Jon M. Chu Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu has signed a first-look three-year producing deal with Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television Studios. Under the deal, which takes effect Jan. 2, 2026, Chu and his production company will work to develop and produce feature film and television projects for the David Ellison-run studio. He'll work closely with Paramount Pictures co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, Motion Picture Group president Don Granger and Paramount Television Studios president Matt Thunell. Most recently, Chu helmed Universal Pictures' Wicked: For Good, the second installment in his film adaptation of the famed Broadway musical. The film, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, opened last month and holds the record for the biggest global opening ever for a movie based on a Broadway show, and the second-biggest opening at the domestic box office in 2025. Related Stories Movies Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Deflects Questions About Trump's Push for 'Rush Hour 4' Movies 'Wicked' Stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Perform "Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again" Medley at Intimate Hollywood Event Wicked, the first installment, released last year and became a box office hit, earning more than $756 million worldwide. It also scored 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture. At the ceremony earlier this year, it ultimately won the Academy Awards for best production design and best costume design. Chu previously directed the critically acclaimed Crazy Rich Asians, which served as a turning point for Asian and Asian American representation in Hollywood. He also helmed In the Heights, Now You See Me 2 and Step Up 2 the Streets, among others. Up next, he's set to helm the live-action Hot Wheels feature for Warner Bros as well as executive produce a Crazy Rich Asians TV series that HBO Max is developing. Chu is repped by UTA, Artists First, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson and Christopher, LLP, and ID PR. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up There Will Be Blood Quentin Tarantino Says Paul Dano Is the "Weakest Male Actor in SAG" While Slamming His 'There Will Be Blood' Performance Thomasin McKenzie 'Fackham Hall' Review: Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston Lead Disposably Fun 'Downton Abbey' Spoof Heat Vision Scarlett Johansson in Final Talks to Join 'The Batman' Sequel Train Dreams "The Majesty of Ordinariness": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'Train Dreams' Star Joel Edgerton and DP Adolpho Veloso Women in Entertainment 2025 Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Emotional Saying the Industry Has "Welcomed Me Back" at THR Women in Entertainment Gala Jay Kelly Warner Bros., David Heyman Team to Adapt New Novel From 'The Immortalists' Author Chloe Benjamin (Exclusive) There Will Be Blood Quentin Tarantino Says Paul Dano Is the "Weakest Male Actor in SAG" While Slamming His 'There Will Be Blood' Performance Thomasin McKenzie 'Fackham Hall' Review: Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterston Lead Disposably Fun 'Downton Abbey' Spoof Heat Vision Scarlett Johansson in Final Talks to Join 'The Batman' Sequel Train Dreams "The Majesty of Ordinariness": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'Train Dreams' Star Joel Edgerton and DP Adolpho Veloso Women in Entertainment 2025 Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Emotional Saying the Industry Has "Welcomed Me Back" at THR Women in Entertainment Gala Jay Kelly Warner Bros., David Heyman Team to Adapt New Novel From 'The Immortalists' Author Chloe Benjamin (Exclusive)