Wicked can kinda get away with it because at least when Wicked first came out, the idea was fresh and not done completely to death.
Yep, the events of the movie are taken from parts of a few of the books.
Recently finished Journey to the West. I'm currently reading HMS Surprise, the 3rd book in the Aubrey/Maturin series, the Master and Commander books.
Still kind of pompous, but Rod Serling had the gravitas to pull it off.