Not only is the first part of the Wicked saga available to rent and buy as of December 31, but you'll also have access a sing-a-long version and movie commentary provided by director John M. Chu, Grande, and Erivo. Plus, Wicked fans can enjoy of bonus footage in the form of deleted scenes and a 40-minute documentary.

Consider this a late Christmas present. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as the green-skinned, magically gifted Elphaba and her pink-loving polar opposite bestie Glinda. The stage show's lyricist,

In the scene, Glinda teaches Elphaba a move for when she wants to get her way, but can't really say what she means.

Wicked's Ariana Grande revealed that she and Cynthia Erivo compared contracts to "make sure we are aligned" before signing on.

Cynthia Erivo is changing Wicked for good, from her performance as Elphaba to the original song she helped write for the second movie. While serving as a guest on the latest episode of Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast posted Thursday (Dec.

Part I (now streaming on VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) is only the second, possibly third, most absurd unfinished movie saga of 2024. Director Jon M. Chu (In the Heights, Crazy Rich Asians) somehow managed to squeeze half of a two-and-a-half-hour Broadway musical into 160 minutes of movie – Part II will arrive in a year or so – but still falls short of Kevin Costner’s Horizon,