The trailer for the highly anticipated Wicked two-part movie musical event made its debut on Sunday (Monday in Australia), with the film’s first look airing during the Super Bowl LVIII.
The movie’s stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are featured as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the trailer as Erivo can be heard singing her chilling rendition of the ballad Defying Gravity.
“Something just takes over me,” Erivo’s Elphaba is seen saying in the clip. “And when it does, bad things happen.”
Watch the video above.
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The trailer is a kaleidoscope of color as audiences get their first introduction into director Jon M. Chu’s world of Oz, with massive fields of flowing flowers, the Emerald City and fantastical landscapes showcased throughout.
In the trailer, Grande’s Glinda tells Elphaba to not be afraid.
“It’s the Wizard who should be afraid of me,” Elphaba stoically says in reply.
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The two-part Wicked movie is a cinematic adaptation of the famed Broadway musical, which is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz.
It tells an alternate version of events in Oz before Dorothy’s arrival and explores the story of how Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West as she navigates being framed by the Wizard.
According to the theatre news website Broadway World, Wicked is one of the most commercially successful musicals of all time, making $US14.8 million (approx. $22.7 million) at the Broadway box office last year alone.
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Jeff Goldblum, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh, Bridgerton‘s Jonathan Bailey and Bowen Yang also star in the film.
It also stars Ethan Slater, whom Grande is notably dating. She announced her split from her husband in 2023, which is also when it was revealed Slater and his wife had parted ways months after welcoming their first child.
Wicked: Part 1 will hit Australian cinemas in late November. Wicked: Part 2 will follow in late 2025.
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