Wicked, the new version of The Wizard of Oz, will be released on November 27, 2024. Jeff Goldblum finally revealed his big character.
The Wizard of Oz, one of the most important classics in movie history, is about to get another chance on the screens. However, the great protagonists of the new edition will be the witches. The director of music videos and hits like the Step Up saga, Jon M. Chu, will direct Wickedthe adaptation that will arrive in 2024.
In this opportunity, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo y Michelle Yeoh they will revive the unmistakable witches of Oz. On the other hand, it was finally confirmed that Jeff Goldblum He will be in charge of giving life to the eternal Magician.
It should be remembered that James Franco was the last to take the role in Oz the Mighty (2013). On that occasion Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams were the witches. 11 years later the memory of Judy Garland will be brought back.
On the project, Jeff Goldblum manifested himself and broke the silence. The big star gave the first statements about it.
“I’ve just been on the set of Wicked. I’m not supposed to talk about it. But he’s been away from home,” Goldblum said as he revealed that his children Charlie, 7, and River, 5, had joined him on the film set in London (via People).
the star of Jurassic Park he also told Jimmy Kimmel that he had shown his children The Wizard of Oz, but the movie classic was not a hit with them. “We showed them The Wizard of Oz, one of my favorite movies. It was too scary for them”, added the artist. “The witch is terrifying. Margaret Hamilton, terrifying.”
Goldblum then addressed Wicked and his co-stars: “You should see our witches, Cynthia Erivo y Ariana Grandevery good”.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will play the witches of Oz in Wicked.
However, it seems that the feelings that his son had were replicated in him when making this new version. A dark tone could appear.
“I shouldn’t talk about it, but one day I was filming and I found myself crying with fear, a childhood fear came back to me,” he told Kimmel. Goldblum revealed that he told his co-star Erivo about the nightmare, which involved a “witch terrifying” that she tied him to a tree and that “she was going to cut off my head”.
Likewise, the director had already had the opportunity to give his impressions and reveal part of the plot. He recalled that the movie will be released in 2 parts. “With more space, we can tell the story of Wicked the way it was meant to be told,” Chu said in an April 2022 post announcing the two films, noting that “a bigger canvas” would allow the creative team the Space to include as many musical numbers and characters as possible. He added that trying to “fight” the story in a single film would do “real damage.”
Jeff Goldblum already earns legend status
It seems that it is never too late to have a great moment in the race. This, by far, is the current case for Jeff Goldblum, who is 70 years old and more relevant than ever. Not only will he be starring in the aforementioned project, but he recently came to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his greatest success will have a remake.
Jeff Goldblum en Thor 4.
It is of course about The fly, the 1989 classic directed by David Cronenberg that follows a scientist who ends up in the body of an insect. Now a new version of the story is being made with Zendaya in the cast and most likely the emblematic actor will reappear in some way in the plot.
Wicked: Part 1 will be released on November 27, 2024. All the details of the commercial and streaming distribution of the production have not been clarified.
