Adam McKay is applauding just how "radical" Jon M. Chu's musical adaptation "Wicked" is. The director tweeted that "Wicked," which is only one half of Chu's two-part vision, is one of the biggest swings in Hollywood.

Wicked” was briefly pulled from theaters in Kuwait, allegedly due to its LGBTQ cast, but could the blockbuster musical ever be fully banned in the United States? Filmmaker Adam McKay “wouldn’t be surprised” if the film was pulled in the next few years because of where America is headed politically.

Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay has said he wouldn’t be surprised to see Wicked banned in America given the country’s current political trajectory. McKay, 56, made the bold assumption on X/Twitter on Monday (December 23),

Filmmaker Adam McKay “wouldn’t be surprised” if Wicked was banned in the U.S. in “three to five years,” considering the state of politics in America today. Following the film’s brief ban in Kuwait, which local media speculated was due to its LGBTQ cast and queer-affirming comments from the film’s stars,

Adam McKay has shared his thoughts on Wicked‘s future in the U.S. Recently, the movie musical was briefly banned in Kuwait because of its LGBTQ cast. McKay took to X, formerly Twitter, to say that he "wouldn't be surprised to see the movie banned in 3-5 years" in the U.