{"id":2095942,"date":"2025-10-16T18:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2095942"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:37:28","slug":"wicked-how-for-goods-story-of-friendship-resonates-with-jon-m-chu-alice-brooks-and-myron-kerstein-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wicked-how-for-goods-story-of-friendship-resonates-with-jon-m-chu-alice-brooks-and-myron-kerstein-in-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wicked\u2019: How \u2018For Good\u2019s Story of Friendship Resonates With Jon M. Chu, Alice Brooks and Myron Kerstein in Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">It seems fitting that this year\u2019s Creative Collaborator award recipients, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0160840\/\">Jon M. Chu<\/a>, cinematographer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0515217\/\">Alice Brooks<\/a> and editor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0450005\/\">Myron Kerstein<\/a>, are part of the team who brought \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1262426\/\">Wicked<\/a>\u201d and its sequel, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19847976\/\">Wicked: For Good<\/a>,\u201d to the big screen. The film is a story about friendship and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5535052\/\">Chu<\/a>, who has known Brooks since their days as film students at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0538176\/\">USC<\/a>, says, \u201cIt is really even more full-circle to be making a movie like this and explore friendship with my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1262426\/\">Wicked<\/a>\u201d is the story of the witches of Oz before \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032138\/\">The Wizard of Oz.<\/a>\u201d Next month, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19847976\/\">Wicked: For Good<\/a>\u201d brings the story to a close as the friendship of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10793569\/\">Glinda<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3812858\/\">Ariana Grande<\/a>) and Elphaba (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7248827\/\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a>) is put to the test.<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Collaborators Award will be presented at the Middleburg Film Festival on Oct. 17. The festival runs from Oct. 16\u201319.<\/p>\n<p>Variety talked to the honorees about working together on several films,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems fitting that this year\u2019s Creative Collaborator award recipients, Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks and editor Myron Kerstein, are part of the team who brought \u201cWicked\u201d and its sequel, \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d to the big screen. 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