Manufacturing is at the moment underway on the two-part Depraved film, the long-awaited adaptation of the long-lasting musical and novel of the identical identify. The Depraved franchise is likely to be finest identified for its long-running Broadway run, which was anchored by Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel‘s performances as Galinda and Elphaba. In a latest interview with ET, Chenoweth revealed that she “can’t affirm or deny” whether or not she’s going to make some form of cameo within the new movie, however praised Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s new tackle the characters.

“I actually…I actually can’t,” Chenoweth insisted. “I am ready and we’ll see.”

“I will get to observe two girls I do know soar, and Ariana Grande goes to step so superbly into my footwear,” Chenoweth gushed. “I am so excited for her, she’s gonna put her personal stamp on it.”

What’s Depraved about?

Depraved is a prequel to the long-lasting occasions of The Wizard of Oz, and tells the story of two unlikely mates, Elphaba (the Depraved Witch of the West) and Galinda (whose identify later modifications to Glinda the Good Witch), who wrestle by means of opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the identical love-interest, reactions to the Wizard’s corrupt authorities, and, in the end, Elphaba’s public fall from grace. The solid will even embrace Ariana Grande as Galinda, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Ethan Slater as Boq, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James as Pfannee and ShenShen, Marissa Bode as Elphaba’s sister Nessarose, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Aaron Teoh as Avaric and Colin Michael Carmichael as Professor Nikidik.

The musical, which first debuted on Broadway in 2003, has turn into a beloved a part of musical theater, in the end grossing over $1 billion in whole Broadway income in 2016. The unique manufacturing of Depraved featured Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, each of whom had been among the many wishlist followers have had for the film adaptation.

When will the Depraved film premiere?

Depraved shall be cut up right into a two-part film saga, the primary of which can arrive in December of 2024, and the second of which can arrive in December of 2025.

“This is what occurred: As we ready the manufacturing over the past yr, it turned unimaginable to wrestle the story of Depraved right into a single movie with out performing some actual injury to it,” Chu wrote in a press release when the choice to separate it into two movies was introduced. “As we tried to chop songs or trim characters, these selections started to really feel like deadly compromises to the supply materials that has entertained us all for therefore a few years. We determined to provide ourselves a much bigger canvas and make not only one ‘Depraved’ film however two! With more room, we are able to inform the story of ‘Depraved’ because it was meant to be instructed whereas bringing much more depth and shock to the journeys for these beloved characters.”

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