At lengthy final, the Super Bowl spot for Wicked: Part One lastly provides us a new take a look at Oz. Jon M. Chu’s cinematic musical adaptation stars Ariana Grande and Cynthis Erivo in a new story behind The Wizard of Oz’s witchy feuds.
The film is predicated on the Broadway musical from Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz, which was tailored from Gregory Macguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West—itself, in fact, tailored rom L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its personal much-loved 1939 movie. Erivo stars as Ephalba, the long run Wicked Witch of the West, and the story explores her friendship with Glinda the Good Witch (Grande).
Check out the trailer which showcases the glamor and magic of Oz in a manner we’ve by no means seen earlier than… though type of dances round the entire “this is an adaptation of a musical” factor, which is bizarre when it’s a Wicked film!
The movie additionally stars Jeff Goldblum because the Wizard, Michelle Yeoh as Madam Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Prince Fiyero, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, and Ethan Slater as Boq. Wicked: Part One releases this November 27, with Part Two coming November 26, 2025.
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