evil Film director Jon Chu encourages audiences to make unusual requests when watching the film in theaters.
Zhu Di, who is directing Universal Pictures’ adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, posted on X (formerly Twitter) on the night of the project’s premiere that audiences should demand theaters turn up the musical’s volume. evil told The Wizard of Oz’The characters who preceded Dorothy’s arrival, Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.
“Tell your theaters to turn the volume down to 7…I’ve seen a few screenings and they were more like 6.4,” Chu wrote. “If you want it to work the way it’s supposed to, 7 is it.”
Among those who responded to the post was the film’s co-writer Dana Fox, who replied: “We turned it up a clock tick for the screening and it was perfect!”
Dolby, the audio-visual company known for premium movie screenings, responded, “We’ve got you covered,” adding a tribute emoji.
Some users were confused by Zhu’s post and said they didn’t know theatergoers could request a change in the volume level of a movie screening. Others noted that they attended evil The screening could have been louder.
with ankle Released earlier this month evil Film sound designer John Marquis was asked about his process in making the film.
“A lot of it was self-inflicted, just due to the nature of the way the tracks were recorded,” Marquis said. “You know, you see Cynthia and Ali, they give track after track and amazing vocal performance after amazing vocal performance live, so the challenge of the musical is obviously trying to… stay grounded and not be it. On and off, it was like, ‘Now we’re going to get into the musical.
this evil The film is heading into its opening weekend, with a domestic debut expected to hit $117 million. Gladiator IIAlso opening this weekend is also off to a strong start in second place.
