found 2026 › Jun › 02 (Tue) @ 16:46 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

A laboured attempt to resurrect toy IP very few people still care about is a $200m-budgeted waste of everyone’s time

It’s not just that He-Man himself is from the 80s that gives 2026’s Masters of the …

5 months ago

Could Wicked be coming to Universal Studios Orlando? All the clues that the blockbuster film is set to be the next Epic Universe ⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 16 (Tue) @ 01:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

From pop-up experiences inside Universal parks, to Wicked director Jon M. Chu's appearance in an Epic Universe doc, read all the clues that signal a Wicked land at Universal.

6 months ago

Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring? ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 25 (Tue) @ 18:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet

Name: Elphaba’s sex cardigan.

Age: Elphaba is a character in Wicked:…

Wicked: For Good beats box office records previously held by Wicked ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 24 (Mon) @ 14:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Jon M Chu’s sequel, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is the second biggest US opening of the year and the biggest international opening for a stage musical adaptation

The extraordinary promot…

Ariana Grande contracts Covid during Wicked: For Good press tour ⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 20 (Thu) @ 21:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Oscar-nominated star of two-part musical forced to cancel press stops as film is predicted to deliver year’s biggest box office opening

Ariana Grande has tested positive for Covid amid the whirlwind p…

'Powerhouse' Ariana Grande sparks Oscar buzz in first reviews for 'spectacular' Wicked: For Good ○

found 2025 › Nov › 19 (Wed) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The second installment of director Jon M. Chu's blockbuster big screen adaptation of Broadway's Wicked hits theaters on Friday after a year-long wait.

Wicked: For Good review – Cynthia Erivo sweeps the field in explosive second chunk of Oz prequel ⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 18 (Tue) @ 17:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Bringing her black-belt screen presence to the role of Elphaba, Erivo leads a fine cast in a zingily scored conclusion to the hit origin story

Director Jon M Chu pulls off quite a trick with this mana…

‘I was born in a melting pot. Melting isn’t fun’: Jon M Chu on Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande – and living the American dream ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 17 (Mon) @ 16:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

As his sequel to Wicked prepares to storm Christmas, the director talks about the dynamism of Grande and Cynthia Erivo – and why his Wizard of Oz riff is quite simply one of the greatest stories of …

14 months ago

‘Will Freya find a lovely birthday gift for mummy?’: why the Sylvanian Families movie is the anti-Barbie ○

found 2025 › Mar › 17 (Mon) @ 21:48 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The trailer for the new film about the dainty woodland creatures will wash over your brain like a warm 70-second bath. Does every toy movie need to be an Oscar-worthy social commentary?

This Easter, a…

15 months ago

A Wicked shame! In 2025, blockbuster success spells Oscars failure ○

found 2025 › Mar › 01 (Sat) @ 08:51 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Oz-set blockbuster, plus the Inside Out and Dune sequels, packed out cinemas but won’t win best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards

Box-office success is a strong indicator of Oscars failure at thi…

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