Wicked movie releases new behind-the-scenes featurette

Wicked has released a new featurette.

The film (first of two parts) will bubble into cinemas on November 22. Wicked will go up against Gladiator II.

The Wicked films star Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Tony nominee Ethan Slater as Boq, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz, and Peter Dinklage as Dr Dillamond. Jon M Chu directs the two-part property. Part Two is slated for November 26, 2025.

Chu said today: “Nine million tulips, a 16-ton moving train, Munchkinland, Emerald City, Shiz University with a lake entrance, a working giant Wizard head… we had to build these things for real. That’s beside incredible costumes, hair, make up, stunts and of course singing and choreography. Add on top of that our VFX power houses and you get a fully immersive Oz experience.”

It is based on the hit novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, Wicked tells the story of two unlikely university friends in the land of Oz, one destined to become Glinda The Good and the other, the Wicked Witch of the West. Wicked writers Winnie Holzman (book) and Stephen Schwartz (score) are collaborating on the screenplay.

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