‘Wicked’ director shares first look at Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s characters

Fans of the Broadway musical "Wicked" are getting their first little taste of the upcoming big screen adaptation.

Director John M. Chu, who also directed the hit film "Crazy Rich Asians," tweeted out an image of Elphaba and Glinda, played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande respectively, in a tease for the movie.

"You weren’t told the whole story. What happens when you veer off the Yellow Brick Road? Here is your very FIRST LOOK of #WickedMovie … currently in production in Oz."

"Wicked" is being broken into two parts, with the first part set to release Christmas Day 2024, and the second Christmas Day 2025.

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Some fans have noted the images are dark and it's hard to see much detail of Grande and Erivo.

"I know it's still being shot and it won't be ready until next year, but will the final versions of these two shots be brighter than this? Please confirm," requested one person.

"Girl please turn on the lights by the time I can watch this movie," a commenter joked.

"Looks like Wicked has been ‘Tim Burton-ised’ It's a bright, in your face show. These just look dark," said another.

Chu responded, "Don’t worry, color is in my DNA… this is just the first tease. Plenty of time to show more… stay tuned."

Grande, who has been out of the spotlight while filming the musical, also recently responded to people's comments on social media, specifically those about changes to her body and weight.

"I just wanted to address your concerns about my body and talk a little about what it means to be a person with a body, and to be seen and be paid such close attention to," the 29-year-old said in a TikTok.

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"I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on peoples bodies, no matter what. If you think you’re saying something good or well-intentioned, whatever it is — healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, not sexy — we just shouldn’t," she said. "We should really work towards not doing that as much. 

In the video, Grande noted she was on antidepressants and drinking and "eating poorly" when "I looked the way you consider my healthy. But that, in fact, wasn’t my healthy." 

She added, "You never know what someone is going through, so even if you are coming from a loving place and a caring place, that person probably is working on it or has a support system that they are working on it with. You never know, so be gentle with each other and with yourselves."

The Grammy Award winner married real estate broker Dalton Gomez in 2021, after previously being engaged to Pete Davidson in 2018.

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.

Graham rips Republicans who 'justify' Biden damaging doc leak: 'Destroy America's ability to defend itself'

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., went after Republicans who "justify" the leak of classified documents on Ukraine and China allegedly by a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, arguing that to "sugarcoat" the behavior because the information paints the Biden administration in a negative light "will destroy America's ability to defend itself." 

"I've been to Saudi Arabia and Israel. I can promise you it's been very damaging," Graham, appearing from Jerusalem, told ABC's "This Week" Sunday. "There's information about Mossad supposedly helping the protesters. There's information about the air defense capability of Ukraine. And everybody in the region is really worried because who wants to share information with the United States if you're going to read about it in the paper or find it on the Internet? So this has done a lot of damage to us in the region." 

FBI agents arrested Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Douglas Teixeira on Thursday after U.S. intelligence documents that had critical information about the war in Ukraine and Chinese relations were posted on the chat app Discord. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that Teixeira is being investigated for the "alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information." 

Graham is to be briefed with other U.S. senators behind closed doors in more detail on the extent of the leaks. 

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"The system failed. This is a major failure. And those who are trying to sugarcoat this on the right, you cannot allow a single individual of the military intelligence community to leak classified information because they disagree with policy," Graham said. 

"I don't know what led to this airman's actions, but he's done a lot of damage to our standing. It's very hard to get people to come forward right now to tell us about things we need to know about. If they feel like they're going to be compromised," he continued. "The sources and methods of how we collect on adversaries have been compromised, and I am stunned that somebody at that level could have so much access. So the question is, how did he get it, and why did he do it? And some people need to be fired over this."

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"As you mentioned, that there are some on the right that are not only sugarcoating it, but actually applauding him," the ABC host pressed Graham. "I mean, take a look at what Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted. She said, ‘Jack Teixeira is White, male, Christian and antiwar. That makes him an enemy to the Biden regime. And he told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine and a lot more.'"

"What they're suggesting will destroy America's ability to defend itself," Graham responded. "That it's okay to release classified information based on your political views. That the ends justify the means. It is not okay if you're a member of the military intelligence community, and you disagree with American policy, and you think you're going to be okay when it comes to leaking classified information."

"There is no justification for this and for any member of Congress to suggest it's okay to leak classified information because you agree with the cause is terribly irresponsible and puts America in serious danger," he added.

Fox News' Maria Lencki contributed to this report.

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