In 2012, Universal Pictures announced the film's development with Marc Platt as a producer. Set in the Land of Oz, the film revolves around Elphaba, a green-skinned woman, and explores the path that leads her to become the Wicked Witch of the West. The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh in supporting roles. It is the first of a two-part film adaptation of Holzman and Schwartz's stage musical Wicked, which is based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and characters from the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Chu from a screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz.
Wicked (also known as Wicked: Part One) is an upcoming musical fantasy film directed by Jon M.
