Spooky season is here and this year, it’s all about the witches. After Agatha Harkness debuted with her coven on Disney+, another tale of magic is on the way. Wicked, the movie by Universal Pictures, will take you to the Land of Oz, for a telling of the story of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Sounds familiar? Sure it does – Wicked is the film adaptation of the stage musical of the same title, based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire. As if that wasn’t complicated enough, the book derives from the famous L. Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. However, Maguire offers a subversive look at its characters while analysing the subject of evil.
The movie will follow a similar path. The main character is Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo), a young woman misunderstood because of her green skin. As she arrives at Shiz University, she unexpectedly befriends the popular Galinda Upland (Ariana Grande). However, after an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), the two friends take different paths, leading them to become Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
The Wicked film will naturally be a musical, so you may expect many catchy tunes illustrating this witchy fable.
The trailer for the film will give you a hint of what’s to come:
If you want to know when to book movie tickets, keep reading our guide.
When will Wicked tickets go on sale?
The tickets for Wicked are now available to book in the US. They went on sale on 9 October 2024, a little earlier than expected.
In the US, Wicked will open on Wednesday, 20 November 2024. That means the witchy tale will compete for viewers’ attention with the highly-anticipated Gladiator 2. Ridley Scott’s epic adventure will debut in American cinemas on 22 November.
In the UK cinemas, the new Universal Pictures blockbuster will arrive a few days earlier, on Monday, 18 November 2024. However, we still don’t know when the tickets will go on sale.
Wicked will hit movie theatres after Halloween, a little before Christmas and just in time for Thanksgiving. We expect it to be one of this year’s buzziest premieres.
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Where to buy Wicked tickets?
Tickets will be available from all the major cinema chains in the US and UK:
US
AMC Theatres (rolling out now)
Fandango (rolling out now)
Atom Tickets (rolling out now)
Cinemark (rolling out now)
Regal Cinemas (rolling out now)
UK
Vue
Cineworld
Odeon
Showcase
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Author: Weronika de Oliveira, Entertainment Writer, Tech Advisor
Weronika is an Entertainment Writer at Tech Advisor, where she covers topics related to TV shows, streaming, and movies. With an MA degree in Film Studies, her areas of expertise range from classical and postmodern cinema to contemporary films, series, and pop culture.