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.

McKay cited “Bridge on the River Kwai,” “The Sound of Music,” “The Searchers,” and “Citizen Kane” among other examples of “radical big studio Hollywood movies” that made political statements like “Wicked.”

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.

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.

Don't Look Up writer-director Adam McKay fears that movies such as Wicked could be banned in the U.S. in the future with the way the country is headed.

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,