'Wicked Part 2' release date gets changed

Wicked Part 2 has got an earlier holiday release date. The star-studded cast also includes Michelle Yeoh -- who made history earlier this year when winning the Oscar for best actress -- Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey and Ethan Slater. The Wicked movies, based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, is adapted for the screen by the stage production's book writer Winnie Holzman and by Academy Award winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. "Wicked is such a proud part of our legacy," Universal film boss Donna Langley told theater owners at CinemaCon in late April, noting the musical has just become the fourth-longest-running in Broadway history. Wicked: The Untold Story of The Witches of Oz, stars Erivo as Elphaba, a defiant social outcast who has yet to discover her true power, and Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.