how long did it take to film wicked

Filming on the Wicked movies took a little over a year in total, with several months of active shooting spread across that period and a major pause in the middle due to the Hollywood strikes.

Quick timeline

• Principal photography for the two-part Wicked adaptation began in England in December 2022.

• Shooting was planned to run through late July 2023 but was halted on July 13, 2023 because of the SAG‑AFTRA strike.

• Filming then resumed and finally wrapped in January 2024, when production on the two-part adaptation was officially declared complete.

So, how long did it really take?

If you look at calendar time from the start of filming to final wrap, Wicked was in production for about 13 months (December 2022 to January 2024).

However, because of the strike shutdown, the actual days of active filming are reported as about 155 shooting days rather than one continuous year on set.

Information gathered from public data available on the internet and portrayed here.