{"id":992197,"date":"2021-11-10T00:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=992197"},"modified":"2021-11-10T00:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:28:57","slug":"70000-sign-petition-to-keep-james-corden-out-of-wicked-film-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/70000-sign-petition-to-keep-james-corden-out-of-wicked-film-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"70,000 Sign Petition to Keep James Corden Out of &#039;Wicked&#039; Film Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F70000-sign-petition-to-keep-james-corden-out-of-wicked-film-adaptation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=992197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/jamescorden3-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Change.org petition seeking to convince producers&nbsp;to leave&nbsp;CBS&nbsp;late-night host&nbsp;James Corden out&nbsp;of the upcoming film adaptation of the stage play, <i>Wicked<\/i>&nbsp;has already surpassed 70,000 of its goal of 75,000 signers.<\/p>\n<p>Corden, the British comedian who came to America in 2015 to host <i>The Late Late Show<\/i>, has intrenched himself in many of Hollywood\u2019s recent music-based shows, and apparently these fans are sick and tired of it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/keep-james-corden-out-of-wicked-the-movie\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition<\/a> to exclude Corden from the <i>Wicked<\/i> movie is curt and to the point, explaining, \u201cJames Corden in no way shape or form should be in or near the production of Wicked the movie. That\u2019s pretty much it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of Corden\u2019s talent or lack thereof, he has appeared in several musicals over the last few years, including <i>Cats<\/i>, <i>Into the Woods<\/i>, <i>The Prom<\/i>, and the recent woke Amazon Prime updating of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10155932\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Cinderella<\/i><\/a>, in which Corden played a mouse made into a man.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cats | Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) HD | In Cinemas Boxing Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtyhXCsjcUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Some wonder if Corden has his eye on taking the role of the Wizard in the nascent <i>Wicked<\/i> film production, but petition signers hope to stave off delivery of the plum role filled by Joel Grey in the original 2003 stage hit.<\/p>\n<p>The petition was launched after Corden\u2019s name began trending on social media when the production announced some of the actors cast in other roles on the project. Late last week it was announced that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande would be playing leads Elphaba and Glinda respectively.<\/p>\n<p>A <i>Wicked<\/i> film adaptation has been in development hell since 2004, but it looks like the production is finally about to get off the ground and will begin production in the UK early next year.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Change.org petition seeking to convince producers\u00a0to leave\u00a0CBS\u00a0late-night host\u00a0James Corden out\u00a0of the upcoming film adaptation of the stage play, Wicked\u00a0has already surpassed 70,000 of its goal of 75,000 signers. 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