The creators of Wicked are providing up a primary take a look at the movie’s sequel earlier than they shut out the story for good.
In a featurette posted Wednesday (Aug. 6), director Jon M. Chu and main girls Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande gave followers a narrated sneak peek at what takes place in Depraved: For Good, which can hit theaters in November.
Over beforehand unseen photographs of primary characters Elphaba and Glinda moving into their roles as Depraved Witch of the West and Glinda the Good, respectively, Erivo says of the 2 ladies within the new video, “I consider their bond is unbreakable, however it’s deeply challenged by the gap they must navigate.”
“We actually get to see how far we are able to push this friendship,” Grande agrees in a speaking head of her personal. “There’s nuance, there’s harm, there’s forgiveness … These two ladies love one another a lot, they usually really change one another for the higher.”
The almost three-minute video goes on to point out behind-the-scenes clips from filming, together with photographs of Grande laughing with costar Michelle Yeoh and Erivo hugging Chu on set. We additionally see Chu showcase the film’s Yellow Brick Street, made with particular person yellow bricks.
Plus, the featurette contains photographs from the movie which have beforehand popped up in trailers for For Good, like one in every of Dorothy from the unique Wizard of Oz strolling side-by-side along with her iconic crew. “We get to see how these characters just like the Tin Man and the Scarecrow and the Lion come to be,” Grande teases. “We see really the origin story of the witches of Oz.”
Certainly, Depraved: For Good — which is impressed by the second act of the Broadway musical Depraved — will pull again the curtain on what supposedly occurred between Elphaba and Glinda whereas Dorothy was concurrently arriving in Ouncesand looking the Depraved Witch in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. As Erivo’s green-skinned character makes an attempt to avoid wasting Ouncess animals whereas evading seize from the Wizard of Ouncess military, Grande’s character battles inner battle over her function as a spokeswoman for the Wizard’s regime.
And by all accounts, For Good can be far moodier and extra intense than the primary Depraved. In her Billboard cowl story, for example, Erivo informed Pleasure Editor Stephen Daw that Elphaba is “in a position to entry her rage extra” in For Good.
“The scent I wore modified,” she stated on the time. “The make-up modified. Little shifts that convey you to a extra mature model of who Elphaba turns into. And she or he is scrumptious on this subsequent one.”
For Good already has lots hype surrounding its premiere, however the sequel could have massive ruby pink slippers to fill. Premiering final November, the primary Depraved earned two Oscars and grossed $755 million worldwide — greater than any other film primarily based on a Broadway musical earlier than it.
Watch the brand new Depraved: For Good first look above.