Depraved is opening the gates of Shiz College.
On Sept. 5, Common Photos debuted a brand new trailer for the musical adaptation starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
The newest glimpse exhibits extra of the land of Oz’s fictional college, headed by Michelle Yeoh’s Madame Morrible, plus Glinda and Elphaba’s fated assembly and falling out, set to the musical’s iconic tune “Defying Gravity.”
The film’s forged additionally contains Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, who’s seen encountering Elphaba within the woods in a single second, in addition to Jeff Goldblum because the Wizard, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, and Ethan Slater as Boq.
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“The 2 meet as college students at Shiz College within the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely however profound friendship,” a synopsis reads. “Following an encounter with the Fantastic Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very completely different paths.”
“Glinda’s unflinching need for recognition sees her seduced by energy, whereas Elphaba’s dedication to stay true to herself, and to these round her, can have sudden and stunning penalties on her future,” the synopsis provides.
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Director Jon M. Chu, who tailored the upcoming two-part film from Stephen Schwartz’s Broadway musical, advised PEOPLE in July that making a cinematic expertise permits the film to be “extra intimate” than the stage present.
The musical itself was tailored from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Depraved: The Life and Instances of the Depraved Witch of the West and initially premiered on Broadway in 2003.
“We get the digicam two inches from their face, so we will see after they’re mendacity, after they’re not, or after they’re mendacity to themselves,” Chu, 44, stated. “That brings loads of energy to the present which you could’t have on a stage when you need to sit up for the again of the gang.”
Depraved: Half One is in theaters Nov. 27. The movie’s second part is slated for Nov. 26, 2025.
