--- description: 'Billy Elliot' director Stephen Daldry is reportedly attached to the project. title: 'Wicked' Movie Might Have a Director image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24e8ff700cf35e50/698779185f570f392eb14994/wicked.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Wicked_ Movie Might Have a Director by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 5:18 PM CUT  Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, 'Wicked's' original stars, at curtain call. Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, 'Wicked's' original stars, at curtain call.Bruce Glikas—FilmMagic by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 5:18 PM CUT _Wicked_ might finally be on its way to defying gravity on the big screen. Stephen Daldry, the director of _Billy Elliot_ on film and stage, is attached to the project, producer Marc Platt recently revealed in an [interview with Film Divider](http://www.filmdivider.com/7958/wicked-producer-marc-platt-gives-an-update-on-progress-and-that-2016-release-date/ "undefined"). Platt, who produced the show on Broadway, said the team is aiming for a 2016 release date. “He’s been on for a year or two,” Platt said of Daldry. “But it’s in process. 2016 is the goal, but I don’t know whether we’ll make that goal or not. We will make the movie, but like I said, the bar is really high.” Platt added: “It’s in the works, it’s not in a rush.” Platt also told Film Divider that Winnie Holzman, who wrote the book for the Broadway show, is working on the screenplay. Holzman is probably best known as the creator of _My So-Called Life_. Platt, meanwhile, is also a producer on Disney’s Into the Woods film. _This_ [_article_](http://www.insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/09/wicked-movie-2016/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ew/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3661640/wicked-movie-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3661640/wicked-movie-2016/"},"headline":"Wicked Movie Might Have a Director","datePublished":"2015-01-09T17:18:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:26:37.728Z","description":"'Billy Elliot' director Stephen Daldry is reportedly attached to the project","url":"https://time.com/3661640/wicked-movie-2016/","keywords":["movies","Idina Menzel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24e8ff700cf35e50/698779185f570f392eb14994/wicked.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24e8ff700cf35e50/698779185f570f392eb14994/wicked.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wicked","caption":"Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, 'Wicked's' original stars, at curtain call.","creditText":"Bruce Glikas—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3661640/wicked-movie-2016/","name":"Wicked Movie Might Have a Director"}}]}] ```