Wow, There’s Finally Footage of Singing in Wicked

Most radical astir apt cognize Wicked is simply a musical. After all, it’s 1 of the astir palmy musicals of this procreation and is inactive playing for audiences each implicit the world. Nevertheless, from the archetypal infinitesimal audiences saw a glimpse of what manager Jon M. Chu and Universal had successful store for the movie adaptation, it astir felt similar a secret.

Starting with that Super Bowl ad 9 months ago, and up to videos and clips in the past fewer months, determination has been virtually zero footage of singing successful the philharmonic adaptation. The fashionable songs from the amusement person played implicit the footage, but the information that Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and the remainder of the formed sing successful the movie has remained hidden.

That changed today. Wicked opens connected November 22, little than a period away, and a caller featurette yet admits, yes, this is simply a musical. Yes, determination is singing. And, successful fact, the singing was done unrecorded connected set. Check retired the caller video below.

Not lone is determination singing successful Wicked, it looks similar it’s going to beryllium damned bully signing. Even if you aren’t ace acquainted with the show, songs similar “Popular” and “Defying Gravity” inactive tin springiness you goosebumps. So seeing them afloat out, successful a theater, with each the ocular effects and sound, should beryllium awesome.

As for wherefore Universal seemingly held this facet of the movie back, determination are a fewer imaginable reasons. The biggest 1 is astir apt that the footage conscionable wasn’t ready. Especially with that aboriginal trailer timed to the Super Bowl, it would’ve been precise astonishing to person thing acceptable to show. From determination though, it conscionable felt similar a concerted effort to hook radical successful with the big, agleam visuals and the connections to The Wizard of Oz—and then, astatine the end, person 1 past large reveal. It’s not similar fans thought they chopped retired the singing but now, due to the fact that it was held back, seeing it is conscionable a spot much special.

There is, however, 1 large facet of Wicked that is inactive being mostly hidden. It’s that connected November 22 you aren’t sitting down to spot “Wicked.” You’re sitting down to spot “Wicked Part One” with “Part Two” retired adjacent year. Keeping that quiescent is evidently different precise conscious determination to get butts successful seats due to the fact that slapping a “Part One” connected it could perchance crook immoderate moviegoers off. Many consciousness that happened with the latest Mission: Impossible (which really changed its rubric post-release) and Warner Bros. utilized the aforesaid strategy for the archetypal Dune.

Nevertheless, the archetypal portion of Wicked opens successful little than a month. It has singing. You’ve present seen immoderate of it. And we’ll person much successful the coming weeks.

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