Supervisor Evil has said that the film’s upcoming sequel is “eight times more important” because of where we are “in society right now.”
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Evil hit cinemas in the UK and US on Friday (November 22), and cinema executives are predicting it will be the biggest film of the year.
The film is based on the hit musical, which itself was based on Gregory Maguire’s book of the same name. It serves as a prelude to the 1939 century The Wizard of Oz film and explores the backstory of how Glinda The Good Witch, played by Ariana Grande, and The Wicked Witch Of The West, directed by Cynthia Erivo.
So far Evil follows the same beats as the stage musical and ends with an interlude where Elphaba turns down the Wizard’s offer of partnership after discovering that he is oppressing certain parts of the Emerald City to stay in power.
Bad part two is now slated for a theatrical release on November 21, 2025, and you can check out everything we know about it so far right here.
A darker second act on stage Evil sees Elphaba hunted by a wizard and his troops. The end of the story is related to the events The Wizard of Ozwhere picky farm girl Dorothy ends up melting Elphaba in a bucket of water. However Evil the book has much more obscure political themes than the musical, so it is to be expected that some of them will also appear Part two.
Now director Jon M Chu has hinted that the sequel is relevant to the current state of society.
In a new interview with VarietyChu was asked how the team behind the film plans to do Evil the momentum will continue next year. “I don’t know,” he said, “but Part twoi say because i have cut Part two together, is a dead end.
“(You) get the meat. I didn’t know the context of where we were as a society right now. It becomes eight times more important than before when you’re talking about the truth and the consequences of right or wrong choices. It’s intense.”
In a four star review Evil, NME wrote: “Evil flags a bit in the middle, but not enough to dampen the dramatic climax where Elphaba and Glinda travel to Oz to meet the fabled Wonderful Wizard (Jeff Goldblum). He and Yeoh sell their short musical numbers in the blink of an eye, but Erivo and Grande are both vocally exceptional.
“Crucially, they also have crackling chemistry, distinguished by Erivo’s bursts of intensity and Grande’s slick comic timing. In the end, you won’t quite get out of your seat, but you’ll definitely be enthralled enough to stream the soundtrack on the way home. Funny, colorful and full of empathy for outsiders, this movie is really Shiz.
Evil hit theaters on the same day as Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2which leads movie fans to copy the box office clash It clicked effect, referring to Barbenheimer a pre-publication phenomenon Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.
However, some film experts say it’s unlikely to have the same impact as moviegoers won’t be booking a double bill this time around.