Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Cast in ‘Wicked’ Movie | THR News - video Dailymotion

The two will headline Universal's adaptation of the hit musical.

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00:00Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are headed for Oz.

00:05The two stars have landed the lead roles in Universal's highly-anticipated movie adaptation

00:10of the Tony-winning musical Wicked.

00:12Erivo is set to play Elphaba before she becomes known as the Wicked Witch of the West, while

00:17Grande will play Glinda the Good Witch.

00:19The film is directed by Crazy Rich Asians filmmaker John M. Chu.

00:23A Wicked film has been in the works at Universal since 2004, a year after it debuted on Broadway.

00:29Wicked adapts the novel by Gregory Maguire and is a take on the Wizard of Oz story, telling

00:34the friendship between the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.

00:38Both stars share the news on their Instagram accounts with Grande writing, thank goodness,

00:42and Erivo writing, pink goes good with green.

00:45Production is expected to begin in the summer in the UK.

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