Magic baguettes, pink, green, dance songs, flying brooms, betrayals and reconciliations. The second part of the musical Wicked This Wednesday is revealed in an unprecedented trailer. The box office success, with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, both designated for the Oscars for the anterior part, will be launched in theaters on November 19.
The two actresses incarnate in the last chapter of the epic of Glinda and Elphaba, two iconic witches of the Pays d’Oz, linked and then torn, each chasing their own search for justice. The first became the incarnation of glamor and virtue, installed in the Emerald Palace and enjoying the privileges of its celebrity, while the second lives in exile, labeled as the evil witch of the West.
This story will not take place up the Oz wizardbut in parallel with the adventures of Dorothy that we see from behind in the trailer. He is accompanied by the level of the level rail, the scarecrow and the fearful lion. The launch of these legendary characters in the Pays d’Oz is still unknown.
Together with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, we find the actors Jonathan Bailey (Prince Fiyero), Michelle Yeoh (Madame Morrible), Marissa Bode (Nessarose Thropp), Ethan Slater (Boq), Bowen Yang (Pfannee) and Bronwyn James (Shenshen).
853,000 entries in France
The first part, published last December, was designated ten times for the Oscars, receiving in particular the best costumes and sets. Wicked He is taken from Stephen Schwartz’s musical and Winnie Holzman, released in 2003 on Broadway, based on the novel WICKED: The true story of the evil witch in the West of Gregory Maguire.
At the box office, the film, a true phenomenon of American popular culture, has been affirmed as the most profitable adaptation of a Broadway musical, which generates more than $ 756 million in the world, including 473 million in the United States. It is also the fifth amortized film best in 2024, behind I, ugly and unpleasant 4But in front of MUFASA: The lion king. In France, the results were a bit more shy, with about 853,000 admissions.
Source: BFM TV
