Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) in Wicked
In a year filled with huge film successes, one film with the potential to rival the biggest is the upcoming Wicked, a film adaptation of a musical based on the classic book and film, The Wizard of Oz. The film tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West, named Elphaba, and Glinda the Good Witch before the events of The Wizard of Oz, explaining how they ended up in the positions they are in the original.
✕ Remove Ads With the first film on track to do extremely well, the second seems likely to follow suit, giving Universal two back-to-back hits. Related Wicked Fan Poster Backlash Explained: Everything Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande Have Said Wicked stars Cythnia Erivo and Ariana Grande have had some mixed feelings over the controversy surrounding a fan who re-edited the movie's poster.
✕ Remove Ads The Wicked Witch of the West was never named in the original source material, and so, while the Wicked Witch as a character is public domain, each incarnation in the sequels and reboots is a separately copyrighted character, which is why she has a different name in most projects.
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