The primary a part of “Depraved” debuts in theaters on Nov. 25, with half two coming in 2025, additionally over Thanksgiving. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the movie stars Cynthia Erivo because the green-skinned Elphaba and Ariana Grande as the favored Glinda. Michelle Yeoh performs the headmistress at their faculty, and, the studio just lately introduced, Peter Dinklage might be Dr. Dillamond, a historical past professor and goat. Jeff Goldblum performs the person behind the scenes.
The three-and-a-half-minute trailer transports followers to Shiz College within the Land of Oz, the place Elphaba and Glinda meet. The trailer showcases fast snippets of a few of the hit musical’s largest songs together with “Standard” and “Defying Gravity.”
Final month, producer Marc Platt shared that he all the time meant “Depraved” to be a film after he first learn the novel. But it surely was Stephen Schwartz who satisfied him that it wanted music and to go to Broadway first. The theatrical manufacturing made an enormous impression on the film’s future director, too, who introduced each a reverence for the stage present and a imaginative and prescient for large display grandeur.
“We dreamed very, very, very huge for ‘Depraved,’” Chu stated.