If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As the highly-anticipated Wicked movie prepares to premiere in just a few weeks, fans can still experience the Tony Award-winning musical, based on the bestselling novel that started …
Read More »Mattel Pulls 'Wicked' Dolls After Mistakenly Listing Adult Porn Site on Packaging
Mattel has pulled its Wicked dolls after packaging for the movie merchandise mistakenly listed a website to an adult porn site rather than to the Wicked movie website. The film, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is adapted from the popular Broadway musical (and does not require being over 18, …
Read More »'Wicked,' 'Gladiator II,' and All the Films and TV Shows We're Watching This November
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. November brings both the familiar and the new to screens big and small. A favorite novel gets a new adaptation. A bestselling detective series gets a TV series. …
Read More »Cynthia Erivo Says Impassioned Response to 'Wicked' Fan Edit Was 'Human Moment'
Cynthia Erivo has explained her heated response to a fan edited version of the Wicked poster during a new interview. The Oscar-nominated actress will star as Elphaba in the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway classic. “It wasn’t necessarily a clapback,” Erivo told Entertainment Tonight. She was referring to posts …
Read More »Reneé Rapp and Cynthia Erivo Believed in Themselves When No One Else Did
W ithin minutes of sitting down with each other at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, Reneé Rapp and Cynthia Erivo realize that they’re both Capricorns. They gush over how cosmic this meeting is, after years of mutual admiration from afar. “Now it all makes sense!” Erivo says. “A …
Read More »Bowen Yang Got Reneé Rapp Hype for 'Wicked'
Excitement is building for the Wicked movie after the release of the latest trailer starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande — and Reneé Rapp is very much among those who will be seated when the movie hits theaters on Nov. 22. “Speaking on behalf of everyone, we’re all thrilled,” Rapp …
Read More »Cynthia Erivo Responds to 'Offensive' Fan Edits of 'Wicked' Poster: 'It Degrades Me'
Everyone involved with the film adaptation of Wicked was aware of the pressure they would inherit from the fan base of one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals. And yet, this acknowledgment hasn’t made any of the budding criticism around the movie, out Nov. 22, any easier to encounter. When the …
Read More »'Wicked: The Soundtrack': Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Perform Half of the Musical's Track List
Wicked: The Soundtrack is scheduled to arrive in tandem with the release of the Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo-led film on Nov. 22. But being that the film itself has split the famed musical into two parts, with the second scheduled to arrive earlier than expected in November 2025, the …
Read More »'Wicked Part Two' Announces New 2025 Release Date
Fans of Wicked will be able to see Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the first part of the musical-turned-film in just two months — and a new date for the second installation was announced on Thursday. Universal Pictures revealed in an X post that Wicked Part 2 will hit …
Read More »If 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator 2' Is the Next 'Barbenheimer,' It Needs a Better Portmanteau Than 'Wickiator'
Late Monday afternoon, July 1, a minor piece of movie release news dropped: Part one of the highly-anticipated movie adaptation of the smash musical Wicked would hit theaters a few days earlier than expected. It’s still slated to drop around the Thanksgiving holiday, but in bumping the release date from …
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