Glicked: film fans prepare for ‘Gladiator II’ and ‘Wicked’ release day doubleheader
nme.comRidley Scott’s Gladiator II and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked – are set to hit cinemas worldwide on the same date, November 22.The latter film, the first of a two-part adaptation of the smash stage musical of the same name, had initially planned to release on November 27, but has now moved the date to avoid clashing with Disney’s Moana 2.It now puts it on a collision course with the ancient Roman epic, and fans have already dubbed the dual release date as ‘Glicked’, in homage to the Barbie/Oppenheimer head-to-head that ended up benefiting both of those films.Gladiator II star Paul Mescal has commented on the clash, telling ET: “Wickdiator doesn’t really roll off the tongue does it?
I think my preference would probably be Glicked if it has a similar effect to what it did for Barbie and Oppenheimer. It would be amazing ’cause I think the films couldn’t be more polar opposites and it worked in that context previously.
So fingers crossed people come out and see both films on opening weekend.”“We’re going with #GLICKED for their opening weekend, right?” wrote one X/Twitter user about the anticipated phenomenon.“Barbenheimer walked so glicked could run,” wrote another.We’re going with #GLICKED for their opening weekend, right? (Sound on.
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