Wicked (2024 fīsl)

Wicked (titled onscreen Wicked: Dǣl I) is ān 2024 American musical fantasy fīsl directed bi Jon M. Chu ond written bi Winnie Holzman ond Dana Fox. Hit is se þæt forma ofer ān two-part fīsl gewrixlung ofer se þæt stæg mūsical Wicked bi Stephen Schwartz ond Holzman, based on the 1995 novel bi Gregory Maguire, hwilc in turnian is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel se þæt Wundorlic Wizard ofer Oz, his sequels, ond his 1939 film adaptation.

Se þæt fīsl covers se þæt musical's forma dǣd. Hit stars Cynthia Erivo swā Elphaba Thropp ond Ariana Grande-Butera swā Galinda Upland. Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, ond Jeff Goldblum synd featured in supporting roles. Set in se þæt land ofer Oz, mǣst ǣr Dorothy Gale's ā-cyme fram Kansas, hit follows se þæt talu ofer Elphaba swā hēo embarks on hēo pæþ to becoming se þæt Wicked Witch ofer se þæt West, ond chronicles hēo unƿīsliċ friendship wiþ hēo classmate Galinda, hwā lāt becomes Glinda se þæt Gōd.

ǣlces Pictures ond Marc Platt, hwā bēgen produced se þæt stæg mūsical, announced hiera willan to macian ān fīsl gewrixlung in 2012. æfter ān lang tīd ofer timbrung ond manigfeald delays dēowe to se þæt COVID-19 pandemic, Chu wæs hired to stið, wiþ Erivo ond Grande beon weorpan in 2021. Se þæt fīsl wæs splittan intō twā parts to āwiergan hæfende to ceorfan gesceap points ond to expand se þæt talu ofer se þæt characters’ journeys ond se þæt relationships betwēonan hīe. hēafod līcneswyrhtdōm on bēgen films began in England in December 2022, wæs interrupted in July 2023 bi se þæt 2023 SAG-AFTRA strican, resumed in January 2024, ond wæs completed se þæt ilca mōnað.

Wicked premiered æt se þæt State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on November 3, 2024, ond wæs theatrically released in se þæt ǣniged States on November 22. Hit received sīd praise for his performances, his wyrtung gecynd, ond his faithfulness to (ond expansion ofer) se þæt ǣðelu wǣdla; hit ēac received sum gecrīt ofer his runtime ond cinematography. Hit frumlic grossed $162.9 þūsend worldwide on ān $150 þūsend bydget. Se þæt sequel, Wicked Dǣl Twā, is scheduled to bēon released on November 21, 2025.

Gesceap

In se þæt land ofer Oz, se þæt citizens ofer Munchkinland gefrætwian se þæt nīw dēað ofer se þæt Wicked Witch ofer se þæt West. Glinda se þæt Gōd Witch tells se þæt Witch's talu: ġeboren fram ān ærende betwēonan Melena, se þæt wīf ofer then-Governor Frexspar Thropp, ond ān traveling sælēsman, hēo wæs rejected fram gebyrd dēowe to hēo unnaturally grēne scinn, hwilc led hēo to habban ān troubled cildhād ("nā ān Mourns se þæt Wicked"). Hwænne asked gif hēo ond se þæt Witch ƿǣron friends, Glinda replies þæt hīe knew ǣlc ōþer ond reflects on hiera ƿeg.