2023 will go to film history as the year of the call Barbenheimer, The duel he faced Barbie and Oppenheimer on the billboard. Infecting this lucrative initiative, 2024 repeated phenomenon with Glycked, A new blockbuster struggle between the sequel Gladiator II and the musical WICKED.
Without a doubt, the film of Jon M. Chu born of Broadway’s homonymous work, which serves as a prequel to Oz’s wizard, It was an overwhelming triumph that conquered criticism (here You can read ours) and public in equal parts, a miracle singing that consolidated its success with its various nominations in the awards season.
On November 21, we will finally discover how the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erico) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) in WICKED: For Good, the second installment of the saga that will overlap with the events that occurred in The Wizard of Oz. In this last part, we will have back to the protagonists, as well as other characters such as The Magician (Jeff Goldblum) and Fijero (Jonathan Bailey).
But before ending this other version of the history of the bad witch of the West, we can enjoy its days at the University of Shiz as the marginalized Elphaba, which crosses its path with that of the capricious glind to the sound of the sound Defying Gravity, popular either The Wizard and I. WICKED It already has a release date for streaming.
See ‘Wicked’ at home
Prepared to challenge gravity from home? Skyshowtime He has just confirmed that he will premiere WICKED exclusively on its platform next July 6. As we said, it is the first installment of the cinematographic bilogy that moves the famous musical work to the screen, with lyrics of the legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz.
The musical alters what we thought we know about the bad witch of the West presenting it as a young and misunderstood, marginalized by its atypical skin color and defender of the excluded, a version of the character very different from the ruthless sorcery to which Dorothy wins in the original story.
His history of origin starts when he arrives at the University of Shiz, where he tries to dominate his powers with the help of director Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) while enemy with the frivolous and popular glind, future good witch, as a roommate. However, the differences and prejudices that separate them end by diluting and shaping an unlikely and beautiful friendship.
With the support of Glinda, the protagonist finds her place in Shiz: Prince Fiyero, Glinda’s couple, and her progress in the magic is a trip to the Emerald city to meet the magician.
Your second installment, WICKED: For Good, whose qualification refers to one of the musical climax of the show, will arrive in November with a continuation that overlaps with the events of Oz’s wizard, But that promises to continue changing our perspective about what we thought we could know about Dorothy’s history.
For now, this summer we can return to Shiz to sing and dance the most catchy themes of the first part, and enjoy again and again the film that has put the musical genre on a big screen again fashionable.
