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Hey, Jon M. Chu, Lin-Manuel Miranda has a message for you. With both Chu’s film Wicked and Miranda’s Lion King prequel Mufasa ...
"It's wild. It's unbridled." Universal has debuted a new 3-minute featurette for Jon M. Chu's Wicked: For Good, opening in ...
Jon M. Chu, photographed at his Calabasas home on May 28, makes his movie musical debut with "In the Heights," nearly 20 years after he was predicted to transform the genre.
EXCLUSIVE: Jon M. Chu learned to use his power in the right way — just as Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba does in Wicked. Chu says that after 15 years working with studios he knew "how the machine works ...
Several things "haunted" the director while working on the adaptation, but one scene was particularly scary to get right Bailey Richards, Charna Flam Mon, December 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM UTC 4 min read ...
Director Jon M. Chu and his wife, Kristin Hodge, expanded their family by one more, welcoming the birth of their daughter on Nov. 9. Her birth coincided with another big moment in Chu's life: the ...
Jon M. Chu says his Britney Spears biopic will be about treatment of 'stars that we think we own'© Provided by Entertainment Weekly Paramount/Getty Britney Spears in 'Crossroads'© Provided by ...
As Jon M. Chu brings the latest big-screen installment to L. Frank Baum’s ever-expanding universe, he’s reflecting on the societal shifts that have historically punctuated adaptations of Oz. The ...
Jon M. Chu Almost Cast ‘No-Namers’ in ‘Wicked’: ‘It’s a Big Enough Property on Its Own’ Chu was met with a plethora of auditions from huge actresses, but found Ariana Grande and ...
Jon M. Chu (left) and Justin Bieber in 2011. Kevin Mazur/WireImage The director became interested after learning more about the role the internet played in the singer's speedy rise to fame.
Director Jon M. Chu talks about Asian representation in Hollywood Chu, along with other trailblazers in Hollywood and on Broadway, share how they made their way to the bright lights and what ...
Jon M. Chu revealed it was “heartbreaking” and “very hurtful” for him when he learned his 2021 musical “ In the Heights ” was being released in theaters and on streaming via HBO Max on ...