“Bad” movies: everything you need to know about the cast, release dates and more

waiting for Mistaken The movies will definitely be worth it. Universal Studios has assembled an incredible director and an all-star cast to direct the upcoming two-part film adaptation based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway show, which is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. A Mistaken The film was announced in 2016, but it took until 2021 for the process to really kick off. crazy rich Asians Y in the heights principal jon m chu joined the project and decided to split it into two films. Ariana Grande plays Glinda the good witch and Cynthia Erivo plays Elphaba, who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West.

The fans are so excited #Jonathan Bailey #Wicked,” he wrote on Twitter.

michelle yesAged 60, she plays Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University. jeff goldblum70, is confirmed to play The Wizard. Saturday night live Star bowen yang32, plays Pfannee, Elphaba and Glinda’s classmate at Shiz University. the greatest showman Star Kaela settlement, 47, plays Mrs. Mimar. The cast also consists of ethan slater like Bok, Marissa Bode as Nessarose (Elphaba’s sister), James Brown like shen shen, aron teoh such as Avaric, e Colin Michael Carmichael Like Professor Nikdik.

Jon M. Chu is directing the Mistaken film from a script written by Winnie Holzmann Y Stephen Schwartz. Stephen is also doing the music, which is expected to include some of the more classic songs from the musical, including “Defying Gravity” and “Popular.” marc plattWho Ben Plattfather of, e david stone They are producing the films. Alicia Brooks It’s the cameraman nathan crowley is the set designer, e Paul Tazewell He’s the costume designer.

production curiosities

essays for Middle: first part kicked off in August 2022. Both Ariana and Cynthia treated fans to some behind-the-scenes glimpses of their October 2022 rehearsal. The duo posed for a cute mirror selfie during a break in the rehearsal studio. Grande underwent a blonde hair change that month to play Glinda. jon chu confirmed on 9 December that filming had begun three days earlier in London. Filming will reportedly take place at Sky Studios. Cast and crew should film Middle: first part Y Middle: second part back to back.

What do we know about the plot of the film? Mistaken Movie

OR Mistaken The movies are supposed to closely follow the plot of the Broadway show, on which it’s actually based Gregory Maguire1995 novel. The story takes place before and after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas and explores the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda. The two start out as unlikely friends, but become adversaries after the Wizard casts a spell on Elphaba that transforms her into the wicked witch.

Cynthia Erivo has previously teased how the movies will be even better than the musical. “I think it will be unlike anything you’ve ever seen before,” Cynthia said. entertainment tonight at the 2022 SAG Awards. “I think we’re going to harness the magic. Let’s try to give our take on what we already know and show them a story about two women. [who] They are sisters,” she added.

Stephen Schwartz confirmed in a June 2022 newsletter that there will be new songs in the films. “There are two new songs in the second film that are complete songs in their own right, and then there are new sections on some of the existing songs in both films. All of the new material, of course, is to serve the needs of the storytelling,” he said.

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