Here’s some news that’s sure to be pop-u-lar: The Wicked movie is coming to digital next week, just in time for New Year’s Eve.
Directed by Jon M. Chu, this film adaptation of Stephen Schwartz’s Tony-winning musical has been a long time coming. Cynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba, aka the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, before she turned evil. Glinda the Good Witch, aka Galinda (played by Ariana Grande), is key to Elphaba’s villain origin story. Before they were enemies, they were the best of friends.
Wicked was more than a box office hit—it was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. So far, the movie has earned over $585.5 million at the worldwide box office, and that number is still going up. So is it surprising that Universal is releasing Wicked on digital platforms after just over one full month in theaters? Not really. In fact, most
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