WICKED Footage Reaction Video - This Movie Looks Beautiful - CinemaCon 2024
During Universal Pictures' CinemaCon presentation, we were shown a new trailer for the upcoming adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked! This is our reaction to the new footage that was screened!
The three-time Tony-award winning musical was adapted from a book by Gregory Maguire, and it’s a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. It tells the story of how the green-skinned Elphaba became the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as the sorceress Glinda’s trajectory to becoming known as the Good Witch.
The movie was directed by John M. Chu and it stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, with Ariana Grande playing Glinda.
Chu is directing the two-part film, from a script written by the stage show’s book writer Winne Holzman and composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz.
When talking about the two-part film, Chu said: “We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one Wicked movie but two! With more space, we can tell the story of Wicked as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters.”
The film also stars Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch and Crashing) as Fiyero, and Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University. Oh yeah! Jeff Goldblum is playing The Wizard.
Wicked: Part 1 will make its debut exclusively in theaters on Friday, November 27th, 2024.