1905 Movie Network News A few days ago, Stephen Schwartz, the songwriter of "Wicked Witch of Magic", told the outside world that the reason why the ** drama "Wicked Witch of Magic" created by him was split into two parts for release, not because the original plan was two movies, but because there were too many stories in the original work, and one movie could not be put down.
"We ultimately decided to make two films because we couldn't cram everything into one film, otherwise we felt like we would be compromising the story to a great extent," says Stephen Schwartz. We didn't think anyone wanted to sit for four hours and watch a movie, so we ended up splitting it up into two films. ”
Wicked Witch is a creative deconstruction and retelling of the well-known story of The Wizard of Oz. Gregley Maguire, the author of "Wicked Witch of Magic", set his ** on "The Wizard of Oz" and created it from the perspective of Western bad witches. The story of the play takes place between two witches, Afba, who is green and ostracized, and Glinda, who is cute and ambitious, after a series of ideals and disillusionments, betrayal and forgiveness, form a deep and unspeakable friendship, and harvest their own experiences and growth.
In terms of actors, Ariana Grande plays Glinda, Cynthia Eliver plays Effieba, Jonathan Bailey plays Prince Feyero, and Jeff Goldbrun plays the wizard of Oz. Original playwright Winnie Holzman and songwriter Stephen Schwartz continued to write for the film. Both films will be released in North America on November 27, 2024 and November 26, 2025, respectively.