Jeff Goldblum is in final talks to portray the Wizard in the long-awaited adaptation of Wicked

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Jeff Goldblum is currently in final talks to portray the Wizard in the upcoming  adaptations of the smash hit musical Wicked.The news about the 70-year-old performer's potential involvement with the long-awaited project was reported by Variety on Friday.The adaptations of the long-running musical, which is centered on a pair of characters from The Wizard of Oz, has been in the works for over a decade.

Signing on: Jeff Goldblum is currently in final talks to portray The Wizard in the upcoming adaptations of the smash hit musical Wicked; he is seen in 2021 and Frank Morgan is seen in 1939Wicked is based on Gregory Maguire's book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was originally published in 1995.The play is centered on Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West, and follows her life up until her apparently fatal encounter with Dorothy Gale.

The characters in the book were originally featured in L. Frank Baum's series of Oz novels.The Wizard of Oz, which was based on the writer's stories, premiered in 1939, and the titular character was portrayed by Frank Morgan.

Basis: The Wizard of Oz, which was based on the writer's stories, premiered in 1939, and the titular character was portrayed by Frank MorganWicked premiered in 2003 and made its way to Broadway that same year.The musical, which has starred performers such as Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in the past, has since become one of the most successful theatre productions of of all time.