Ding dong! The depraved witch is alive and nicely within the first trailer for “Depraved.”

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a imaginative and prescient in inexperienced and pink as they grace the fantastical land of Ouncesin Jon M. Chu’s upcoming film musical. And the primary take a look at the movie, which debuted in the course of the Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, unfolds to the acquainted strains of “Defying Gravity,” the present’s signature anthem.

“Don’t be afraid,” Grande’s Glinda reassures Erivo’s Elphaba.

“I’m not afraid,” Erivo responds, steely voiced. “It’s the Wizard who needs to be afraid of me.”

That is clearly a distinct Ouncesthan the one which Dorthy Gale encountered. Based mostly on Gregory Maguire’s novel that impressed Broadway’s acclaimed musical of the identical title, “Depraved” precedes Dorothy’s arrival within the magical world and tells the legend of world and the story behind Elphaba, the Depraved Witch of the West. Grande’s Galinda Upland later turns into Glinda the Good Witch.

The forged consists of Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible; Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar; Ethan Slater as Boq; Bowen Yang as Pfannee; and Jeff Goldblum because the Wizard of Oz.

Goldblum idiosyncratic line readings additionally pop up within the trailer, together with his wily Wizard noting, “The easiest way to carry people collectively is to provide them an actual good enemy.” And it looks as if Elphaba is likely to be the villain he’s hoping to use.

“One thing simply takes over me and when it does unhealthy issues occur,” Elphaba tells Glinda.

Chu’s model of the musical was filmed in two elements to correctly adapt the story. “As we ready the manufacturing over the past 12 months, it grew to become unattainable to wrestle the story of ‘Depraved’ right into a single movie with out doing a little actual injury to it,” Chu said back in 2022.

“As we tried to chop songs or trim characters, these selections started to really feel like deadly compromises to the supply materials that has entertained us all for thus a few years,” he added. “We determined to provide ourselves a much bigger canvas and make not only one ‘Depraved’ film however two! With extra space, we will inform the story of ‘Depraved’ because it was meant to be informed whereas bringing much more depth and shock to the journeys for these beloved characters.”

Composer Stephen Schwartz, songwriter for “Depraved,” defined that the curtain-closing quantity “Defying Gravity” was a big purpose why the movie needed to be made in two elements. In a 2022 publication, Schwartz wrote, “We discovered it very troublesome to get previous ‘Defying Gravity’ and not using a break. That music is written particularly to carry a curtain down, and no matter scene to comply with it and not using a break simply appeared massively anti-climactic.”

“Depraved” wasn’t the one movie to make use of the Tremendous Bowl’s large viewers to supply followers a primary look. “Deadpool 3” additionally debuted a trailer that includes Ryan Reynolds because the Merc With a Mouth and Hugh Jackman reprising his position as Wolverine.

The primary a part of Chu’s “Depraved” is ready to hit theaters on Nov. 27, 2024. “Half Two” is slated for Nov. 26, 2025.

Watch the trailer beneath.