<![CDATA[ Latest from GamesRadar+ UK in Musicals ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/movies/musicals Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:32:59 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Wicked: For Good director kept the final shot secret from studio executives so it couldn't be spoiled ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-for-good-director-kept-the-final-shot-secret-from-studio-executives-so-it-couldnt-be-spoiled/ QQQCpFzfgfy7UK63UScTG8 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:32:59 +0000 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:16:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ James Cameron "almost" directed Wicked 15 years ago, but he "couldn't find the song" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/james-cameron-almost-directed-wicked-15-years-ago-but-he-couldnt-find-the-song/ vp5eDZJgRWf7gwzWparB8d Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:28:42 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:28:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quentin Tarantino begins his best movies of the 21st Century list with a nuclear hot take: "I don't think Scorsese has made a film this exciting [this century]" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/quentin-tarantino-begins-his-best-movies-of-the-21st-century-list-with-a-nuclear-hot-take-i-dont-think-scorsese-has-made-a-film-this-exciting-this-century/ ENMC3GwiLAiEwZhkumgtB8 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:02:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ After a massive opening weekend for Wicked: For Good, Universal teases the possibility of more sequels: "We have a responsibility to figure out how we can continue in this universe" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/after-a-massive-opening-weekend-for-wicked-for-good-universal-teases-the-possibility-of-more-sequels-we-have-a-responsibility-to-figure-out-how-we-can-continue-in-this-universe/ oZ7abL4cQqXhuLkJN3FCT9 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:19:32 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:18:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 9 biggest changes Wicked: For Good makes to the Broadway show ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-for-good-changes-broadway-musical-part-two/ oqvcGYXZ9eFDNUmriwxt96 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked: For Good earns a lukewarm Rotten Tomatoes score that's almost 20% lower than the first movie's ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-for-good-earns-a-lukewarm-rotten-tomatoes-score-thats-almost-20-percent-lower-than-the-first-movies/ 5oaM7UF6paKrjgxj2sUXyc Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:18:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked: For Good review: "Builds to an incredibly cathartic conclusion, but isn't quite as captivating as Part 1" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-for-good-review/ A7Lhjkqx6qRing3hqt3CdX Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:12:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sabrina Carpenter will star and produce a musical new version of Alice in Wonderland with a Wicked producer onboard ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/sabrina-carpenter-will-star-and-produce-a-musical-new-version-of-alice-in-wonderland-with-a-wicked-producer-onboard/ 45PJSPUpPD8KATTBJZqVHP Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:43:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ First Wicked: For Good reactions call the sequel "an epic and heartbreakingly tender conclusion" and praise Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/first-wicked-for-good-reactions-call-the-sequel-an-epic-and-heartbreakingly-tender-conclusion-and-praise-ariana-grande-and-cynthia-erivo/ CqHVVd8KLEfPfvJEzdAVRi Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:12:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ The first Wicked: For Good trailer doesn't feature the new songs, but it has already made me cry ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-movies/the-first-wicked-for-good-trailer-doesnt-feature-the-new-songs-but-it-has-already-made-me-cry/ 9EcPR9Ybm3ALBK8adssb6b Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:43:15 +0000 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:43:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Disney pauses live-action Tangled movie from The Greatest Showman director after Snow White bombs at the box office ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/live-action-movies/disney-pauses-live-action-tangled-movie-from-the-greatest-showman-director-after-snow-white-bombs-at-the-box-office/ Dq5kFQ2ahLV6MdyqFGro2N Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:57:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked: For Good release date, cast, story, and everything else you need to know about Wicked Part 2 ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-2-release-date-cast-story-trailer/ tNe55MX3VoWusBwX4DQUhS Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:30:45 +0000 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:45:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ The viral 'Rock DJ' clip from new musical Better Man is one of the year's best scenes – which is not what I was expecting from the Robbie Williams CGI monkey biopic ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/the-viral-rock-dj-clip-from-new-musical-better-man-is-one-of-the-years-best-scenes-which-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-from-the-robbie-williams-cgi-monkey-biopic/ qsoMiic23c7TYxaA5MTpHR Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mufasa: The Lion King first reactions call it the "perfect prequel" and "a story that deserves to be told" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/adventure-movies/mufasa-the-lion-king-first-reactions-call-it-the-perfect-prequel-and-a-story-that-deserves-to-be-told/ QBVUD7L7K77xcbVVuZDkPV Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:03:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ When is Wicked out on streaming? ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/when-is-wicked-streaming-peacock/ Me7gUEuKR6fnskMhrKo2Wi Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:00:40 +0000 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:20:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked post-credits: Is there a Wicked Part One post-credits scene? ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-post-credits-is-there-a-wicked-part-one-post-credits-scene/ ye87uRE33YyteFbQHNsD8k Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked ending explained: Easter eggs, cameos, differences to the Broadway musical, and more ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-ending-explained-easter-eggs-cameos-differences-to-the-broadway-musical-and-more/ TbCrKsmBHKmWr39vCyHX2N Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:33:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked director says he knew he'd captured movie magic with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on the very first day of shooting ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-director-says-he-knew-hed-captured-movie-magic-with-cynthia-erivo-and-ariana-grande-on-the-very-first-day-of-shooting/ 3bHobPDJQY4DRYtqSc798d Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:33:15 +0000 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:33:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked director teases "maybe a new song or two" in Part 2, and says "the best is yet to come with these characters" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-director-teases-maybe-a-new-song-or-two-in-part-2-and-says-the-best-is-yet-to-come-with-these-characters/ 4d3iVa7vp5BYe8dPC4aSoC Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:08:14 +0000 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:35:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked director explains why the movie's version of Defying Gravity is different to the show's: "We had to break that up a little bit, which is scary" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-director-explains-why-the-movies-version-of-defying-gravity-is-different-to-the-shows-we-had-to-break-that-up-a-little-bit-which-is-scary/ R9izu7zshqGJBMwfGFwPck Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:37:23 +0000 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:37:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked review: "Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will have you defying gravity" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-part-one-review/ 8RK49gteQP4HXVxWBPDFmT Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:00:30 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:12:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joker: Folie a Deux actor says the musical-superhero movie is the "worst film ever made" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/superhero-movies/joker-folie-a-deux-actor-says-the-musical-superhero-movie-is-the-worst-film-ever-made/ yKrp8DSpZyRXKVpMzFx8TF Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:20:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked first reactions overwhelmingly praise Ariana Grande's "scene-stealing" Glinda ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-first-reactions-overwhelmingly-praise-ariana-grandes-scene-stealing-glinda/ JCDFms9tD33Rsf4DMXA74U Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:59:06 +0000 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:37:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Wicked trailer teases romance, schemes, and doomed friendship as Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo form an unlikely bond ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-trailer-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-jonathan-bailey-glinda-elphaba/ RGWWJhEv34f599TLcPJZR6 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:26:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ First Joker: Folie à Deux reactions call it a "brilliant musical return to a world of madness" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/joker-2-reactions/ PcKPPGHqh2Grrfg3qSm9DB Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:36:10 +0000 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:45:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ First Snow White trailer sees Gal Gadot's Evil Queen go after a singing and dancing Rachel Zegler as she frolics through the forest ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-movies/snow-white-first-trailer-rachel-zegler-gal-gadot/ 6nTNCFQfencXn9kU58994D Sat, 10 Aug 2024 05:27:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ A new Barbenheimer? Wicked and Gladiator 2 are now releasing on the same day, and everyone is making the same joke ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-gladiator-2-barbenheimer-same-release-date/ 8G53EoVkNRo9ysPZx2cMFW Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:53:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wicked director unpacks his version of Oz in the movie musical's new trailer: "We had to stick our necks out and sometimes be scared of what people would think" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-trailer-breakdown-jon-m-chu-interview/ 3eUXMiEaNkR2BHak4AeXKJ Wed, 15 May 2024 15:11:27 +0000 Wed, 15 May 2024 15:22:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Wicked trailer takes us back to the Emerald City as Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba goes up against Jeff Goldblum's Wizard of Oz ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/musicals/wicked-trailer-full-length-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-jeff-goldblum/ Sip64FR2Vo5HiBW9NbYj5F Wed, 15 May 2024 15:05:28 +0000 Wed, 15 May 2024 15:16:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is it just me, or are concert movies better than the real thing? ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/is-it-just-me-concert-movies-opinion/ HDJGG2wBXKioNmeoEGxtfR Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:02:21 +0000 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:39:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ First trailer for Wicked defies gravity as Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo bring the magic ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/wicked-trailer-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo/ 7XeyRkrVNC83ohvD7wnWLi Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:14:21 +0000 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:02:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Color Purple review: "Treads a fine line between saccharine and crowd-pleasing" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/the-color-purple-2023-review/ J5P25rGdPqn2TpkhMHdzV3 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:22:45 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:11:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jennifer Lopez plays Jennifer Lopez in the weirdest movie trailer of the year so far ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-a-love-story-trailer/ vnKe9r23uf9VEU5sCFRDu6 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:13:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Baz Luhrmann wants to turn Elvis into a TV show, but it will be "completely different" from the movie ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/baz-luhrmann-elvis-series-different-to-movie-/ ACLA9hZig65zqBhjRn6iRA Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:58:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Taylor Swift movie is coming to streaming in time for Christmas, and there's a bonus present for fans too ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-movie-streaming-release-date-christmas-december/ Lh6fEGXoENwYdkwP5ZNUr8 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:28:19 +0000 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:59:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mamma Mia 3 producer says the upcoming sequel is currently in the works - it will “definitely happen” ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/producer-confirms-mamma-mia-3-sequel-update/ BrdgK2iX4hMK2dJVYSKmkc Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:31:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour review - "A dazzling look at an artist at the height of her powers" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-review/ LWChTQb8ZQP38PCVDs5R3G Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:04:15 +0000 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:05:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Over 40 years on, Stop Making Sense remains the ultimate cinematic experience ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/stop-making-sense-remaster-opinion/ QxowFaYncnorE3kXrrggha Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:04:05 +0000 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:06:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Taylor Swift has taken on Batman and Doctor Strange – and won ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-the-batman-doctor-strange-2-pre-sales/ c3CWnZhSGwEtUK8GKTZ8RP Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:04:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mamma Mia Star Stellan Skarsgard says he'll dead by the time the third film is written ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/mamma-mia-stellan-skarsgard-trilogy/ tH2xdhCQdexza22Yna2QhL Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:49:48 +0000 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:50:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is it just me, or are too many films being made into musicals? ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/is-it-just-me-too-many-film-musicals/ ouf95ATNc6hxkRkBhFLgkN Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:17:19 +0000 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:57:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ People think Timothee Chalamet's Wonka stole his look from a Muppet ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/timothee-chalamet-wonka-gonzo-muppet-christmas-carol/ PnTmkjErFYg4Wi78cQjGCF Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:59:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ One Emmy-nominated show isn't available to watch anywhere ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-emmy-nominationed-not-available-to-watch/ NwdCaTiubWV9qPHDz8Z2Yh Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:41:49 +0000 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:42:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Greatest Days review: "Vibrant musical propelled by a stream of Take That bangers" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/greatest-days-review/ dDjD9Es4nQezcWoN7VXLti Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:54:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is this 2023's weirdest scene? Grease prequel tries to ignore actor departure – with hilariously bad results ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-richie-cgi/ yUdeWQtxoCueZ2ra4qSPZ7 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:24:56 +0000 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:27:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Carmen review: "Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera strike sparks" ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/carmen-2022-review/ j32kGGbUNrQLLDugxvBtd5 Tue, 23 May 2023 15:27:48 +0000 Tue, 23 May 2023 15:27:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Moana's lead actor won’t be back in the live-action remake ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/moana-lead-actor-aulii-cravalho-live-action-not-return/ jDSwj7jJmGmibY6Fef2wB9 Mon, 22 May 2023 09:46:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Timothée Chalamet said yes to Wonka because he thinks we all need it right now ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/timothee-chalamet-wonka-said-yes/ R2EetPh2KrsGFhqD8EgsT5 Wed, 17 May 2023 14:36:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mamma Mia producer has promising update on sequel ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/mamma-mia-3-meryl-streep-update/ SSNzTizEwXxBbo7sA7vuuC Wed, 03 May 2023 14:14:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Wonka trailer confirms Hugh Grant is playing an Oompa Loompa ]]> https://www.gamesradar.com/wonka-trailer-hugh-grant-oompa-loompa/ nDDfYL9nqLBSQdnpxR2oNj Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:23:45 +0000 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:24:03 +0000