The Studios unit saw a 85% year-over-year burst in EBITDA and 7% revenue growth to $3.27 billion thanks to the box office performances of Wicked and The Wild Robot. Lower domestic theme park ...

Fortnite's skydiving sound effect was used in the movie Wicked's climactic song "Defying Gravity." Wicked's editor shared the use of the Fortnite sound effect in a YouTube video from The Rough Cut.

Wicked is getting a new Elphaba, and she’s about to make history: Lencia Kebede will be the first Black actress to assume the role full time in the Broadway company. Kebede, who recently starred ...

Box office hit Wicked features Epic Games' Fortnite during the movie's most iconic musical number. The film's finale, built around breakout song Defying Gravity, sees Elphaba burst out of a window ...

Without a juggernaut like “Avatar,” this year’s visual effects Oscar race is proving a competitive one, with VFX branch members nominating the stellar work in “Alien: Romulus,” “Better ...

Universal is hoping the excitement around “Wicked” can hang around — for good. The movie studio faces a unique challenge: promote and release two build-on films just one year apart.

Ariana Grande celebrated the Oscar nominations for “Wicked” with a throwback video of her performing a hit song from the musical as a child, while Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu took to ...

Chu did not get an Academy Award nomination for best director Thursday, but his blockbuster movie “Wicked” garnered an astounding 10 nominations for an array of awards, including the top prize ...

The 2025 Oscar nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced, and Emilia Pérez is leading the pack this year with 13 nods — the most earned by a film not in the English language.

Another musical — “Wicked,” the smash Broadway adaptation — came away with nearly as many nominations. Jon M. Chu’s lavish “Wizard of Oz” riff scored 10 nominations, including best ...

The carpet is red, the road is yellow brick, and the Globes are golden, but the Wicked stars switched up their signature color palette to kick off awards season.