Concluding the Depraved saga, Jon M. Chu’s Depraved: For Good adapts the latter half of the Broadway musical, showcasing the fallout of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) rebelling towards the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) after he’s revealed as a fraud and an oppressor of the Animals. This results in the occasions of The Wizard of Oz, which happen concurrently with For Good.
Along with Erivo and Goldblum, For Good additionally stars Ariana Grande as Glinda, with whom Elphaba shares a singular bond. Nevertheless, an ideological divide noticed Glinda selecting to not stand with Elphaba and finally changing into a pawn of the Wizard on the finish of Depraved.
“There’s no victory on the finish of the primary movie in that sense,” mentioned producer Marc Platt, who additionally produced the stage musical on which the movie is predicated. “There’s a shattering. The one victory is that Elphaba is, makes peace with herself. She sees her reflection, and is aware of ‘I’ve to do that, I’ve to talk fact to energy, and I’ve to do the best factor.‘”
Because of Elphaba’s decisions, Platt defined that in “the second movie, the world is totally different.” He continued: “Now [there are] actual penalties to the alternatives that each ladies made within the first movie. Elphaba to turn out to be this fugitive, and Glinda to turn out to be the face of the wizard and Madame Morrible.”
Platt continued by noting that Elphaba and Glinda “every must wrestle with these penalties” and “the world is darker.” To be able to emphasize Elphaba’s isolation and sacrifice, the filmmakers allowed “the world to really feel darkish and ominous.”
“It’s a must to give over to that, […] to have Elphaba be lonely, and really feel betrayed, and to let Glinda must wrestle with, ‘I’m actually joyful, or I’m not joyful, or possibly there are bridges that I crossed that I didn’t even know I’d crossed. And possibly I’m not snug with that,'” mentioned Platt. “So they’re a praise to one another in evolution, however they’re very totally different movies. And every stands actually by itself, individually, however while you do get to see all of them collectively, it’s fairly one thing.“
Chu additionally mentioned how Elphaba’s selection impacted the connection between her and Glinda. He defined: “If you understand, ‘oh standing up, that’s rather a lot… that’s much more lonely.’ You don’t have a variety of pals, there are much more whispers.“
Regardless of their beforehand robust bond, the duo are at odds for a lot of For Good, one thing that propels the plot ahead and impacts the story portrayed in The Wizard of Oz as effectively. Depraved: For Good releases in theaters on November 21, 2025.
Depraved: For Good
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- Launch Date
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November 21, 2025
- Runtime
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137 Minutes
- Director
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Jon M. Chu
- Writers
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Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Gregory Maguire