Wicked fans are furious over ‘cheap’ and ‘awful’ movie poster-Lillie Rohan-Entertainment – Metro

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star in Wicked (Picture: Rotten Tomatoes Trailers/Youtube)

Almost one month before Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked is due to open in theatres, fans have slammed a promotional poster for looking ‘cheap’ and ‘bad’. 

The uproar came earlier this week after a poster of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo attempting to recreate the iconic 2003 poster for the theatre how, featured a few unfavourable changes. 

Showing Cynthia, 37, with her black hat on, long dark hair swept over her shoulder and green lipstick to compliment her green skin, Ariana, 32, looks to be whispering in the ear of the star while wearing a tiara. 

It’s a slightly different approach from the original poster, which shows Elphaba with her face covered by her hat and a smirk complete with bright red lipstick, while Glinda whispers in her ear while wearing an all-white outfit. 

Unlike the original poster, Cynthia does not appear to be smirking, and her face is on full display. 

It’s caused upset among fans, who have taken to social media with their grievances, and some have even’ fixed’ the poster to what they think it should look like. 

The new poster dropped earlier this week (Picture: Universal Pictures)

The original poster for the Broadway production was slightly different to that of the film (Picture: Universal Stage Productions)

X user amandagails wrote: ‘This movie has the potential to be the ugliest movie ever created. how do you mess up the wicked poster this bad.’

‘I’m not the best editor but made this to feel better about the Wicked poster,’ another X user, Alyssa_ragni said while sharing an image of an edited version of the poster. 

Wulfsimmer added: ‘Trailer wasn’t that bad albeit washed out but I hate how downgraded the smirk is in the poster lowkey.’

‘It looks awful. Like a stare at the camera moment from the office. Like a complete mockery of the original smirk / feel of the original poster. Almost like a shot from a cheep early 2000s disney show,’ Firebison said on Reddit. 

While some fans disliked the promotional posters, others have loved them (Picture: Universal Pictures)

Ariana stars as Glinda the Good (Picture: Universal)

Another fan, LumiereGatsby said they ‘100 percent believe this is gonna flop hard.’ 

However, not everyone was upset about the poster and some were excited. 

On X, Buffys wrote: ‘THE BEST POSTER YET. WE WILL BE WATCHING IN THEATERS.’ 

Posting all four promotional posters, justeuneamiee said: ‘Whoever did the wicked posters did a phenomenal job.’

The highly anticipated film is set to land in UK theatres on November 27 almost 10 years after the film adaption was first announced in 2016. 

Ariana stars as Glinda the Good, while Cynthia, who is just an Oscar away from becoming an EGOT winner, has taken on the role of Elphaba. 

The actresses are currently on their press tour for the film (Picture: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

The film adaption of the play was first announced in 2016 but due to delays is only being released this year (Picture: Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures)

Posting a picture of the poster to her Instagram stories, Ariana wrote: ‘I love you @cynthiaerivo and I cannot wait for the world to experience your sheer, utter magnificence in this… I’m just sayin’. I love you, here we go!’

Cynthia responded by resharing it on her own stories and said she ‘can’t wait for people to be blown away’ by Ariana and her care for her character. ‘What a moment in time’, she said. 

The film also includes performances from Jurassic Park’s Jeff Goldblum, Everything Everywhere All At Once star Michelle Yeoh, Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey and Game of Thrones icon Peter Dinklage. 

The cast is currently embarking on their press tour, with Ariana set to appear on Saturday Night Live tomorrow. She will be joined by Fleetwood Mac frontwoman and two-time Grammy winner Stevie Nicks, who will play her new single, The Lighthouse.

Wicked will land in UK cinemas on November 27.

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