Wicked

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of musicals and fantasy, directed by Jon M. Chu.
• Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in this adaptation of the stage musical Wicked.
• It is only the first of two parts and runs about 2 hours 40 minutes.

Synopsis

Wicked is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively; while Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum appear in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz before the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the early relationship between Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her schoolmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

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Director & cast

• J

  Jon M. Chu

  Director

• A

  Ariana Grande

  Glinda the Good Witch

• C

  Cynthia Erivo

  Elphaba

• J

  Jonathan Bailey

  Prince Fiyero

• E

  Ethan Slater

  Boq

• J

  Jeff Goldblum

  Wizard of Oz

• M

  Michelle Yeoh

  Madame Morrible

• B

  Bowen Yang

• B

  Bronwyn James