“This is a serious warning for parents and children who have loved the movie ‘Wicked’ — do not buy them the book,” user @enchantednanny said in a video. “It is not a children’s book.

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

Among “Wicked” fans, the book’s content is divisive. Kieffer, on her end, said that the sexual content “muddles the plot.” ...

But Wicked also underlines the strangeness of Oz adaptations, perhaps owing to the world-famous iconography of the 1939 film adaptation: There are actually 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum ...

The film adapts the well-known Broadway musical of the same name, which is itself a loose adaptation of Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

The original novel inspired a series of four books, titled "The Wicked Years." Other novels in the series include Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz.

Maguire is the author of the entire “Wicked” series (available in this lim ited-edition boxed set), which delves into the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, “The Wonderful ...

Wicked could be one of the biggest movies of the year, and if you want to see how it all began, a new collector's edition of the novel and series box set release soon.

"Wicked," "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Life of Pi" and other touring productions are part of Broadway at the Eccles' 2024-2025 subscription season — while "The Book of Mormon" and "Les Misérables" will ...