Everything Everywhere All At Once star Michelle Yeoh has landed a key role in the upcoming Wicked movies.
The two-part adaptation of the popular stage musical has already cast Ariana Grande as Glinda, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero and Broadway star Ethan Slater as Boq.
It's now been confirmed that Yeoh will play Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University where Glinda and Elphaba first meet (via Variety).
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Jurassic World's Jeff Goldblum is reportedly in talks to be playing The Wizard, though a deal is yet to be signed. Other key roles that haven't been cast yet include Nessarose and Doctor Dillamond.
The Wizard of Oz prequel will explore the unlikely friendship formed between Glinda and Elphaba up until Dorothy's arrival in Oz, while also telling the tale of how the Wicked Witch of the West came to be.
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Previously explaining the decision to split the adaptation into two parts, composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz said: "As we prepared the production over the last year, it became increasingly clear that it would be impossible to wrestle the story of Wicked into a single film without doing some real damage to it."
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He continued: "As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material that has entertained us all for so many years. So we decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one Wicked movie but two!
"Cynthia, Ariana, and I – and all of the cast and crew – pledge to create nothing less than an experience that honors its foundation for all the fans who've waited for this movie, and to offer a thrilling, fantastical world full of dynamic characters that invites in those who are unfamiliar."
Wicked will hit theatres worldwide on December 25, 2024, and December 25, 2025.
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