It’s hard to browse TikTok without seeing a video about Universal Pictures’ latest hit, evil. While each video is different, the comment sections all share at least some rumors of the same idea: “Don’t spoil the rest. evil!
although evilThe film only consists of the first act of the stage production (the second part will be released next November), which has been in production for more than two decades. This begs the question – can it be destroyed? The film’s screenwriter, Winnie Holzman, is also the author of the book evilof the stage musical and Dana Fox doesn’t seem entirely convinced. “it [the stage musical] It didn’t open yesterday and it has been running for 21 years. hollywood reporter. “Not just in the US, everywhere. It’s been touring and it’s in multiple languages.
Holtzman said the film’s director, Jon M. Chu, and everyone else involved in the film “wanted to stay true to the spirit of the film.” evil stage production. Fox said she has a rule for her children and anyone else who may ask not to spoil what’s about to happen. “There’s a script out there. Whatever it is, you have some answers. If you figure it out for yourself and discover that, you can know these things,” she said. “There’s nothing else.”
Holtzman and Foxx, who were recently nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for writing the film, don’t blame anyone for worrying about spoilers, however, they say they’ve been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response from fans. “I really feel for them. I really do,” Holzman said. She later added: “I have to pay tribute to those who responded because that’s what we want. Passion is beautiful. It shows how they gave of their hearts.
evilCynthia Erivo stars as Elphaba and Ariana Grande stars as Galinda/Glinda in the story of the witches of Oz. Untold stories. This movie and the upcoming Evil: Part 2The show, based on the 2003 musical of the same name and originally based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, is set to be released in November 2025. Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz returns to the cast to bring this musical to the screen.
Holtzman and Fox said they’ve been feeling the love since the film’s release. “From my perspective, the love is palpable,” Holzman said. “We got such a genuine and genuine response from people, and that’s why we did it.”
Although Holzman accompanied him almost the whole time evilRiding long distances, Fox said the experience was new to her. “I think Winnie and Steven have been on this show for a long time, but I’m new to it,” she explained. “Feeling the love from people and how much it seemed to touch them. … Every day we worked together over the years, we thought, ‘This must be the best thing anyone has ever seen, because people care so much about this music. drama, so we have to take care of it.
“Responsibility is a very key word,” Holzman said, adding that, not complaining, but she did feel pressure when it came to bringing the musical to the screen. “We all work together and we just feel like we have to give it everything we have and then people will take it. That’s the part we’re not responsible for.
Holzman thinks “handmade” is the perfect way to describe it evil script. “We just put it together carefully and with a lot of thought and care,” she said. “Every word in it [the script] It was pulled over with so much effort. I mean, the one-liners have been discussed for weeks,” Foxx added.
Fox noted that she went into the project believing it would be easier thanks to having “one of the most amazing plays ever written” and “The Wizard of Oz” as source material. However, the author found this more difficult due to “the pressure to do right by the original material” and “by fans of the original material to do right.”
“In our audience, when we first watched it together, the girls hit a note every time slightly differently than in the show. People were screaming loudly.
Changes in the adaptation process clearly remain a hot topic of discussion. “We never thought, ‘How can we make evil Moving on to other things? “But that’s another story. It’s another version of the same thing.
As Holzman points out, mental evil Still present in every moment of the first part of the film. The film stays true to the play, however, and both Holzman and Foxx noted that the decision to split the film into two parts allowed for many moments to be expanded upon. “There’s almost no aspect of the plot, really, that hasn’t been explored from beginning to end that could have been reimagined deeper and given more time,” Holzman said of what would have remained if it had only been one film. She noted that the team was able to explore Elphaba’s childhood, something she and Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the musical’s music and lyrics, had always wanted to do.
“To also be very specific, think about the length of the songs and try to add second-act songs to this movie. There’s not time for a line of dialogue,” Fox said. “That meant cutting songs, and every song was some fan favorite.”
Holzman added that both she and Schwartz wanted new songs. “The reason we even wanted to put new songs in part two, and this is the only thing I have to say about part two, is because we had some ideas for songs that we liked, and as Dana said, we couldn’t even put the whole soundtrack together. Be part of a movie,” she said. Holzman also noted that any changes made to the first section were made to “increase intensity or increase risk,” not just because.
The writers also weighed in on fan theories that Glinda and Elphaba’s relationship might be romantic. Gregory Maguire, author of the book the musical is based on, recently told us them The romantic subtext between the two main witches was intentional on his part. Grande also hinted at the possibility in a recent interview, saying: “Glinda might be a little shy about going public. You never know. Give it a little more time.
However, Holtzman doesn’t seem to have gone into writing an original music book or film with this in mind. “For me, that’s not the case. But that’s not to say that I wouldn’t be grateful if queer people felt queerness in movies,” she said. “There are very practical reasons for this, and I think it’s beautiful.
“The funny thing is, it’s really none of my business. I want people to have their own response,” she said. She added that the show is primarily about a friendship that changes someone forever, pardon the pun. “They all have a destiny and they need each other to fulfill that destiny, and to me, isn’t that fulfilling enough?” she later added.
evil Box office continues to climb. The Universal film broke the record for the highest-grossing movie adaptation of a musical with an estimated $114 million domestically and took the throne grease Just one week after its release it became the highest-grossing Broadway musical adaptation of all time.
Evil: Part 2 It is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2025.
