As if they weren’t “popular” plenty of now, Tony winner Cynthia Erivo and Grammy winner Ariana Grande will soar on to the major screen when the movie adaptation of Wicked arrives in theatres. The stars introduced the news on their Instagram accounts, highlighting the instant they uncovered out they had been cast check it out under.
Oscar nominee Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Shade Purple) will enjoy Elphaba reverse pop superstar Grande (herself a Broadway alum, getting appeared in 13) as Glinda. Director Jon M. Chu confirmed the casting soon after the two shared the news.
The roles are a bit of a reversal for the pair, both equally of whom have current ties to the musical. Grande belted Elphaba’s “The Wizard and I” for the musical’s 15th anniversary live performance on NBC in 2018, though Erivo just lately sang “Thank Goodness” (Glinda’s Act 2 opener) on PBS’ Wicked in Live performance exclusive before this 12 months.
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Chu (Ridiculous Rich Asians, In the Heights) was introduced to helm the motion picture in February 2021, becoming a member of the prolonged-gestating production months immediately after experiences that Stephen Daldry (The Inheritance, Billy Elliot), who was earlier connected to immediate, remaining the project.
No phrase still on a launch date. Producer Marc Platt mentioned in 2015 that “the goal” was to have the movie in theaters in 2016. That calendar year, Common declared a December 20, 2019, launch that date finished up heading to one more film musical from the studio: Cats. Upcoming was December 22, 2021 (now the Universal slot for Sing 2), until the venture was taken off the calendar entirely in the early months of the pandemic shutdown.
In accordance to The Hollywood Reporter, creation is now envisioned to get started in London subsequent summer season.
Wicked, with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a reserve by Winnie Holzman, is primarily based on the novel Wicked: The Lifestyle and Instances of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. The Broadway generation returned to the Gershwin Theatre in September immediately after an 18-month very long shutdown because of to the coronavirus pandemic.
Schwartz and Holzman are co-writing the screenplay for Common, with Marc Platt, a producer on the musical, also generating the movie.
Grande has just lately gotten to bond with first Glinda Kristin Chenoweth the Tony and Emmy winner served as Grande’s mentor and “Battle Advisor” on the existing season of The Voice. The two previously appeared collectively in NBC’s Hairspray Dwell!.
