Oscar-nominated “Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are prepared to shut out the musical epic for good. The duo reprise their respective roles of Glinda and Elphaba for Part Two, “Wicked: For Good,” directed by Jon M. Chu. And this time, Oz can have a brand new customer: Dorothy (Alisha Weir).
“Wicked: For Good” spans a series of years, starting with Erivo’s Elphaba AKA the Wicked Witch now being an enemy of the state. Glinda (previously Galinda) is the spokesperson for Oz because of her appointment by the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum), along with her former trainer Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) actually singing her praises. Glinda additionally simply may need a marriage on the horizon to Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero, regardless of him blatantly lusting after Elphaba. This all leads into when Dorothy’s home flies into Oz and the long-lasting “Wizard of Oz” character walks the yellow brick street.
The 2024 film “Wicked” made historical past because the highest-grossing movie musical of all time. It went on to land 10 Oscar nominations, and successful for costume and manufacturing design. “Wicked” additionally gained the Golden Globe for cinematic and field workplace achievement.
Director Chu advised Vanity Fair that the 2 elements of “Wicked” will really feel like one full epic movie, regardless of them being launched a yr aside.
“What’s nice about movie two is it’s so different from movie one that it doesn’t feel like we’re talking about what you just saw. It’s the new chapter,” Chu stated, teasing of the plot, “Our heart was broken when Glinda can’t make the choice that we want her to so badly at the end of movie one, and it feels empowering for Elphaba to fly away from society. In movie two, we get to see the consequences of those choices. The temperature is up.”
Chu added, “We want to finish this story in the way that this beautiful memory of ‘Wicked’ can actually come full circle and can be with you for the rest of your life. We want you to look at both movies in the end, and feel like it was one all along.”
Universal will launch “Wicked: For Good” in theaters November 21. Check out the trailer under.
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