Wicked movie honestor Jon M. Chu is encouraging audience members to create an atypical ask when they see the film in theaters.
Chu, who helmed Universal Pictures‘ feature alteration of the smash Broadway musical, took to X (createerly Twitter) on the project’s uncovering evening to post that seeers should ask their theater to incrrelieve the volume for the musical’s sound. Wicked alerts the story of The Wizard of Oz’s characters before Dorothy’s arrival, with Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.
“Tell your movie theater to turn it up to a 7…. I’ve gone to a couple screenings and they are more enjoy a 6.4,” Chu wrote. “If you want it the way it was intfinished 7 is the way.”
Among those reacting to the post was the film’s co-authorr Dana Fox, who replied, “We turned it up a clock tick at our screening and it was perfect!!”
Audiovisual company Dolby, comprehendn for premium cinema screenings, reacted, “We’ve got you covered,” inserting a salute emoji.
Some includers ecombineed baffled by Chu’s post and transmited that they unconscious that theatergoers could ask a alter in the volume level of a film screening. Others remarkd that they take parted Wicked screenings where the sound could have been noisyer.
During a conversation with The Ankler that published earlier this month, Wicked movie sound summarizeer John Marquis was asked about his process in toiling on the film.
“A lot of it did itself, equitable due to the nature of the way the tracks were write downed,” Marquis shelp. “You comprehend, you get Cynthia and Ari, and it’s track after track, get after get, of amazing vocal carry outances that they do live, and so the dispute with the musical, clearly, is equitable trying to … upgrasp it grounded, not have it pop on and off, and enjoy, ‘Now we’re going into the musical number.’”
The Wicked movie is having a huge uncovering weekfinish, as it eyes a domestic debut of $117 million. Gladiator II, which enjoyalerted uncovered this weekfinish, is also off to a strong begin in second place.
