'Wicked' fans - we're getting our hands on the musical adaptation sooner than we expected! Fans won't have to wait quite as long to see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda in action in Oz as Universal Pictures announced that the musical feature will hit theaters Nov. 22. The film has moved up from its previously scheduled release on Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving, with the new date giving the movie more time to build momentum heading into the holiday weekend.
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00:00Wicked fans, we're getting our hands on the musical adaptation sooner than we expected.
00:10Fans won't have to wait quite as long to see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba
00:14and Glinda in action in Oz, as Universal Pictures announced that the musical feature will hit
00:18theaters November 22nd.
00:20The film has been moved up from its previously scheduled release on November 27th, the day
00:24before Thanksgiving, with a new date giving the movie more time to build momentum heading
00:28into the holiday weekend.
00:30The new date also allows the John M. Chu feature to avoid Disney's Moana 2.
00:34However, with a November 22nd release, the film will now compete against Paramount's
00:38Gladiator 2, which also hits theaters on November 22nd, and stars Paul Meskel in Ridley Scott's
00:43follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2000 historical epic.
00:46Wicked adapts the Tony-winning Broadway musical of the same name, which is itself based on
00:50author Gregory Maguire's 1995 book Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of
00:55the West.
00:56The film stars Erivo and Grande, with Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Jeff
01:01Goldblum, and Bowen Yang rounding out the cast.
01:04The film is the first title in a two-part release, with Wicked Part 2 still scheduled
01:07for November 26th, 2025.
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