Watch Trailer
Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang
Award-winning Broadway performer Cynthia Erivo and Grammy-winning pop star Ariana Grande team up for the first in an epic two-part adaptation of the mega-successful musical Wicked!
Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda (Grande) are both students at Shiz University in the Land of Oz, each learning what it takes to become a witch. Elphaba, because of her green skin, is misunderstood and finds it difficult to make in-roads with the other students on campus, while Glinda is more outgoing, popular, and ambitious. The two young ladies meet and strike up a friendship which proves to be a monumental event in each of their lives — neither realizes what the future will ultimately entail. After an encounter with the wonderful Wizard of Oz (played by Jeff Goldblum), the pair soon sees their solid friendship start to diverge as each begins to pursue their own path through life — Glinda’s ambitions are for renown and power, Elphaba seeks a more heart-centric path. Nevertheless, both young witches are on a path with destiny that will eventually lead them back into one another’s orbit. The question will be whether their friendship can survive.