Wicked - Official Behind the Scenes (2024) Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo

Take a look at the latest featurette for Wicked featuring Director Jon M Chu, Ariana Grande, and Cynthia Erivo on what it took to bring the world of Wicked to life for the first theatrical retelling of the iconic stage play.

Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.

The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda's unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, while Elphaba's determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences on her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James and Keala Settle. The director of the film is Jon M. Chu and Winnie Holzman is writing the movie.

Wicked is releasing in theaters on November 27.

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[hrafnir]

Set design looks incredible. Wish we saw more of this in contemporary films.

[Jrsdigest]

The number of negative comments here have to be from bots or just self-loathing trolls. Many people love this musical, and this movie will be a sensational adaptation of it.

[YoshMaster]

Fun fact: Ariana sang Popular with Mika, a song that uses the chorus of the song Popular from Wicked the musical, years ago and now she’s in a Wicked movie playing the character that sings Popular in said musical..! 😮

[evilmindedful]

So is it cheaper to Build all of those than using CGI ?

[miauscavern]

remember that ariana grande is a singer

[zvu-]

Universal Wicked part one 2024
Budget $145M

[buggiemara]

Too bad the lighting/cinematography would make these sets look like CGI

[SM-ceuy]

Glinda looks different in each scene which is really distracting
Either the eyes look different or the jawline and lips.

[Bayofthest]

This is the world most expensive SNL skit ever made

[zvu-]

Universal Wicked part two 2025
Ethan Slater ❤️Ariana Grande

[TheGreyCrayon]

Yeah, no sane human is going to enjoy this movie.

[AshParth]

Inb4 folks come in and cry like easily offended children when this behind the scenes is pretty cool.
Not everyday folks build the settings forva movie. 😎

[Sponska]

You would think Disney learnt about „more money ≠ better movie“ by now

[Lazlowzky]

Now I'm completely confused.
Is Ariana black or white? 🤣🤣

[randomclips]

cgi is not bad holly wood thinks we hate CGI movies because of CGI we hate horrible movies.

[theInfra-Recon]

Did they just make common movie stuff like Sets, CGI, and VFX a selling point... Do they think we have an IQ of 5 or something?

[CBPunisher]

can Hollywood remake a black character with a white actor or does it only go 1 way ? what a joke.

[tylerharris]

All this work for literally seems to be a complete flop man wtf

[Hciprian]

Not my cup of tea, would've love to be more just Dorothy and the wizard of oz classic story.

[elephantsoap]

Why did they have to pick Ariana Grande of all the actresses who can sing? 🤢