The Wicked Movie arrives at Super Bowl Sunday – The Hollywood Reporter

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Something wicked that way is coming on Super Bowl Sunday. The first trailer for evil It has arrived, showing the first trailer for the two-part Broadway adaptation of the musical.

Ariana Grande plays Glinda, opposite Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba in the film, who is descended from Jon M. Cho. The rest of the cast includes Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum, Marisa Pudi, Kayla Settle, Bronwyn James, Adam James, and Bowen Yang.

evil It’s scheduled to be released on November 27, the same day Disney recently teased a sequel Moana. evil is an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, which was based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel. Wizard of Ozwhich was published as Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

Marc Platt and David Stone, who produce the film, brought it to the stage when it debuted in 2003. It became the second-highest-grossing Broadway show of all time, behind . the king lion.

evil Filming wrapped last month, with Cho and Grande confirming the news on social media. “I’m so thankful we were able to add so many wet lashes to the collection,” Grande wrote.

The Super Bowl remains a major launching pad for Hollywood studios to make their debut. This year, 30-second ads cost $7 million. The matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers added extra interest thanks to music star Taylor Swift, who became a Chiefs booster after starting a relationship with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.