LEGO Wicked sets coming soon?

I Think that rumor is real.

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

Starlight Express? Cannibal! - The Musical? Beate Zschäpe?

I’d like to see them on deep clearance. Might be good for parts. Or something from the 1939 movie.

Never seen WICKED, nor am I particularly a fan of modern Broadway musicals, but the property would definitely result in some interesting sets, I think.

At any rate, it's definitely not what I would expect from a LEGO collaboration with a film. In that regard, I'm definitely in favor!

Whether this will result in the following set numbers and prices, releasing on October 1, we will have to wait and see:

75681: $29.99
75682: $49.99
75683: $59.99
75684: $89.99

@maffyd said:
"I'm a bit saddened to see the negativity in some of these comments. Wicked is a fantastic musical based on an exceptional book (which is obviously based on the original books, but has a different point of view to those and is all the better for it).

My whole family cannot wait to see the new movie and if there are Lego sets from it I can see us buying every single one of them.

"What is this feeling"? It's joy. It's absolutely joy!"

Many people do not like musicals, or Halloween...

But if Marketing Dept. of LEGO looks a target , I don't mind about it.

I don't know what about kind of movie are you talking about....

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

CONSOOM

Could be a good way to get some parts for Castle Mocs.

Wicked awesome…

@mavndad said:
"Wicked awesome…"
I was literally about to write exactly that comment then you beat me to it! XD!

I can't wait wish set from Wicked could be?

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

Wicked is in my top 3 musicals, and I am definitely nervous about this movie (actually both movies because it is a two-parter), but I'm hopeful. A Lego collaboration is absolutely wild to me. I would love to see the time dragon!

As for other stage musicals, can we please get a working Phantom of the Opera stage!!!

It would be certainly nice to see some magical and dark gothic sets, if give more fantasy and castle stuff. Definitely go for a phantom set too.

Next up once, adow and gift please.

We would get and official Ariana Grande mini figure

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

There have already been a couple of amazing Ideas submissions for the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car that made it to 10k, but those were sadly rejected.

I'm not a musical fan in general and don't care one bit for Wicked, but as long as it results in a good set.....I do like the idea of a Sweeney Todd set, but I doubt Lego does too....

@xboxtravis7992 said:
" @chrisaw said:
" @jkb said:
"Had to look up the trailer first; though actiong and production quality seems fine at first, it looks like another "misunderstood villain movie", which shouldn't be a thing anymore. That being said, I hope @Zink is right and we get at least some interesting sets. Sadly, after the trailer, I supposed that will be another castle, another princess cart... the usual stuff (but, maybe, just maybe, a train)."

To be fair, the book came out in 1995, and the musical the movie is based on came out in 2003 - predating the current movie trend of misunderstood villains.

Anyway, looking forward to what comes of this. Wonder if it will be minidolls or minifigs?"

I am used to Brickset commentators being a bit culturally out of the loop, but realizing how few of the people here are actually that familiar with Wicked surprised me. Especially since with how popular the musical was in the 2000's it arguably WAS the inspiration for all those "sympathetic villain" movies.

With that said I wasn't to sure what to make if the movie trailer. Very CGI, looked very Marvel-esque or similar to scenes in The Mandalorian shot inside the Volume. It's a look for movies/TV that is starting to feel old, especially compared to the grit of The Batman or the VFX perfection of Dune, or the grounded practicality of Andor. Considering how reliant Wicked the stage production is on practical effects, it's a shame the film has ditched that."

Well: Outside of the anglosphere, The Wizard of Oz is known, but hasn't such a cult following. But Wicked? What's that? Same for musicals.
So for many, it's an obscure version of an obscure IP.

@NotProfessorWhymzi:
I actually have Cats on DVD somewhere, and I’m not ashamed. Note that this is _NOT_ the burn-it-with-hellfire Hollywood adaptation, but the 1998 David Mallet production that was performed like a stage musical, and recorded like a studio film. I’ve got a similar production for Into the Woods that’s also superior to the Hollywood adaptation because it preserves the nature of the Narrator role.

@Zink:
You might be mixing this up with Oz the Great and Powerful.

Sounds incredibly boring. Wizard of Oz is too much a US thing for my liking. (though that 2013 movie was very nice)

Would be all in on an Oz-series based on the original 14 books, have never heard of the musical and based on the trailer I wish I never had, just awful stuff really.

Yeah I believe it will be one expensive "NOT A TOY" set.
:/

@JDawg5 said:
"The trailer on the other hand, was baffling. If you didn't already know it was a musical, you would have no idea from the trailer. Why would you HIDE the fact that you're making a movie based on one of the popular musicals from the last 25 years? A musical with catchy, iconic, amazing songs?! Why wouldn't you put that up front in your marketing?
"

Because maybe a lot of people, like me, wouldn't watch it knowing it's a musical. I've seen the stage musical - it was OK. Wouldn't want to watch the film.

For example, I only discovered "Wonka" was a musical a few minutes before I watched it. May not have seen it had I known in advance. Film was OK, but would have been an order of magnitude more enjoyable without the singing.

Will LEGO Wicked sets be any good? Only time will tell.

@AndyB1 said:
" @NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

Avenue Q"

Phantom of the Opera
...but not the sequel play about the Phantom in America.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(I NEED THAT CAR!)

Is The Polar Express film considered a musical? (Supposedly a sequel is coming this Christmas, so the timing couldn't be better!)

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

Would a Modern Major General strike the balance between fantasy and real warfare?

I've never heard of Wicked but whatever, I'm always up for some super cool new sets.

Can we please have The Time Dragon Clock? That piece of stage set is just marvelous!

This feels like wasted potential. Instead of making a few sets based on a 2 part movie that isn't even out yet, they should rather have made an actual theme based on the original books. Kind of like Monkie Kid.

@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

If we're taking suggestions for sets based on Musicals then I would like to offer Phantom of the Opera, Sweeny Todd, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Les Miserables, although can't see any of these becoming official sets :)

@ecleme11 said:
" @NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

If we're taking suggestions for sets based on Musicals then I would like to offer Phantom of the Opera, Sweeny Todd, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Les Miserables, although can't see any of these becoming official sets :)"

Only after they release the Waitress and Rent sets.

@JDawg5:
In six days, Wicked wraps up a four week run at the Detroit Opera House, so there’s enough interest to send an entire Broadway production on the road.

@AndyB1:
Snowballs have better odds than seeing an Avenue Q set produced in Billund.

@SMC said:
"It's about time we got Lego sets based on a film, thats based on a stage musical, thats based on a book, thats based on a film, that based on a book!"

Um…that second film is still under copyright until 1-1-2035, so unless the author licensed anything original from WB, the book can’t be overtly based on the 1939 film. Most notably, that includes zero mention of “ruby slippers”, since they were changed from silver in the book because the studio wanted them to pop on screen. Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful didn’t secure the rights, so they had to leave them out.

This is pretty wicked!

@benredstar said:
"Why wasn't this article titled "Something Wicked this way comes?""

It should have been!

I'd love an Emerald City.

Praying for an early review of 2024 speed champions

I'm glad to be 'culturally out of the loop', I really dislike musicals. That doesn't mean I can't comment, right? I'm always curious about what Lego comes up with, I just don't buy the sets.

As for The Wizard of Oz and Wicked: I guess for many Americans (< emphasis) they are part of their cultural upbringing, for Dutch people: not at all. Americans don't know Pipo de Clown either...

@thor96 said:
" @NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"could be interesting, if only for new parts. also, does this mean we might get sets for other stage musicals? i have a wishlist:
Sweeny Todd
Jekyll and Hyde
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
Cats (just kidding!)
Chess: The Musical
anything but Hamilton (good show, but the fanbase... yikes)
and Pirates of Penzance

how 'bout you guys?"

Personally I hate musicals, for me this is the most absurd form of theater (alongside it's big brother, the opera). I think we have more popular types of entertainement which are still not very covered by lego (games especially, but also movies/tv shows/comic books outside dc/marvel/SW
and pop music icons)."

I kinda agree with you about musicals, but I have to stand up for opera - one of our finest art forms!

@DoonsterBuildsLego said:
" @JDawg5 said:
"The trailer on the other hand, was baffling. If you didn't already know it was a musical, you would have no idea from the trailer. Why would you HIDE the fact that you're making a movie based on one of the popular musicals from the last 25 years? A musical with catchy, iconic, amazing songs?! Why wouldn't you put that up front in your marketing?
"

Because maybe a lot of people, like me, wouldn't watch it knowing it's a musical. I've seen the stage musical - it was OK. Wouldn't want to watch the film.

For example, I only discovered "Wonka" was a musical a few minutes before I watched it. May not have seen it had I known in advance. Film was OK, but would have been an order of magnitude more enjoyable without the singing.

Will LEGO Wicked sets be any good? Only time will tell."

I'm not a huge fan of musicals, when all the dialogue is delivered in song. But I don't mind a production with a few good musical numbers, a la Wonka.

@Klontjes said:
"I'm glad to be 'culturally out of the loop', I really dislike musicals. That doesn't mean I can't comment, right? I'm always curious about what Lego comes up with, I just don't buy the sets.

As for The Wizard of Oz and Wicked: I guess for many Americans (< emphasis) they are part of their cultural upbringing, for Dutch people: not at all. Americans don't know Pipo de Clown either..."

I beg to differ. Many of us know @StyleCounselor. ;o)

@TransNeonOrangeSpaceman said:
"Never heard of Wicked [shrugs]."
Same here. No clue. Zero interest.
Then again, I have zero interest in American Football either. I'd rather watch the lawn in our garden grow. Just as exciting, but less commercial breaks ;-)

@AustinPowers said:
"I have zero interest in American Football either. I'd rather watch the lawn in our garden grow. Just as exciting, but less commercial breaks ;-) "

But it is The Greatest Sporting Event in the World!

(it is not)

@jkb said:
"Had to look up the trailer first; though actiong and production quality seems fine at first, it looks like another "misunderstood villain movie", which shouldn't be a thing anymore. That being said, I hope @Zink is right and we get at least some interesting sets. Sadly, after the trailer, I supposed that will be another castle, another princess cart... the usual stuff (but, maybe, just maybe, a train)."

yeah, but Wicked (specifically the book and Broadway musical this movie is based on) basically started the whole misunderstood villain trend.

These sets are destined for the clearance bin. Right next to The Eternals and Black Panther sets.

Huh, it's the play from South Park.

I've seen Wicked on Broadway in NY. It was good. My daughter did an adaptation of it for a dance recital. I do think if LEGO can get into areas that draw in more people, that is a good thing. My wife and daughter would both love a Wicked set.

Personally I would prefer to see a Hamilton set, or heck... Cirque de Soleil!

@maffyd said:
"I'm a bit saddened to see the negativity in some of these comments. Wicked is a fantastic musical based on an exceptional book (which is obviously based on the original books, but has a different point of view to those and is all the better for it)."

People have different opinions, not everyone has to like the same thing or pretend to like something in case someone gets upset over it.

@MegaBlocks said:
" @maffyd said:
"I'm a bit saddened to see the negativity in some of these comments. Wicked is a fantastic musical based on an exceptional book (which is obviously based on the original books, but has a different point of view to those and is all the better for it)."

People have different opinions, not everyone has to like the same thing or pretend to like something in case someone gets upset over it."

When @Huw starts deploying trigger warnings for articles, I'll need to find a new hobby. :o)

"This article may include references to clone/competing brands, movies that should not be remembered/discussed, and/or dudes playing a dude disguised as another dude."

Hey, if it gets us new colored parts, new elements, new interesting figs. Cool.
But, and I know they won't do it (best to tie into licensing nowadays for the branding), it would be cool to see this world using Denslow's original illustrations for the settings and characters.

Trailer looks like shit

Wicked? Like Wicked W Warrick? Are we getting ewok sets? Happy happy joy joy

Is this something to do with the Wizard of Oz? The green wicked witch of the west?

@Ridgeheart said:
" @Klontjes said:
"for Dutch people: not at all"

Spreek voor jezelf."

+1

Though it probably helps that somewhere during my childhood in the 80s De Tovenaar van Oz anime* was for a while the most popular cartoon on TV.
(* yes, the majority of out childhood cartoons actually happened to be anime.....even when I only found out decades later)

@Brickodillo said:
"Wicked? Like Wicked W Warrick? Are we getting ewok sets? Happy happy joy joy"

IF they ever make Battle for Endor / Caravan of Courage LEGO sets, it will be after the original SW Holiday Special gets sets, which itself will be after Star Wars stops making new stuff. (which will never happen!)

@PurpleDave said:
" @AcademyofDrX:
Are we counting Spiderman? First sets were licensed from Sony for two non-MCU films, but everything else they’ve done is based on Marvel comics, or the MCU. I mean, Marvel got a cut of the action, and had veto rights on any merchandising (which meant Disney had veto rights on any merchandising, which they ended up weaponizing against Fox), but Sony actually signed the contracts.

The Deadpool set was based on the comics. The costume had absolutely nothing to do with his only film appearance up to that point, and released before the 2014 Fox film. Every set based on Marvel characters that Fox owned film rights to was specifically based on their comics appearances, so as to avoid letting Fox get any merchandising royalties. Disney vetoed any and every attempt to merchandise after, I think, The Wolverine, because Marvel was bringing in enough money through the MCU that Disney didn’t need the side royalties as much as they wanted to stick it to Fox.

@ForestMenOfEndor:
Wait…you’re standing up for opera, but you don’t like musicals when all the dialogue is sung? Isn’t that called “opera”?

@Ridgeheart said:
" @Klontjes said:
"for Dutch people: not at all"

Spreek voor jezelf."

Holy crap! I understand Dutch, now! Now, if I can get the entire country to limit itself to that one solitary phrase, I’ll be set…"

To clarify, “dialogue that I can easily understand.” Despite many years of Latin, my Italian is terrible. I won’t pretend to understand German, although I do appreciate the language. When I can’t understand the words, it’s all just music.

@VoidSeeker said:
"This feels like wasted potential. Instead of making a few sets based on a 2 part movie that isn't even out yet, they should rather have made an actual theme based on the original books. Kind of like Monkie Kid."

IIRC, the first book is not especially kid friendly, and the later books even less so.

I've read the books, and seen the musical, and enjoyed them. However, the movie is a easy pass, like most things coming out of Hollywood now. I think at one point it was going to be animated?

I strongly doubt these sets will be interesting, and I wouldn't be surprised if they only exist because of contractual obligations to Universal.

I'm a very old soul, because I would love to see sets based on the OG OZ books. I've read them as both a kid and an adult. There are a lot of interesting ideas in them, but I know they are so far off the pop culture radar it's not going to happen.

@ForestMenOfEndor:
So, Phantom of the Opera is, essentially (and appropriately), an opera sung in English, but you'd have a problem with it _because_ it's sung in English?

@CCC said:
"I've done some tests. LEGO bricks don't defy gravity."

I believe someone made a working monorail using, among other things, Lego parts. I could be wrong though, but I do believe those defy gravity by using electric current to hover!

@J0rgen said:
" @GBP_Chris LEGO did a Cats minifigure in a CMF series a few years ago, so who are you callin' yella'? I hope we get some sets of the most Wizard of Oz like elements of the movie - especially a flying monkey battle pack! Fly, my pretties! Fly!"

This is the cowards way out. A Cat minifigure is easy, it's all part of the plan.

A Cats minifigure is the mark of someone who realizes they have nothing to lose.

Never heard of this. Not interested in the least. Seems to be a pretty wicked movie.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @CCC said:
"I've done some tests. LEGO bricks don't defy gravity."

I believe someone made a working monorail using, among other things, Lego parts. I could be wrong though, but I do believe those defy gravity by using electric current to hover!"

You have to be strong now: It's not a real monorail. It's a gear-propelled sstem on wheels.

@PurpleDave:

You have to be strong now: It's actually a FRENCH STAGE PLAY that some obscure American (ALW) turned into a musical. Also, they have translated it and sing in the language that fits the audience. Like they do with any musical that promises to attract enough crowd. Can't tell how bad the translation is, though, as I'm not interested in any version.

@VBaskin said:
"I Think that rumor is real."

Lego replied Twitter post of Wicked.

Was just hoping it not yellow brick road set...
Also though there was a Dimensions oz accessory pack..

@CCC said:
"I've done some tests. LEGO bricks don't defy gravity."

You're just not throwing them hard enough at a popcorn ceiling.

@PurpleDave said:
" @AcademyofDrX:
Are we counting Spiderman? First sets were licensed from Sony for two non-MCU films, but everything else they’ve done is based on Marvel comics, or the MCU. I mean, Marvel got a cut of the action, and had veto rights on any merchandising (which meant Disney had veto rights on any merchandising, which they ended up weaponizing against Fox), but Sony actually signed the contracts.

The Deadpool set was based on the comics. The costume had absolutely nothing to do with his only film appearance up to that point, and released before the 2014 Fox film. Every set based on Marvel characters that Fox owned film rights to was specifically based on their comics appearances, so as to avoid letting Fox get any merchandising royalties. Disney vetoed any and every attempt to merchandise after, I think, The Wolverine, because Marvel was bringing in enough money through the MCU that Disney didn’t need the side royalties as much as they wanted to stick it to Fox.

@ForestMenOfEndor:
Wait…you’re standing up for opera, but you don’t like musicals when all the dialogue is sung? Isn’t that called “opera”?

@Ridgeheart said:
" @Klontjes said:
"for Dutch people: not at all"

Spreek voor jezelf."

Holy crap! I understand Dutch, now! Now, if I can get the entire country to limit itself to that one solitary phrase, I’ll be set…"

I always forget about the Spider-Man movie sets! Yes, I would say that counts based on my arbitrary criteria, since as you mention that was licensed from Sony's Columbia Pictures rather than from Marvel.

I thought Origins had come out before the Deadpool Lego set, but I was going off of memory. I know that merchandising for the X-Men was always confusing, though I was never sure exactly who made what decision or why.

@PurpleDave said:
" @jkb said:
"...some obscure American (ALW)..."

You have to be strong now. Andrew Lloyd-Weber is...British. He's on your side of the pond, with his knighthood and peerage and all that."

Wasn't it a book before it ever was a play / opera / movie? EDIT: Yep, it was. Le Fantôme de l'Opéra is from 1910 and is by Gaston Leroux.

@illennium said:
" @xboxtravis7992 said:
"I am used to Brickset commentators being a bit culturally out of the loop"

I hope this never changes because I find it endlessly entertaining! And honestly, a bit endearing in a world where many online often pretend to know everything since most information is a click or two away.

In this very thread, we have "The Wizard of Oz" -- one of the 5 most watched movies of all time! -- being called "an obscure IP." "
Americans should definitely learn that there are other parts of the world too.
Shocker, I know, but just because something is popular, even massively, in the US, doesn't mean that it is as popular everywhere else.

Yes, I know the Wizard of Oz because I grew up (partly) in the UK and therefore had read the book as a kid, but even I didn't know what Wicked was or that it was related to the former.
Much less other people in Germany, most of which I bet have never even heard of the Wizard of Oz. That's just not a thing over here. Or take The Grinch. Every kid in the US will know that book, whereas here it is mainly known as a really bad Jim Carrey movie from years ago - that is if anyone even remembers that film. Kids over here have different popular stories, ones that hardly anyone in the US will likely have ever heard about.

Same with stage musicals. The list mentioned above would look quite different in Germany.
The most popular by a wide margin over here are/have been either by Disney (The Lion King being the most popular, with Frozen and Tarzan following behind) or by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Cats, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon), plus a couple of others like Mamma Mia, Dirty Dancing, etc.

@benredstar said:
"Why wasn't this article titled "Something Wicked this way comes?""
Didn't know Yoda was involved.
Watch this movie you must...

@AcademyofDrX:
It was pretty hard to come up with something that counted. Ultimately, LFL still owns Star Wars and Indiana Jones, even if Disney calls all the shots. TLM/TLM2 were both co-owned by TLG/WB, and while the films featured characters owned by neither, the only existing IP that made it into the sets was owned by one or the other. The only non-DC characters in TLBM were from Wizard of Oz, which is also owned by WB, and TLNM didn't have any from outside IP (if you don't count one of the characters wearing a Batman shirt). I thought for a minute that TMNT worked, but when I looked up ownership, Paramount (the three film sets) also owns Nickelodeon (everything else). While there are several CMFs that are clearly inspired by various real people or IP, they didn't actually license any for the numbered series. I can't think of any instances of public domain fairy tale characters who got licensed through Disney, but also appear in other non-Disney themes. 21315 and 40291 are two rare examples of recognizable fairy tales incorporated into sets, but neither feature characters that they also licensed from Disney. Scrooge McDuck may have been named after Ebenezer Scrooge, but they aren't the same character.

Um, Princess & the Frog? 7578 and 71038-5.

@AustinPowers:
To be fair, when you're discussing Broadway shows, it's important to remember that residents of New York City often forget there's a world outside of New York City.

@AustinPowers said:
"And as for my favorite musical, that would have to be "Planet of the Apes - The Musical" from the Simpsons, with my favorite song
"I hate every ape I see,
from Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Zee".
ROFL"

"I can SIIIIING!"

@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Is this something to do with the Wizard of Oz? The green wicked witch of the west?"

Yes, from the 1900 book (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), to the '39 movie (The Wizard of Oz), to the '95 book (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West), to the 2003 musical stage play (Wicked), and finally to this musical movie (Wicked).
-whew- ;)

My fav musical films:
(maybe LEGO can make some of these into future sets)...
- The Sound of Music
- Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory '71 (LEGO get on this ASAP!)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (Lego did a little w/the CMF's, but needs a FULL line of sets).
- LA LA Land
- The Wizard of Oz (a little done in the CMF's, needs a full line).
- Little Shop of Horrors '86
- The Blues Brothers
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- Yellow Submarine (the brilliant sub and brilliant figures already done well Lego).
- West Side Story '61

Honorable Mention:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Once More, with Feeling (man wish Lego would do a full Buffy line).

I can just see a Les Mis barricade, a Phantom of the Opera boat, a Spooky Mormon Hell Dream diorama from the Book of Mormon, some Avenue Q Brick Heads and a Miss Saigon helicopter escape playset. There's a whole new theme here!

@yellowcastle said:
[[ @Klontjes said:
[[I'm glad to be 'culturally out of the loop', I really dislike musicals. That doesn't mean I can't comment, right? I'm always curious about what Lego comes up with, I just don't buy the sets.

As for The Wizard of Oz and Wicked: I guess for many Americans ( @StyleCounselor . ;o)]]

Ouch!

What?! Is there viral video of me from the Superb Owl party I attended?

Going back to hangover-nursing sleep. Wake me up when the musicals are over. I'm a phunk, hip-hop, and rock 'n roll man. Silly sing-song singing is for sillies.

x_×

As for ideas for new musicals, there's two I would love to see:

Airplane! - The Musical. And don't call me Shirley!

And of course:

Spaceballs - The Musical!

@AustinPowers said:
"As for ideas for new musicals, there's two I would love to see:

Airplane! - The Musical. And don't call me Shirley!

And of course:

Spaceballs - The Musical! "

Spaceballs II - The Search for More Money!

@Ridgeheart said:
" @Klontjes said:
"for Dutch people: not at all"

Spreek voor jezelf."

Sorry, dat had moeten zijn: "for MOST Dutch people: not at all". Dan kan ik het nog steeds mis hebben, maar dat denk ik niet.

Oh, what a world, what a world.

@legoDad42 said:
"My fav musical films:
(maybe LEGO can make some of these into future sets)...
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (Lego did a little w/the CMF's, but needs a FULL line of sets)."

Tell you what I’m gonna do. I’ll call up Customer Service and twist their arm until they agree to release one Nightmare Before Christmas set this year. After that, you’re on your own.

@Klontjes said:
"Sorry, dat had moeten zijn: "for MOST Dutch people: not at all". Dan kan ik het nog steeds mis hebben, maar dat denk ik niet."

C’mon, people! Stick to the agreed-upon phrase!

@AustinPowers said:
" @illennium said:
" @xboxtravis7992 said:
"I am used to Brickset commentators being a bit culturally out of the loop"

I hope this never changes because I find it endlessly entertaining! And honestly, a bit endearing in a world where many online often pretend to know everything since most information is a click or two away.

In this very thread, we have "The Wizard of Oz" -- one of the 5 most watched movies of all time! -- being called "an obscure IP." "
Americans should definitely learn that there are other parts of the world too.
Shocker, I know, but just because something is popular, even massively, in the US, doesn't mean that it is as popular everywhere else.

Yes, I know the Wizard of Oz because I grew up (partly) in the UK and therefore had read the book as a kid, but even I didn't know what Wicked was or that it was related to the former.
Much less other people in Germany, most of which I bet have never even heard of the Wizard of Oz. That's just not a thing over here. Or take The Grinch. Every kid in the US will know that book, whereas here it is mainly known as a really bad Jim Carrey movie from years ago - that is if anyone even remembers that film. Kids over here have different popular stories, ones that hardly anyone in the US will likely have ever heard about.

Same with stage musicals. The list mentioned above would look quite different in Germany.
The most popular by a wide margin over here are/have been either by Disney (The Lion King being the most popular, with Frozen and Tarzan following behind) or by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Cats, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon), plus a couple of others like Mamma Mia, Dirty Dancing, etc. "

This licence is based off of a future worldwide blockbuster movie, not a stage show.

The movie will be based off of the stage show, but that's irrelevant to the licensing by Lego.

The "Wicked Movie" is based on The Book, "Wicked." not on the Stage Play. The story may be much "darker" than what the audience might expect, if they have only seen the Broadway Musical.

As for Multiple "i.p.' characters from different manufacturers - we have Teenage Ninja Turtles --
and SpongeBob SquarePants - that have moved from Lego to Mega Blocks or Vice versa....

and, yes, Please Bring on the Flyin' Monkeys!

New Movie - is adapted from the Book, "Wicked." as well as from the Musical Stage Play. (The Broadway show was a much gentler story than the one presented in the book.) The stories and themes and situations in the new Movie may be much more intense than the ones presented in the Broadway Stage Musical. The old Wizard of Oz books have fallen into the Public Domain.

If we recall -- for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in the book, some of the greedy kids were killed off. In the Movie, "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," the kids were just tossed out of the factory. Lower body count.

@PurpleDave said:
" @ForestMenOfEndor:
So, Phantom of the Opera is, essentially (and appropriately), an opera sung in English, but you'd have a problem with it _because_ it's sung in English?"

Exactly!

@CaliforniaUncleRich:
The question was if there were other instances where The LEGO Group had licensed the same character from multiple companies, not if multiple companies had licensed the same character from one IP-holder. The two examples so far include the Wicked Witch of the West, which has previously been licensed from Warner (owner of the 1939 film) for use in Dimensions and The LEGO Batman Movie, and will now be licensed again from Universal for Wicked. And then Spiderman was originally licensed for the first two Tobey McGuire films from Sony, and then a few years later from Marvel for usages based on the comic books. The third option I threw out there is The Princess & The Frog, which was bundled in with the Disney Princess license, but had previously appeared based on the original story which is in the public domain.

In Roald Dahl’s original Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, it’s revealed at the very end that, while they all suffered horrible, life-altering consequences, all of the other kids did, in fact, survive. They may have been better off if they hadn’t, though.

@Zink:
You referred to it as a Disney remake (or at least appeared to have). Wicked is from Universal. OtGaP is from Disney.

Please tell me that we are not now accepting OtGaP as an acceptable acronym.

@yellowcastle said:
"Please tell me that we are not now accepting OtGaP as an acceptable acronym."

OtGaP = Original Trilogy - Good as Prequels? Is that what that acronym means? If so, what alternate universe did I accidentally walk into and how do I get back home again? I'm so confused about why we're talking Star Wars on a Wicked thread...

;-)

@yellowcastle said:
"Please tell me that we are not now accepting OtGaP as an acceptable acronym."

O z
t he
G reat
a nd
P owerful

Really no different than saying LotR, PotC, BttF, ANH, TESB, RotJ…

@PurpleDave said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"Please tell me that we are not now accepting OtGaP as an acceptable acronym."

O z
t he
G reat
a nd
P owerful

Really no different than saying LotR, PotC, BttF, ANH, TESB, RotJ…
"

It’s different, smh.

@yellowcastle:
Any other article, it wouldn't make sense. Here? The name has been dropped frequently enough that it works, if only on a temporary and localized basis.

@PurpleDave said:
" @yellowcastle:
Any other article, it wouldn't make sense. Here? The name has been dropped frequently enough that it works, if only on a temporary and localized basis."
Approved for temporary, localized use. ;o)

@yellowcastle said:
"Please tell me that we are not now accepting OtGaP as an acceptable acronym."

I do, but it kinda sounds like "odd gap". Like between incissors, but even stranger, or within a bridge.

@Ridgeheart said:
"Yeah, I don't think I'll be using a five-letter acronym when a two-letter name will suffice. "Oz" it is. Oh, the time I'll be saving!"

You’ll only have to do that 45 times to start saving time, based on the number of characters you took to explain that.