Wicked: everything you need to know about the new Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande film

The long-anticipated movie adaptation of the deed musical that transformed The Wizard of Oz volition premiere successful the UK successful little than 3 weeks.

Fans are excited to spot however the two-part prequel volition play retired connected the large screen. It volition archer the communicative of the lead-up to Dorothy’s yellowish ceramic roadworthy journey. It volition besides present Elphaba, a green-skinned witch who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and her sister Glinda the Good Witch.

It is simply a movie adaptation of the deed philharmonic that premiered connected Broadway in 2003. In 2016, this earned much than $1 cardinal (£770,000) successful Broadway revenue.

Here is everything we cognize astir Wicked: Part One.

Wicked: Part One volition beryllium released successful the US connected November 22 and successful the UK connected November 27.

The 2nd portion is owed to travel retired successful November 2025.

Director Jon M Chu explained connected societal media past twelvemonth wherefore the movie would beryllium successful 2 parts.

“Special Wicked Update / Thank you for each the enactment these past respective months successful anticipation of the WICKED movie,” helium told fans. “We person truthful galore breathtaking things to stock but for present I’m giving you one… oregon two, rather.

“Here’s what happened: As we prepared the accumulation implicit the past year, it became intolerable to wrestle the communicative of ‘Wicked’ into a azygous movie without doing immoderate existent harm to it,” Chu said. “As we tried to chopped songs oregon trim characters, those decisions began to consciousness similar fatal compromises to the root worldly that has entertained america each for truthful galore years. We decided to springiness ourselves a bigger canvas and marque not conscionable 1 ‘Wicked’ movie but two!

“With much space, we tin archer the communicative of Wicked arsenic it was meant to beryllium told portion bringing adjacent much extent and astonishment to the journeys for these beloved characters.”

Elphaba volition beryllium played by English histrion Cynthia Erivo, 37. She won a Tony Award for starring histrion successful 2016 aft starring successful the Broadway revival of The Color Purple. Erivo played Aretha Franklin successful the TV bid Genius and has appeared successful different TV shows including Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum and Broad City.

Pop prima Ariana Grande, 31, volition play Glinda. While champion known for her music, Grande is nary alien to philharmonic theatre. She made her Broadway debut successful the philharmonic 13 aged 15. She aboriginal starred successful the Nickelodeon bid Victorious earlier opening her euphony career.

Jonathan Bailey, 36, volition play Fiyero. Perhaps champion known for playing Lord Anthony Bridgerton successful Netflix’s Bridgerton, Bailey is besides an accomplished theatre actor. He archetypal appeared successful Royal Shakespeare Company productions aged seven, earlier playing Gavroche successful a West End accumulation of Les Miserables.

Jeff Goldblum, 72, volition play the Wizard. Goldblum is known for starring successful large movies specified arsenic Jurassic Park, The Fly, and Independence Day — and respective Wes Anderson films. Goldblum has besides appeared successful Broadway and West End plays specified arsenic Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Music Man.

Malayasian histrion Michelle Yeoh, 62, joins the formed arsenic Madame Morrible. Yeoh roseate to fame successful the 1990s aft starring successful Hong Kong enactment films. However, Western audiences volition cognize her for films including Crazy Rich Asians and Everything Everywhere All At Once — the second winning her the 2023 Oscar for Best Actress.

Ethan Slater, 32, plays Boq. He is known for playing SpongeBob SquarePants connected Broadway, for which helium was nominated for a Tony Award successful 2018. He is rumoured to beryllium dating his co-star, Grande.

Fans are eagerly awaiting the movie fixed that it has agelong been a deed musical.

Clips from the films released successful the past fewer weeks person accrued their excitement.

Fans person besides noted however the changes are being made from spectacular sets to filming connected camera.

And it isn’t conscionable ace fans who are excited. At a caller property screening of the film, each of the actresses who person played Glinda gathered.