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“Wicked,” Common’s movie adaptation of the hit Broadway present, is touchdown in theaters on Nov. 22 — 5 days forward of schedule.
It was initially presupposed to open on Nov. 27, the identical day as Disney’s “Moana 2.” On its new launch date, “Depraved” is well avoiding a field workplace battle royale towards one other film musical that appeals to a equally feminine demographic. Now, “Depraved” will get a bounce on the Thanksgiving vacation nevertheless it gained’t be utterly devoid of competitors. The movie is about to debut on the identical day as Paramount and Ridley Scott’s historic epic “Gladiator II,” although there’s presumably a lot much less overlap within the viewers and thus, a menace of cannibalization.
That is the second main date shift for “Depraved: Half One,” which was initially on the calendar for Dec. 25. However Common moved the movie to Thanksgiving to dodge Christmas releases like Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.”
Jon M. Chu, the filmmaker of “Loopy Wealthy Asians” and “Within the Heights,” is directing the two-part “Depraved” adaptation. The second installment is scheduled for a yr in a while Nov. 26, 2025.
A prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” “Depraved” is customized from the long-running Broadway present that options classics like “Defying Gravity” and “Standard.” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are starring within the movie as Elphaba (a.okay.a. the Depraved Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good), who kind an unlikely friendship that’s torn aside by exterior forces. The solid additionally consists of Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Shiz College headmaster Madame Morrible, Ethan Slater as Boq and Bowen Yang as Pfannee.
