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USA Today
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Ethan Slater debuts his 'Wicked' Lego figure, teases 'epic' sequel at Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO – "Wicked" star Ethan Slater didn't need Lego sets filled with witches, princes, woodsmen and yellow brick roads. When he was a kid, it was all about the unmarked trunk overflowing with bricks of all colors. But as an adult getting to play with his own Lego minifigure, Slater is pretty wowed. The 33-year-old Tony-nominated actor, who played Boq Woodsman in the Oscar-nominated first "Wicked," was on hand at the pop-culture festival Comic-Con, held at the San Diego Convention Center, to debut a bunch of new Lego sets inspired by the upcoming sequel "Wicked: For Good" (in theaters Nov. 21). Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox Taking a peek at all the sets for the first time, Slater unsurprisingly spends the most time with the set featuring Boq and his Munchkinland home alongside toy versions of Elphaba (played in the movie by Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande). He notes that Boq's gray wardrobe is new for fans in the next movie, and points out the "Beware of the Wicked Witch" sign, part of the Wizard of Oz's propaganda against Elphaba on the side of the Lego building. "Elphaba's one of Boq's only friends, and on the side of his house is the smear campaign against her. Terrible," Slater says. As for the new movie coming soon, Slater teases an "epic conclusion" where "it's everything coming to a head." All the characters, from Elphaba and Glinda to Boq and Prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), "have made these huge decisions at the very end of the first movie. How do they live with or transcend the consequences of those decisions?" Slater says. "So what we're going to see is all of these characters a little bit older. We already know them so well that to see how they grow in the second movie (creates) an even deeper connection to them." He gets a kick out of the "Wicked" wall art set, which features figures of Dorothy and her crew from "The Wizard of Oz," including Toto. "The first role ever was when I was 4 years old, I played Toto to my sister's Dorothy," Slater says. "I'm going to pretend that Toto is also a mini fig of me. It's the cutest I've ever looked." He also has fun playing with a set including Glinda using a magnifying glass. "What is she looking for with this? What is she looking for here? Does it really work? This is so Detective Glinda. That's actually a spinoff coming soon," Slater quips. Back in the day, Slater avoided big themed Lego sets in favor of diving into his "huge bucket" of Legos and "taking the world that was in my head and trying to build a version of it," he says. Yet these new "Wicked" Legos do justice to the work of him and his co-stars. "The special thing about making 'Wicked' was being in this world and it was so intricately designed," Slater says. "The work in all of these Lego sets that make it just as intricate and lets you experience it and be creative with it, it's just a really beautiful thing. It feels really true to what we did."
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everything We Know About ‘Wicked: For Good' So Far
Following the magical moment of Wicked: Part One enchanting audiences ahead of Thanksgiving, a return to the land of Oz will take place in 2025 when the second film in the duology comes out. Those anxious to see how the story of Ariana Grande's Glinda and Cynthia Erivo's Wicked Witch of the West, formerly known as Elphaba, have a little under a year before the second half of the story will arrive in theaters. The film underwent a title change in December 2024 to Wicked: For Good. More from Deadline Ariana Grande & Kristin Chenoweth Agree 'Wicked's Glinda 'Might Be A Little' Queer 'Wicked – Part One': All The Box Office Records Broken Breaking Baz: 'Wicked's Cynthia Erivo Will Sink Her Teeth Into 23 Roles For 'Dracula' In London's West End For everything we know about Wicked: Part Two, read below. When does come out? Wicked: Part Two, now known as Wicked: For Good, will arrive in theaters Nov. 21, 2025. Who is in the cast of Of course, dynamic duo Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) will return in the second film, though they may be more separated than in the first film. There are still some duets they share, including the titular For Good, in which they reflect on how impactful their relationship has been for the both of them. RELATED: Jonathan Bailey will return as Fiyero, and Ethan Slater's Boq will be back as well as Marissa Bode's Nessarose. If the music is anything to go by, Michelle Yeoh's Madame Morrible will return as well as Jeff Goldblum's Wizard of Oz. Is in production? The second film has wrapped production. Director Jon M. Chu told Deadline that he cut both films side by side ahead of the release of Wicked: Part One. 'I cut both of them at the same time last year so I could watch both of them back to back, and wait til that happens. It's a doozy to see both,' he said. 'I put it to bed. I needed to know that every scene in one had an intention for two, and we put that to bed, and I just opened it up last week. We're tweaking and doing all the things.' What songs will be in ? Songs to look out for in Wicked Part Two include 'Thank Goodness' Sung by Glinda, Madame Morrible and Citizens of Oz 'The Wicked Witch of the East' by Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq 'Wonderful' by The Wizard and Elphaba 'I'm Not That Girl (Reprise)' by Glinda 'As Long As You're Mine' by Ephaba and Fieryo 'No Good Deed' by Elphaba 'March of the Witch Hunters' by Boq and Ozians 'For Good' by Glinda and Elphaba Finale Song RELATED: According to an interview with Capital FM UK, Jeff Goldblum let slip that there may be new original songs written by Stephen Schwartz for Wicked: For Good. Is there a trailer for ? A special first look at the trailer for the second film will be available to view in theaters when Wicked Part 1 returns to theaters for one night only on June 4. The trailer also debuted at NBCUniversal's upfront presentation in May. Is the same team behind ? Yes, Jon M. Chu took over the directing role of the entire project in February 2021 after Stephen Daldry exited the cockpit of the Universal Movie Musical Adaptation in October 2020. Daldry was first attached to the film in 2016. Winnie Holzman, the book writer who adapted the stage musical from Gregory Maguire's bestselling novel, is behind the script with co-writer Dana Fox. Broadway musical songwriter Stephen Schwartz executive produces alongside Jared LeBoff and David Nicksay. Producers include Marc Platt and David Stone. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far
Fox News
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
'Jeopardy!' contestants slammed for 'Wizard of Oz' triple stumper
"Jeopardy!" fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop culture. On Thursday's episode of the long-running game show, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the "Fictional Characters" category. The prompt read: "Boq is one of these fictional people, 'Not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small.'" Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting $5,999 of her total $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed "What is a Lilliputian?" "I'm afraid it's not the Lilliputians from 'Gulliver's Travels,'" "Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings told her. Walheim's competitors, Wallace and Wargin, also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's classic 1726 novel. Wallace's answer was revealed to be "What are lili?" The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, noted that his response was "almost Lilluputian." Jennings agreed, adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters' full name. Wargin's first guess was "What are Lilliputians?" before he crossed the answer out and wrote, "dwarves." Jennings then informed the contestants that "What is a Munchkin?" was the correct answer. "In the 1939 movie of 'The Wizard of Oz,' the Munchkins are very small, but in the book, the Munchkins are said to be about Dorothy's height," Jennings told them. Wargin, who was in the lead heading into the final round with $16,000, had bet $5,201, which dropped him down to $10,799. However, as a four-day "Jeopardy!" champion, Wargin's total winnings were $70,199. Many fans watching at home had easily guessed the right answer as the character of Boq played a prominent role in the 2024 mega-hit movie musical "Wicked," which was an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. Boq was portrayed by Ethan Slater in "Wicked," which starred Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. After the episode ended, fans flocked to social media to share their dumbfounded reactions. "Read the word "Boq" and SCREAMED "MUNCHKIN!!!!!!!!" How did NO ONE GET THIS??? wrote one social media user on X. "How did no one get that BOQ answer on jeopardy right," another X user added. "Everyone who watched Jeopardy and recently watched Wicked was screaming at their TV tonight…," one viewer chimed in. "No one knew boq is a munchkin on final jeopardy, " a "Jeopardy" fan posted on X, adding crying emojis. "My entire household was shouting MUNCHKIN!!! Apparently not one of the 3 saw 'Wicked,'" another fan wrote on X. "Final was so easy. How did they all miss it," a viewer wondered in the show's Reddit discussion thread. Both the movie and the play "Wicked" were based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book "The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." Maguire's novel is centered on the imagined backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West and presents an alternate version of events that took place before L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Boq is featured in both books, but he was not included in the classic 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," which starred Judy Garland. After "Wicked" was released last November, the film became a major blockbuster, raking in $747.2 million worldwide against a $150 million budget. The movie is now the highest-grossing musical film adaptation of all time. "Wicked" also received 10 nominations at the 2025 Academy Awards, including nods for Erivo as best actress and Grande as best supporting actress. The movie took home Oscars for best costume design and best production design. Slater is set to return as Boq, along with Erivo as Elphaba and Grande as Galinda, in part two of "Wicked," titled "Wicked: For Good." It is due out this fall.
