Wicked Trailer!

Can’t wait.

No

Looks fancy.

I never saw the stage musical, so I have no idea what it's about.

Never fear, R5. Many said the same thing after reading the original novel. Brilliant premise, but a crashing bore to read. Winnie Holzman's stage adaptation was truly marvelous. She managed to retain everything that was good from the novel, and bury the rest. I don't know if the filmmakers used her (or her work) but they would be absolute fools not to. Her libretto is the reason that show is still running. Schwartz's score is fine, but it's the story and storytelling that made the show a sensation.

Who is that playing the Wicked Witch?

I want to say Jennifer Hudson, but I don't think it's her.

Why do their faces look distorted?

It almost looks like CGI.

We needed a tenth thread on Wicked trailers?

Is Adele Dazeem in this?

I can't stand Ariana Grande.

She and that Michelle Yo bitch seem to be in everything nowdays.

Enough of them!

R7 That is THE Cynthia Erivo.

[quote]Brilliant premise, but a crashing bore to read.

In your opinion, r6.

[quote]Who is that playing the Wicked Witch?

British actress who frightened Mandy Patinkin and got a Broadway musical shut down over a non-existent racial issue.

[quote] That is THE Cynthia Erivo

She looks a lot like Jennifer Hudson.

Jennifer is tall, about 5 feet 11 inches, so I was wondering why she was matching up to shorty little Ariana Grande's height.

Jennifer Hudson might have made a good Wicked Witch.

Aren't they releasing this in two parts?

No, R16.

That's Dune.

Is this a Harry Potter spinoff?

Why is the trailer out now, if it doesn't open until Thanksgiving?

It's way too early.

No, r18. FYI, both deal with witchcraft though.

I don’t care for fairy tale movies.

[quote]I don’t care for fairy tale movies.

Obviously it's not the movie for you, r21. Personally, I'm not into westerns.

It's not easy being green.

But, r23, it *is* lucrative.

I refuse to watch any movie with that ugly Bowen creature in it.

Hollywood his trying to shove his DEI twat down our throats, and I won't have it.

He can go fuck himself.

[quote]I refuse to watch any movie with that ugly Bowen creature in it.

You do you, r25.

Miss R25 Has Stated Her Boundaries!

Did Ariana snag her brother a part as a winged monkey?

Lol R28.

He's got the part!

Needs more Jonty.

Is the blonde girl kind of a Barbie like character? She seems kind of snobbish and spoiled.

You nailed it, r31.

Did they mix Grandes speaking voice on purpose sounding like a speed up mouse?

It seems like they did a lot of digital alterations with the actors' voices and faces.

The trailer looked like a mix of real life and CGI.

It's a freaking fantasy world, so what? This isn't Les Miz.

Ariana Grande looks like a midget in this movie.

I will catch it when it streams for Jonathan Bailey and Michelle Yeoh alone.

Can Cynthia Erivo sing?

I posted this in the other thread: The show itself is terrible. I saw it with the original Broadway cast and it was just meh even with Joel Grey as the Wizard. The movie will end with "Defying Gravity" just like act one of the show. Act 2 was slow. For some reason the songs just don't resonate. When it opened in San Francisco pre Broadway it was 4 hours long. The book is so different and worth a read. The sequels have gay content too. Elphaba was a terrorist and the wizard was a dictator and caused genocide with the animal people and the munchkins. In the books Glinda is barely a character on the periphery. Joe Mantello has been collecting a big paycheck all these years so he can have his twinks.

I don't think there has been a musical with really good songs, since LaLa Land.

And before that, Hairspray.

[quote] No, [R16]. That's Dune.

No, “Wicked” is also a two-part film.

“Wicked: Part 2” will be released November 26, 2025.

Is Dorothy in this movie?

Four words: Big screen and edibles

[quote]Did they mix Grandes speaking voice on purpose sounding like a speed up mouse?

She's trying to sound like Kristen Chenoweth. And pretty successfully.

You know, I wasn't expecting much, but that's a solid trailer.

[quote]Is Dorothy in this movie?

No, but Blanche, Rose, and Sophia have cameos.

What character does Jonathan Bailey play?

R46 Fieorello, Black chicks boyfriend.

it will follow in the tradition of stage successes transferred to film: Rent, The Producers, Cats, In the Heights, The Phantom of the Opera, Rock of Ages, The Color Purple . . .

I would love to have seen Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis reprise their roles as Glinda and the WWW.

They're both so gorgeous.

R49 is blind.

[quote][R46] Fieorello, Black chicks boyfriend.

His name is FIYERO.

I also think what we hear of “Defying Gravity” sounds great. Cynthia Erivo has a lot more technical control than Adele Dazeem.

R7 The bitch whole stole my role for the Harriet Tubman biopic.