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According to Deadline, Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu has officially signed on to helm Universal Pictures’ long-in-development film adaptation of Wicked, based on Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s acclaimed and popular Broadway musical of the same name. Chu will be replacing Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry ( The Crown), who was forced to exit the project last year due to scheduling conflicts caused by the ongoing pandemic. Chu is no stranger to the musical genre as he first directed the upcoming film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical In the Heights which is...