{"id":151779,"date":"2022-12-08T12:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wicked-movie-ethan-slater-joins-cast-opposite-ariana-grande\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:54:10","slug":"wicked-movie-ethan-slater-joins-cast-opposite-ariana-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wicked-movie-ethan-slater-joins-cast-opposite-ariana-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wicked’ Movie: Ethan Slater Joins Cast Opposite Ariana Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tBroadway veteran Ethan Slater, who scored a Tony nomination for \u201cSpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical,\u201d has been cast as Boq in Universal’s big-screen adaptation of \u201cWicked.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tIn the film, by Jon M. Chu, Slater is joining the previously announced directed cast of Ariana Grande as Glinda, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero. variety<\/em> also reported that Jeff Goldblum is in talks to play the Wizard. <\/p>\n

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\tA prequel to \u201cThe Wizard of Oz,\u201d the Tony Award-winning stage musical \u201cWicked\u201d tells the story of everything leading up to Dorothy’s arrival in Oz and the secret friendship between Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba, the eventual Wicked Witch of the West. Boq is the romantic interest of Elphaba’s younger sister Nessarose (who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the East). But he only asks her out to impress Glinda, his true love. Christopher Fitzgerald originated the role of Boq in the stage production opposite Kristen Chenoweth as Glinda and Idina Menzel as Elphaba.<\/p>\n

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\tThe two-part film adaptation \u2014 scheduled for release Christmas 2024 and 2025 \u2014 is based on a screenplay by the musical’s book writer Winnie Holzman (\u201cMy So-Called Life\u201d) and Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (\u201cGodspell,\u201d \u201cPippin\u201d), who adapted Gregory Maguire’s bestselling novel \u201cWicked\u201d for the stage musical. <\/p>\n

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\tMarc Platt (\u201cLa La Land,\u201d \u201cDear Evan Hansen\u201d) will produce the movie for his Universal-based Marc Platt Productions, with David Stone also producing. (On Broadway, \u201cWicked\u201d is produced by Universal Stage Productions, Platt, the Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and Stone.) Universal senior EVP of production Erik Baiers and VP of production development Lexi Barta oversee the project on behalf of the studio .<\/p>\n

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\tSlater is best known for his Tony-nominated performance as SpongeBob in \u201cSpongeBob SquarePants,\u201d which marked his Broadway debut. The actor won the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World and Broadway Beacon Award for the role. Slater was most recently seen in \u201cAssassins,\u201d playing the Balladeer\/Lee Harvey Oswald, for which he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for outstanding featured performer in a musical. <\/p>\n

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\tThe actor, singer, writer and composer made his television debut on \u201cMurphy Brown,\u201d with additional credits including \u201cInstinct\u201d and \u201cFosse\/Verdon.\u201d He created and is currently in development with Oscar-winner Jean Doumanian on his Buster Keaton series and has a supporting role in the upcoming feature \u201cLost on a Mountain in Maine,\u201d produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions.<\/p>\n

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\tSlater is represented Danielle DeLawder at CESD, Andrew Tetenbaum at ATA Management and Ryan LeVine at Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n