Isn’t this information great? After practically 10 years of growth, the long-awaited movie adaptation of Broadway’s Depraved is making headway because it lastly landed its stars, director and potential begin dates.
The musical, a longtime Nice White Manner staple since its debut in 2004, has gone by means of loads of discussions and adjustments relating to a possible movie model after it was beforehand revealed in July 2012 that Common hoped to adapt it for the large display.
The present, primarily based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Depraved: The Life and Occasions of the Depraved Witch of the West, tells the interconnected story of the Depraved Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch lengthy earlier than Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy Gale dropped in. Within the prequel, the 2 aspiring witches meet whereas college students at Shiz College, navigating friendship, romance, magical coaching and studying to embrace their very own identities.
By 2012, Deadline reported that Stephen Daldry was in consideration to direct the big-screen occasion, nonetheless, by October 2020, he had exited the venture as a result of scheduling conflicts. In February 2021, it was confirmed that John M. Chu — recent off the success of directing Loopy Wealthy Asians and In The Heights — had been tapped to steer the musical adaptation.
“Most of my life I’ve felt misplaced, bizarre and totally different,” Chu wrote through Instagram on the time, sharing a screenshot of the information. “I hid behind my digital camera as a result of folks favored to be filmed and I might disappear. I used my quick movies to wow folks so I might really feel valued. I felt GREEN in all of the methods. However after I noticed Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s WICKED over 15 years in the past because it was being workshopped in San Francisco I couldn’t unsee it. So to assume that I’ve been invited to deliver this timeless story to the largest screens all all over the world for folks to expertise with their household, finest buddies and whole strangers … of all walks of life, ages, shapes and colours is like I’ve been invited to Oz by the Wizard himself.”
After a prolonged casting course of, the filmmaker introduced through the social media platform in November 2021 that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo had landed the roles of Galinda and Elphaba, respectively.
“These two witches!!,” he captioned his Instagram snap, alongside screenshots from FaceTime calls with the 2 songstresses. “The emotional second I acquired to inform @cynthiaerivo and @arianagrande that they have been our Elphaba and Galinda in the @WickedMovie for @unistudios 😭😭😭wait till you see what they create!! It’s different worldly. Ahhhhh!!!”
The viral casting information quickly gained the eye of the OG Elphaba, Idina Menzel, who wrote through Instagram, “Congrats to 2 wonderful girls. Could it change your lives for the higher without end and ever because it has for us. A lot love. @cynthiaerivo @arianagrande 💚💖.”
The Lease actress, who starred reverse Kristin Chenoweth through the authentic Broadway run, reunited with the Oklahoma native through the 2021 Tony Awards that September, the place they sang an emotional rendition of “For Good” from the manufacturing.
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