As director Jon M. Chu continues to work on the 2 Depraved motion pictures – for the reason that novel/stage present’s story will cut up throughout a two-part launch, he is including to the forged. Jeff Goldblum is the newest recruit.

Goldblum will play The Wizard who (spoiler alert should you haven’t seen the stage present, learn the guide or seen 1947’s The Wizard Of Oz is revealed to be Oscar Zoroaster Diggs, a really human conman who makes use of trickery and equipment to rule town of Oz and management folks.

Depraved, which turned Gregory Maguire’s prequel novel about witches Glinda and Elphaba right into a smash on Broadway and past, has stage musical veterans Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz on script and music responsibility.

Ariana Grande is Galinda/Glinda the great witch, whose reputation results in energy and a face off in opposition to Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the green-hued loner witch who’s shunned by her classmates however fights for the rights of others earlier than being framed and hunted because the Depraved Witch.

With Bridgerton‘s Jonathan Bailey as faculty social gathering animal Fiyero, Depraved will arrive in its two components for Christmas 2024 and 2025.

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