Depraved has discovered its leads. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will star in Common’s adaptation of the hit musical that’s to be directed by Loopy Wealthy Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu. Erivo will play Elphaba whereas Grande will play Glinda.
A Depraved movie has been within the works at Common since 2004, a 12 months after it debuted on Broadway. It went on to generate greater than $1 billion in ticket gross sales, one among simply three reveals to take action.
Depraved adapts the novel by Gregory Maguire, and is a tackle the Wizard of Oz story, telling of the friendship between the Depraved Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good Witch. Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics and Winnie Holzman wrote the e-book for the Broadway model.
Erivo is a two-time Oscar nominee for Harriet (2019), and was nominated for an Emmy for enjoying Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. She boasts a Grammy and a Tony for The Colour Purple and made her first huge push into movie performing with Unhealthy Instances on the El Royale (2018).
Grande is likely one of the largest pop stars on the earth, boasting two Grammys and multi-platinum albums. She is going to seem in Adam McKay’s Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, reverse Leonardo Di Caprio and Jennifer Lawerence. She received her performing begin early on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and the spinoff Sam & Cat.
Each stars shared the information on their Instagram accounts. Manufacturing is predicted to start in the summertime within the U.Okay.
