Wicked: Part I
Wicked: Part I (2024) After years of s to ps, starts, and mis sed release d at es, a fe atu re film ad apta tion of "Wicked" is finally on the way. This v isi on of L. Fr an k Baum's Oz re imag ines Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West, as a sympathetic protagonist. S uc h a story is told th rou gh vibrant m usic al n umb ers like "Popular" and "Def yin g Gravity," which have bec ome enormously po pula r with theater kids and the general public alike. Given that ubiquity — not to mention the p opu larity of Oz as a fi ctio nal realm — it's no surprise that a movie version of "W ic ked" is highly a ntici pated by the general p ub lic. This a dap tation is being directed by Jon M. Chu, who p rove d his m us ical chops while helm ing the "In the Heights" m ov ie, while C yn thia Erivo of "Harriet" and pop star A ria na Grande h eadli ne a star-studded ensemble cast as Elphaba and Glinda, re spe ctively. They'll ...