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Can I Get a Witness? is a dystopian environmental fable set in a near-future world where society has collectively agreed that everyone must end their life at age 50 to combat climate change and overpopulation. The film follows Kiah, a young “documenter” tasked with capturing the final moments of individuals who make this ultimate sacrifice. Through gentle satire, it examines themes of environmental responsibility, personal agency, and generational tensions.

The film blends live-action and animation to explore its complex themes with a unique visual style and poignant storytelling
Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is reteaming with director Ann-Marie Fleming for the sci-fi thriller Can I Get a Witness.

Canadian distributor Mongrel Media is shopping the Canadian indie, now in development, at AFM via its Mongrel International banner. Can I Get a Witness, also written by Fleming, is set in the near future in which, to save the planet, death is everyone’s job. And while 50-year-olds make the sacrifice, teenage artists have to document the deaths.

Oh is set to star, while Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl share producer credits.

Canadian-born Oh voiced a key role, Rosie Ming, in Fleming’s 2016 animated feature Window Horses, about a young Canadian Chinese poet discovering her family history in Iran. Elliot Page, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Navid Negahban also voiced roles in the indie feature, which Oh also produced in the wake of her Grey’s Anatomy exit as Dr. Cristina Yang.

Fleming is also known for films including The French Guy and The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam.

Mongrel International’s AFM lineup also includes Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Bad, starring Nick Stahl and in development. Mongrel is also shopping the completed title Hands That Bind, from director Kyle Armstrong. The horror-thriller stars Paul Sparks, Bruce Dern, Will Oldham and Nicholas Campbell.
Visit Films has acquired international sales rights excluding Canada for “Can I Get a Witness?,” a poetic and satirical sci-fi fable written and directed by Canadian auteur Ann Marie Fleming.

The film had its world premiere at Toronto and has been selected to play in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Mongrel Media will be releasing the film Canada.

The film is set in the not-too-distant future where we’ve solved all the world’s problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty, and achieved true trans-species equality. There’s just one catch… humans have to end life at 50 and teenage artists have to document it, and it’s Kiah’s first day on the job.

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“Can I Get a Witness?” stars Keira Jang, in her feature debut, alongside Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”) and Joel Oulette (“Trickster”). The film is produced by Ann Marie Fleming, Raymond Massey (“Iron Road,” “Meditation Park”), Ruth Vincent (“Window Horses,” “Ed, Edd and Eddy”) and executive produced by Haydn Wazelle (“Hector and the Search for Happiness,” “Hello Destroyer”), and Oh.

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Fleming said, “I am excited to work with Visit Films. They have a keen understanding of the changing ecosystem of film distribution and how the indie can thrive in it. I feel like we are real partners in how ‘Can I Get a Witness?’ will find its way in the world.”

Fleming’s work as a filmmaker includes fiction, documentary and animation. She’s directed short films including “You Take Care Now” (1990) and “Blue Skies” (2002), and features such as “The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam” (2003) and “Window Horses,” which screened at Toronto in 2016.

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Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is reuniting with award-winning Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming on sci-fi thriller Can I Get a Witness.

The project, which is in development, is among four new features being launched at the American Film Market this week by Canadian sales outfit Mongrel International, a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.

Set in the near future, the film unfolds in a reality where, in order to save the planet, “death is everyone’s job”, with 50-year-olds making the sacrifice, while teenage artists have to document it.

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Fleming and Oh previously collaborated on the award-winning 2016 animated feature Window Horses. Producers on the new project are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.

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Mongrel will also launch sales on two other projects in development: Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Bad starring Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and Sam McGlynn’s 1989.

Stealing Is Bad revolves around an ambitious teenager who teams up with a middle-aged ex-convict to pull off a heist at the fast-food restaurant where they work. Juliette Hagopian produces.

1989 is set against the world of heavy metal fandom. Paul Spence, who co-created the Fubar franchise, takes writing credits, with McGlynn directing. Spence produces with Kyle Irving.

Further new additions to the slate include the completed horror thriller Hands That Bind by Kyle Armstrong.

The drama unfolds in a struggling farming community hit by mysterious occurrences such as cattle mutilations, drought, a missing teenager, paranoia, and unexplained lights in the sky.

The cast features Paul Sparks (House of Cards), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Will Oldham (A Ghost Story) and Nicholas Campbell (Goon) and it is produced by Blake McWilliam.

World rights for all territories are available, except Canada, where Mongrel Media will distribute.

“Our 2022 AFM lineup is an eclectic mix of genre with highly original storytelling,” said Andrew Frank, co-president of Canadian distributor Mongrel Media, who is overseeing sales at AFM on behalf of Mongrel International.

“We know how critical cast is in the marketplace, and our three films in development already have key cast attached. Our finished film, Hands That Bind, has a stellar cast with Bruce Dern and Paul Sparks.”

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Can I Get a Witness?
Directed by Ann Marie Fleming
Written by Ann Marie Fleming
Produced by Ann Marie Fleming
Raymond Massey
Ruth Vincent
Starring Sandra Oh
Joel Oulette
Keira Jang
Cinematography C. Kim Miles
Edited by Justin Li
Music by Brent Belke
Production
companies
Crescent Entertainment
Sleepy Dog Films
Distributed by Mongrel Media
Release date
September 6, 2024 (TIFF)
Running time 110 minutes
Country Canada
Language English
Can I Get a Witness? is a 2024 Canadian science fiction film directed by Ann Marie Fleming.[1]

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024.

Premise
Blending live action and animation, the film is set in a postapocalyptic world in which travel and technology are virtually banned, and people who reach the age of 50 have to submit to death to control the size of the population, while young people are tasked with artistically documenting their final moments.[2]

Production
The film stars Sandra Oh, Joel Oulette and Keira Jang, with its supporting cast including Cassandra Sawtell, Jovanna Burke, Andre Anthony, Reece Presley, Benjamin Immanuel, Yuki Morita, Tedra Rogers, Naika Toussaint, Oscar Chark, Ally Battaggia, Devon Ellis-Durity and Kymo Van Oers.

The majority of shooting took place in Powell River, British Columbia.[3]

Production on the film was first announced in 2022.[4] According to Fleming, the film was inspired by themes of eco-anxiety and ecological grief.[5] Fleming originally intended for the film to be a satire inspired by the work of Jonathan Swift, but by release it had become what she called "a gentle comedy".[3]

Release
Can I Get a Witness? had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024.[6][7]

The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2024.[8]

References
O'Rourke, Ryan (November 2, 2022). "Sandra Oh to Lead Sci-Fi Thriller 'Can I Get a Witness' From Ann-Marie Fleming". Collider. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
Vlessing, Etan (October 31, 2022). "Sandra Oh to Star in 'Can I Get a Witness' Sci-Fi Thriller". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
Fleming, Ann Marie (12 September 2024). "In my film, everyone chooses to die at 50 because it's the only way to save the world". CBC Arts. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
Goodfellow, Melanie (October 31, 2022). "Sandra Oh, Ann Marie Fleming Reunite On Sci-Fi Thriller 'Can I Get A Witness', One Of Four New Titles On Mongrel International's AFM Slate". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
Randoja, Ingrid (February 15, 2024). "Ann Marie Fleming Returns With 'Can I Get a Witness'". Canada Media Fund. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
"Can I Get a Witness?". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
Kay, Jeremy (July 9, 2024). "Ron Howard's 'Eden', John Crowley's 'We Live In Time' among Toronto world premieres". Screen Daily. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
Carlos Diaz, "Canada’s Top Ten: TIFF Celebrates the Best in Cinema for 2024". That Shelf, January 8, 2025.
External links
Can I Get a Witness? at IMDb

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Sandra Oh
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Oh in 2024
Born Sandra Miju Oh
July 20, 1971 (age 53)
Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
Canada
United States (since 2018)[1]
Education National Theatre School
Occupation Actress
Years active 1989–present
Spouse Alexander Payne
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Sandra Miju Oh OC[2] (born July 20, 1971[3]) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu in the HBO comedy series Arliss (1996–2002), Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014), and Eve Polastri in the BBC America spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022). She has received one Primetime Emmy Award from fourteen nominations, as well as two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[4]

Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films Double Happiness (1994) and The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994), where she won Genie Awards for both films. Her later television credits include Judging Amy and American Crime, as well as voice roles on American Dad!, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Proud Family, Phineas and Ferb, Chop Socky Chooks, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Invincible. In 2021, she played the lead role in the Netflix comedy drama series The Chair and was also one of the executive producers of the series.

She has had notable leading performances in films such as Last Night (1998), Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002), Wilby Wonderful (2004), Catfight (2016), Meditation Park (2017), and Quiz Lady (2023). She has also taken supporting roles in Bean (1997), The Princess Diaries (2001), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Sideways (2004), Hard Candy (2005), Rabbit Hole (2010), and Tammy (2014). She voiced roles in the animated films Mulan II (2004), Over the Moon (2020), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Turning Red (2022).

She hosted the 28th Genie Awards in 2008, and became the first woman of Asian descent to host the Golden Globe Awards at the 76th ceremony in 2019.[5] In March 2019, she became the first Asian-Canadian woman to host Saturday Night Live, and was the third actress of Asian descent to do so, after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018.[6] She was also the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and the first woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globes.[7]

Early life
Sandra Miju Oh[8] was born in Nepean, Ontario, on July 20, 1971, the daughter of middle-class South Korean immigrants Oh Young-nam, a biochemist, and Oh Jun-su (John), a businessperson.[9][10] Her parents had moved to the area in the early 1960s.[11] She has a brother, Ray, and a sister, Grace, and grew up in a Christian household, living on Camwood Crescent in Nepean, where she began acting and practicing ballet at age four to correct her pigeon-toed stance.[12] Growing up, Oh was one of the few youths of Asian descent in Nepean.[13][14]

At age ten, Oh played The Wizard of Woe in a class musical called The Canada Goose.[15][8][16] Later, at Sir Robert Borden High School, she founded the environmental club BASE (Borden Active Students for the Environment), leading a campaign against the use of styrofoam cups. While in high school, she was elected student council president. She also played the flute and continued both her ballet training and acting studies, though she knew that she "was not good enough to be a professional dancer"[12] and eventually focused on acting. She took drama classes, acted in school plays, and joined the drama club, where she took part in the Canadian Improv Games and Skit Row High, a comedy group. Against her parents' advice, she rejected a four-year journalism scholarship to Carleton University to study drama at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, paying her own way.

Oh told her parents that she would try acting for a few years, and promised to return to university if it failed.[8] Reflecting on foregoing university, she has said that she is "the only person in [her] family who doesn't have a master's in something".[17] Soon after graduating from the National Theatre School in 1993, she starred in a stage production of David Mamet's Oleanna in London, Ontario.[18][19] Around the same time, she won roles in biographical television films of two significant female Chinese-Canadians: as Vancouver author Evelyn Lau in The Diary of Evelyn Lau, where she won the role over more than 1,000 others who auditioned, and as Adrienne Clarkson in a CBC biopic of Clarkson's life.[20]

Career
1994–2004: Early work
Oh came to prominence in her home country for her lead performance in the Canadian film Double Happiness (1994), playing Jade Li, a twenty-something Chinese-Canadian woman negotiating her wishes and those of her parents. The film received critical acclaim, with Roger Ebert praising Oh's "warm performance".[21] Janet Maslin of The New York Times also praised her performance, saying: "Ms. Oh's performance makes Jade a smart, spiky heroine you won't soon forget."[22] Oh won the Genie Award for Best Actress for the role. In 1995 she appeared in the Canadian film Little Criminals with a multi-scene, but uncredited, performance.[23]

In 1997 she appeared in the film Bean, playing the supporting role of Bernice, the art gallery PR manager. Her other Canadian films include Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity and Last Night (1998), for which she again won a Best Actress Genie. She was cast in the drama Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000), playing a stripper at an adult dance club opposite Daryl Hannah. The film received mediocre reviews,[24] though Oh was praised for her performance. The New York Times review said, "Oh make[s] the most of [her] opportunity to explore the vulnerability below [her] characters' hard-edged surface."[25] The same year, she appeared in the drama Waking the Dead. In 2002, Oh appeared in the family comedy Big Fat Liar, followed by a minor role in Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002).

Oh garnered critical acclaim for her six seasons as Rita Wu, the assistant to the president of a major sports agency, on the HBO series Arliss, receiving a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Cable Ace award for Best Actress in a Comedy for her work. She also made several guest appearances on the series Popular (1999) playing a humanities teacher and guest starred in the television series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Judging Amy, Six Feet Under and Odd Job Jack.

In theatre, Oh has also starred in the world premieres of Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters at the La Jolla Playhouse and Diana Son's Stop Kiss at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in New York City.

In 2003, she was cast in a supporting role opposite Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun, followed by a supporting role in Alexander Payne's drama Sideways (2004). She considers Sideways and The Diary of Evelyn Lau to be the two best films she has made.[8]

2005–2013: Grey's Anatomy
In 2005, Oh appeared in several films, including David Slade's controversial thriller Hard Candy; and the independent anthology drama 3 Needles (2005), opposite Chloë Sevigny and Olympia Dukakis, in which she plays a Catholic nun in an AIDS-stricken African village. The same year, Oh was cast as Cristina Yang in the first season of what became the hit ABC medical series Grey's Anatomy. Oh's role on the show earned her both a 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series and a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. In July 2009, she received her fifth consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her work on the series.

Oh at the presentation of her star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2011
In addition to her work on Grey's Anatomy, Oh continued to appear in films. She co-starred in the thriller The Night Listener (2006), alongside Robin Williams and Toni Collette; in the superhero comedy Defendor (2009); Ramona and Beezus (2010); and in the critically acclaimed drama Rabbit Hole (2010), opposite Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.

In her only audiobook, she played Brigid O'Shaughnessy in a Grammy-nominated dramatization of The Maltese Falcon (2008), which also featured Michael Madsen and Edward Herrmann. She also has done a few voice roles in animation, including a few guest appearances in American Dragon: Jake Long, the voice of Princess Ting-Ting in Mulan II, and the voice of Doofah in The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends.

Oh was the host of the 28th Genie Awards on March 3, 2008.[26] In 2009, Oh performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.[27] During the off-season hiatus from filming Grey's Anatomy in 2010, Oh took the part of Sarah Chen in the British crime drama, Thorne. She undertook intensive dialect coaching in order to play her British character.[28]

On June 28, 2011, it was announced that Oh would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame; she was inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto.[29] In 2013, Oh formally announced that she would be leaving Grey's Anatomy at the end of the tenth season.[30][31] Oh exited the series with the season 10 finale.[32]

2014–present: Film roles and Killing Eve
In October 2014, Oh announced that she would be teaming up with Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming to collaborate on an animated feature film titled Window Horses.[33] She also appeared in a supporting role in the comedy film Tammy (2014), playing the wife of Kathy Bates' character.

Oh in 2016
In 2015, she starred on the Refinery29 comedy web series Shitty Boyfriends. Oh began filming the comedy film, Catfight (2016), in New York City in December 2015.[34] In 2017, Oh starred as Abby Tanaka in the third season of the anthology drama series American Crime.[35]

Beginning in April 2018, Oh began a leading role in the BBC America and BBC Three spy thriller series Killing Eve, playing British intelligence agent Eve Polastri whose quarry is psychopathic assassin Villanelle (played by Jodie Comer), with the two women developing a mutual fascination.[36] Upon reading the series script, Oh did not realize she was being considered for a leading role, stating that she had been "brainwashed" by years of being typecast as the leads' best friend.[36] The series was renewed for a second season ahead of its debut,[36] and a third was announced less than a day after the second premiered in the United States.[37] Killing Eve was also renewed for a fourth season shortly after.

Oh has garnered critical acclaim for her performance on the series, with Jenna Scherer describing her in Rolling Stone as "a compulsively watchable actor – expressive and complex, blending wry wit and deep pathos."[38] When Vulture declared Oh the best actress currently on television, critic Matt Zoller Seitz wrote: "It's a tour de force performance, yet so self-effacing and invisible in its effects that you come away thinking that you've seen a crackling yarn with compelling characters rather than a cultural landmark. This is a magic trick of a high order."[39] In 2018, Oh became the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for that role.[40] She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win two Golden Globe Awards.[7] Oh won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series at the SAG Awards in 2019.[41]

From 2018 to 2020, Oh voiced the role of Castaspella in the animated superhero series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.[42] In 2019, she co-hosted the 76th Golden Globe Awards, alongside Andy Samberg. Oh became the first woman of Asian descent to host the awards show. In March 2019, she became the first Asian-Canadian woman to host Saturday Night Live, and only the third actress of Asian descent, after Lucy Liu in 2000 and Awkwafina in 2018.[43] In 2021, Oh voiced Virana, the chieftess of the Fang tribe in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon.[44]

Oh voices the role of Debbie Grayson in the animated superhero drama series Invincible. The series, based on the comic book series of the same name, premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.[45]

Oh during the 2021 Peabody Awards
In 2021, Oh served as executive producer and had the lead role in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Chair.[46]

In 2022, Oh voiced the role of Ming Lee, the strict and overprotective mother of the main character in the Pixar animated film Turning Red.[47] She joined Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's short story collection Stone Mattress.[48]

In 2023, Oh played the role of Jenny Yum, a brash, outgoing, and impulsive older sister of the main character in the 20th Century Studios comedy film Quiz Lady.[49]

Her upcoming projects include Good Fortune directed by Aziz Ansari.[50]

Personal life
Oh was in a relationship with filmmaker Alexander Payne for five years. They married in January 2003, separated in early 2005, and divorced in late 2006.[51]

On July 8, 2013, Oh received the key to the city of Ottawa from Mayor Jim Watson.[16][52]

Oh practices Vipassanā, a Buddhist form of meditation.[53] Her work in acting is informed by a loose creative collective that teaches "creative dream work", which reportedly fuses Jungian dream analysis with method acting and aims to bring one's "subconscious work into consciousness".[53]

Oh became a US citizen in 2018. On the first anniversary of her citizenship, she discussed it while hosting Saturday Night Live and referred to herself as an "Asian-Canadian-American".[54][55]

Oh was awarded the National Arts Centre Award from the Governor General of Canada in 2019, as a part of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.[56]

In June 2022, Oh was named an officer of the Order of Canada.[2] Later in that year, she was one of a number of recent inductees to the Order to be included in the Canadian delegation to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.[57]

Activism
On March 22, 2021, Oh gave a speech at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in response to the Atlanta spa shootings. She encouraged people "to reach out to the Asian American community", stating that they were "very scared".[58]

I'm gonna be very, very brief, but one thing I know, many of us in our community are very scared, and I understand that, and one way to try to kind of go through– get through our fear is to reach out to our communities.....I will challenge everyone here: if you see something, will you help me? If you see one of our brothers and sisters in need, will you help us?...I am proud to be Asian! I wanna hear you say, I am proud to be Asian! I belong here! I am proud to be Asian! I belong here! Many of us don't get the chance to be able to say that, so I just wanted to give us an opportunity to be able to shout that.[59]

Acting credits
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Double Happiness Jade Li
1997 Bean Bernice Schimmel
Bad Day on the Block Unknown
1998 Last Night Sandra
The Red Violin Madame Ming
Permanent Midnight Friend
1999 Guinevere Cindy
2000 Waking the Dead Kim
Dancing at the Blue Iguana Jasmine Bulut
2001 The Princess Diaries Vice Principal Gupta
The Frank Truth Herself Documentary
2002 Big Fat Liar Phyllis Caldwell
Full Frontal Fourth fired employee
Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity Kin Ho Lum
Barrier Device Audrey Short film
2003 Rick Michelle
Under the Tuscan Sun Patti
2004 Sideways Stephanie
Wilby Wonderful Carol French
Mulan II Ting Ting Voice[60]
2005 Hard Candy Judy Tokuda
Break a Leg Young Turk
Cake Lulu
3 Needles Mary
Sorry, Haters Phyllis MacIntyre
Kind of a Blur Joe
2006 The Night Listener Anna
For Your Consideration Marketing person
2007 The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends Doofah Voice[60]
2008 Blindness Minister of Health
2009 Defendor Dr. Park
The People Speak Herself Documentary
2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Gal 2000 Voice[60]
Ramona and Beezus Mrs. Meacham
Rabbit Hole Gabby
2014 Tammy Susanne
2015 Snowtime! Four-Eyed Frankie Voice[60]
2016 Window Horses Rosie Ming Voice, also producer
Catfight Veronica Salt
2017 Meditation Park Ava [61]
2020 Over the Moon Mrs. Zhong Voice[62][60]
2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Virana Voice[63][60]
The Same Storm Grace Park [64]
2022 Turning Red Ming Lee Voice[65][60]
Umma Amanda Also executive producer[66]
2023 Quiz Lady Jenny Yum Also producer[67]
2024 The Tiger's Apprentice Mistral Voice[68][60]
Can I Get a Witness? Ellie
2025 The Smurfs Movie † TBA Voice[69]
Good Fortune † TBA Post-production[70]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Denim Blues Gwen Television pilot
1992 Degrassi High: School's Out Waitress Television film
1994 The Diary of Evelyn Lau Evelyn Lau Television film
1995 Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling Angela Lum Television film
If Not for You Anna Episode: "The Kiss/Taking a Shower with My Two True Loves"
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Ming Li Episode: "Badlands"
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Mai Chi Episode: "The First Temple"
1996–2002 Arliss Rita Wu Main role
1999 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Breadcrumb Voice, episode: "The Three Little Pigs"
Popular Humanities teacher Episode: "Under Siege/Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems"
2001 Further Tales of the City Bambi Kanetaka Miniseries
Judging Amy Shelly Tran 3 episodes
Six Feet Under Porn starlet Episode: "An Open Book"
2001–2002 The Proud Family Marsha Mitsubishi Voice, 3 episodes
2005–2013 American Dad! Katie, Hiko Yoshida Voice, 6 episodes
2005–2014 Grey's Anatomy Cristina Yang Main role (seasons 1–10)
2006 Odd Job Jack Vanessa Episode: "My Big Miserable African Honeymoon/Jack Ryder Gets Hitched"
2006–2007 American Dragon: Jake Long Sun Park Voice, recurring role, Season 2
2008 Phineas and Ferb Dr. Doofenshmirtz's girlfriend Voice, episode: "Get That Bigfoot Outa My Face!"[60]
Sesame Street Fairy cookie person Episode: "The Cookie Touch"
2009 Robot Chicken Kate Winslet, Sarah Connor Voice, episode: "Cannot Be Erased, So Sorry"
2010 Thorne Sarah Chen Episode: "Scaredycat"
2011 Michael: Every Day Judy Song Episode: "Ridicule"
2014 Betas Sharron Episode: "Steppin' Out"
2015 Shitty Boyfriends Kathy 6 episodes
2016 Peg + Cat President Voice, episode: "The Package Problem"
2017 American Crime Abby Tanaka 4 episodes
The Magic School Bus Rides Again Dr. Sarah Bellum Voice, episode: "Ralphie Strikes A Nerve"[60]
2018–2022 Killing Eve Eve Polastri Main role; also executive producer
2018–2020 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Castaspella Voice, recurring role[60]
2019 76th Golden Globe Awards Herself (co-host) Television special
Saturday Night Live Herself (host) Episode: "Sandra Oh / Tame Impala"
2021 The Chair Ji-Yoon Kim Main role; also executive producer
2021–present Invincible Deborah Grayson Voice, main role[60]
2022 The Sandman The Prophet Siamese Cat Voice, episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats"
2023 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Nüwa Voice, 3 episodes[71][60]
2024 The Sympathizer Ms. Sofia Mori 5 episodes
Theatre
Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref.
1998 Stop Kiss Sara Diana Son Stein Shiva Theater, The Public Theatre [72]
2006 Satellites Nine Diana Son Joseph Papp Public Theater, The Public Theatre [73]
2024 The Welkin Lizzy Luke Lucy Kirkwood Linda Gross Theatre, Off-Broadway [74]
2025 Twelfth Night Olivia William Shakespeare Delacorte Theater, The Public Theatre [75]
Awards and nominations
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Sandra Oh
Among her accolades, she has received two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as nominations for thirteen Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one in 2024.

See also
Eve Polastri
Koreans in New York City
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Wicked
The poster mimics Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam and is pink on the left and green on the right. Glinda is in the bottom left in a pink dress, reaching up to Elphaba, who's in the top right in a black dress, witch's hat and on a broomstick, reaching down to Glinda. In the middle, both hands are outstretched but not touching, and the film's tagline is written in white text on separate lines: "Everyone deserves the chance to fly". The landscape of the Land of Oz is in the background.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Screenplay by
Winnie Holzman[a]
Dana Fox
Based on
Wicked
by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman
Wicked
by Gregory Maguire
Produced by
Marc Platt
David Stone
Starring
Cynthia Erivo
Ariana Grande[b]
Jonathan Bailey
Ethan Slater
Bowen Yang
Peter Dinklage
Michelle Yeoh
Jeff Goldblum
Cinematography Alice Brooks
Edited by Myron Kerstein
Music by
John Powell (score)
Stephen Schwartz (score and songs)
Production
companies
Universal Pictures
Marc Platt Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
November 3, 2024 (State Theatre)
November 22, 2024 (United States)
Running time 160 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $150 million[4]
Box office $708.6 million[5][6]
Wicked (titled onscreen as Wicked: Part I) is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It is the first installment of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which is loosely based on the 1995 novel, in turn based on the Oz books and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

The film covers the musical's first act. It stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp and Ariana Grande[b] as Galinda Upland, with Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum rounding out the principal cast. Set in the Land of Oz, before Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, it follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her friendship with her classmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

Universal Pictures and Marc Platt, who both produced the stage musical, announced the film adaptation in 2012. After a long development and multiple delays, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in 2021. The adaptation was split into two parts to avoid cutting plot points and expand the characters' journeys and relationships. Principal photography began in England in December 2022, was interrupted in July 2023 by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and was resumed and completed in January 2024.

Wicked premiered at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on November 3, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 22. It received positive reviews, was named one of the best films of 2024 by the American Film Institute and Producers Guild of America, and won Best Film at the National Board of Review. Its other accolades include four nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards (winning Cinematic and Box Office Achievement), eleven at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards (including Best Picture), a record-tying five at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards (including Outstanding Performance by a Cast) and seven at the 78th British Academy Film Awards. It has grossed $708 million worldwide on a $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing Oz-related film, the highest-grossing musical film adaptation of all time, the highest-grossing musical film released by Universal Pictures, and the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2024. The sequel, Wicked: For Good, is scheduled for release on November 21, 2025.

Plot
In the Land of Oz, Glinda the Good joins the citizens of Munchkinland as they celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the West. When a child asks Glinda why wickedness happens, she reflects on the question by discussing the Witch's backstory: born from an affair between the wife of then-Governor Thropp and a traveling salesman, she was ostracized from birth due to her unnaturally green skin and uncontrollable magical abilities ("No One Mourns the Wicked"). When asked if she and the Witch were friends, Glinda reveals that they knew each other and explains their past.

Years earlier, Elphaba Thropp arrives at Shiz University to see off her paraplegic younger sister Nessarose ("Dear Old Shiz"). Following an unintentional release of her powers, Madame Morrible, Shiz's Dean of Sorcery Studies, offers to enroll Elphaba and privately tutor her in sorcery. Elphaba accepts in the hopes that it will allow her to meet Oz's ruler, the Wizard, and be "de-greenified" ("The Wizard and I"). To her discontent, she is forced to room with bubbly Galinda Upland; the two clash constantly ("What Is This Feeling?"). One night, Elphaba follows Dr. Dillamond, a talking Goat who faces discrimination as one of Shiz's last Animal professors, to a meeting of Animals off-campus. Dillamond reveals other Animals are losing their civil rights and ability to speak, but Elphaba assures him the Wizard will set things right ("Something Bad").

Rebellious transfer student Fiyero Tigelaar arranges to take a group of students to the Ozdust Ballroom ("Dancing Through Life"). Galinda convinces Boq Woodsman, a happy-go-lucky Munchkin with a crush on her, to invite Nessarose so she can accompany Fiyero. At the Ozdust, Galinda learns from a begrudging Morrible that she will be allowed to join the sorcery seminar at Elphaba's request. Elphaba arrives and is ridiculed for wearing a pointed hat that Galinda gave her as a joke. A remorseful Galinda dances with her ("Ozdust Duet"), and the two girls begin to bond ("Popular").

Dillamond announces that Animals are no longer allowed to teach at Shiz and is forcefully removed from his classroom. His replacement, the unscrupulous Professor Nikidik, demonstrates a new contraption – a cage – with a frightened lion cub enclosed within, designed to prevent animals from learning to speak. A frustrated Elphaba releases her magic and spins poppy dust over the room, putting everyone except herself and Fiyero to sleep. They escape campus and release the cub into the forest. After sharing a moment, Elphaba laments that Fiyero prefers Galinda over her ("I'm Not That Girl").

Elphaba receives an invitation to meet the Wizard, who has heard of her powers from Morrible. Galinda, now shortening her name to "Glinda" in solidarity with Dillamond, accompanies her. They ride a train to Oz's capital, the Emerald City, where they affirm their friendship while sightseeing ("One Short Day"). After being introduced to the Wizard ("A Sentimental Man"), Elphaba says she wishes to help the Animals instead of changing her skin color. Morrible arrives to witness Elphaba and the Wizard's first meeting, and the two encourage Elphaba to cast a spell from the sacred Grimmerie spellbook. She casts a levitation spell that makes the Wizard's monkey guards painfully sprout wings, allowing the delighted Wizard and Morrible to use them as spies. Elphaba realizes that they are the ones behind the persecution of the Animals, and that the Wizard is a fraud with no magical power. Horrified, Elphaba steals the Grimmerie and flees.

Glinda follows Elphaba and implores her to reconcile with Morrible and the Wizard, but Elphaba decides to stop their plans. She bids an emotional farewell to Glinda, who supports her but is apprehended by guards. Elphaba repeats the levitation spell on a broom and escapes the Emerald City. Morrible warns Oz that Elphaba is a "wicked witch", the students of Shiz evacuate campus, Fiyero flees the school grounds on horseback, and Governor Thropp suffers a heart attack as he and Nessarose receive the news. Elphaba flies west, leaving Glinda behind ("Defying Gravity").

Cast
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Jonathan Bailey at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Jeff Goldblum at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Michelle Yeoh at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Ethal Slater at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Marissa Bode at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
The film's principal cast (left to right from top left) includes Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater, and Marissa Bode.
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp, a misunderstood young woman born with green skin who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West[7][8]
Karis Musongole as young Elphaba[9]
Ariana Grande[b] as Galinda "Glinda" Upland, a popular young woman who becomes Glinda the Good[2][7][8]
Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar, a prince from Winkie Country who meets Elphaba and Galinda at school[10][11]
Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman,[12] a Munchkin in love with Galinda[8]
Bowen Yang as Pfannee, one of Glinda's college friends[13]
Peter Dinklage as the voice of Dr. Dillamond, a talking Goat and history professor at Shiz University that befriends Elphaba[14]
Luisa Guerreiro was the movement artist for Dr. Dillamond[15]
Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, the Dean of Sorcery at Shiz University[16]
Jeff Goldblum as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[17]
Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp, Elphaba's paraplegic younger sister[13]
Cesily Collette Taylor as young Nessarose
Bronwyn James as Shenshen, one of Galinda's college friends[13]
Andy Nyman as Governor Thropp, Elphaba and Nessarose's father and the Governor of Munchkinland
Courtney-Mae Briggs as Mrs. Thropp, Elphaba and Nessarose's mother, who died after giving birth to Nessarose
Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, the headmistress of Shiz University
Aaron Teoh as Avaric, Fiyero's friend
Sharon D. Clarke as the voice of Dulcibear, a talking Bear who helps deliver Elphaba during her birth and acts as a nanny to the Thropp family
Madeline Wilson was the movement artist for Dulcibear[15]
Jenna Boyd as the voice of Wolf Doctor, who helps deliver Elphaba during her birth[18]
Sarah Mardel was the movement artist for Wolf Doctor[15]
Colin Michael Carmichael as Professor Nikidik, a professor at Shiz University
Additionally, the Cowardly Lion makes an appearance as a cub. Dorothy Gale, a Kansas farm girl who is transported to the Land of Oz by a tornado with her dog Toto, is featured alongside the Scarecrow, Tin Man and an adult version of the Cowardly Lion in a brief cameo early in the film.[19] Robin Guiver performs the role of Chistery, the leader of the Wizard's monkey army and Elphaba's favorite winged monkey.[15] Stephen Stanton voices Fiyero's Horse.[c]

Multiple cameos take place during the "One Short Day" sequence. Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the roles of Elphaba and Glinda in the stage musical, portray the leading members of the Emerald City Players. Former Fiyero replacement Michael McCorry Rose appears as the Wiz-O-Mania Narrator.[21] Book writer and screenwriter Winnie Holzman exclaims, "He can read it [the Grimmerie]! He must be a Wizard!" in a cameo during Wiz-O-Mania, and composer Stephen Schwartz cameos as the Emerald City Guard, who announces to Elphaba and Galinda that "the wizard will see you now".[22] Adam James and Alice Fearn appear briefly as Galinda's parents, nicknamed "Popsicle" and "Momsie" by Galinda.[23] Shaun Prendergast appears as Shiz President and Cherida Strallen as the Shiz Librarian.[24] Various West End actors make cameos, including Kerry Ellis,[25] Luke Bayer, Georgina Onuorah, and Dianne Pilkington.[26]

Production
Development

Director Jon M. Chu (left) and composer Stephen Schwartz
In 2003, the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a revisionist exploration of the characters and setting of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was adapted as the Broadway musical Wicked. The musical was produced by Universal Pictures' stage division and directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento. The Broadway production has inspired long-run productions in Chicago, London, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as Germany, Australia and Japan. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning three, and is the 4th longest-running Broadway show in history, with over 7,500 performances, running for over 20 years. The original Broadway production starred Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda.

In a 2009 interview, Maguire stated that he had sold the rights to ABC to make an independent non-musical TV adaptation of Wicked. It would not be based on Holzman's script.[27] On January 9, 2011, it was reported by Entertainment Weekly that ABC would be teaming up with Salma Hayek and her production company to create a TV miniseries of Wicked based solely on Maguire's novel. No further information, such as casting, had been revealed yet.[28]

Chenoweth, Menzel, Lea Michele, who portrayed Dorothy Gale in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, and Amy Adams were all rumored to be potential leads, Holzman and Schwartz were rumored as potential writers, and J. J. Abrams, Rob Marshall, James Mangold, and Ryan Murphy were all mentioned as possible candidates for director.[29] In December 2012, following the success of Les Misérables,[30][31] Marc Platt, also a producer of the stage version, announced the film was going ahead,[32] later confirming the film was aiming for a 2016 release.[33] After a long development, Universal announced in 2016 that the film would be released in theatres on December 20, 2019, with Stephen Daldry directing.[34] By 2024, Holzman was credited as the sole writer.[35] In August 2024, it was determined by the Writers Guild of America that Dana Fox collaborated with Holzman on the screenplay and that Craig Mazin contributed additional literary material.[1]

Pre-production
Christopher Scott at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Alice Brooks at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Paul Tazewell at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
Frances Hannon at the Wicked Premiere in Los Angeles
The film's creative team (left to right from top left) includes choreographer Christopher Scott, cinematographer Alice Brooks, costume designer Paul Tazewell, and make-up artist Frances Hannon.
In May 2017, Schwartz said that the film would feature "at least two" new songs.[36] On August 31, 2018, Universal put the film on hold, due to production scheduling, and gave the film adaptation of Cats the release date formerly held by the film.[37] On February 8, 2019, Universal announced a new release date of December 22, 2021, for the Wicked film.[38] On April 1, 2020, Universal put the film on hold once again due to Universal shifting release dates amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and gave Sing 2 the 2021 release date.[39] On October 20, 2020, it was announced that Daldry had left the production due to scheduling conflicts.[40] On February 2, 2021, it was announced that Jon M. Chu would take over as director. Serving as executive producers would be Schwartz, Holzman, Fox, David Nicksay and Jared LeBoff.[41] In August, Alice Brooks was confirmed as the cinematographer, after working with Chu on the film version of In the Heights.[42]

In November, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were cast as Glinda and Elphaba.[7] Grande had previously recorded "Popular Song" (a remix of "Popular" from the musical) in 2012,[43] and had performed "The Wizard and I", a song from the musical, in the NBC special Wicked 15th Anniversary. Erivo previously had performed "I Couldn't Be Happier", an excerpt from the song "Thank Goodness", in the PBS special Wicked in Concert.[44][45][46] It was reported that Grande auditioned five times for the role of Glinda.[47] Dove Cameron, Taylor Louderman, Renee Rapp and Amanda Seyfried were also reported to have auditioned for Glinda.[48] In June 2022, Chu confirmed the hiring of Nathan Crowley as production designer.[49] On September 21, 2022, it was reported that Jonathan Bailey had joined the cast as Fiyero, beating, among others, actors Ryan McCartan (who played the role in 2018–2019 on Broadway), Cooper Koch,[50] Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas for the part.[10][51] In October 2022, it was announced that Jeff Goldblum was in final talks to star as the Wizard.[52] Goldblum completed talks by December,[17] when Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, Aaron Teoh and Colin Michael Carmichael were added to the cast.[8][16][13] In April 2024, it was revealed at CinemaCon that Peter Dinklage had been cast as the voice of Dr. Dillamond.[53]

On preparing for the role of Elphaba, Erivo told Variety, while expressing her desire to see the stage version on Broadway again before filming: "I'm relearning everything ... I want to go and see it again. ... When I get to New York at some point I'll pop in and see the show again, that'll be my fifth time." She also said at that time that discussions were underway on what the film will look like, particularly its production design and visual style, and confirmed the hiring of Paul Tazewell as costume designer. Her request to him for Elphaba's costume when she becomes the Wicked Witch of the West involved "a Jean Paul Gaultier collection with a 'new world, kind of gilded age' feeling".[54] Erivo also contributed to several other parts of Elphaba's appearance, notably her hair and nails: "I knew I wanted [Elphaba] to have micro braids and I wanted her to have a full set [of nails] for two reasons: [they are] a nod to my culture and a nod to the world of Oz." She also stated: "I imagined that her nails were a part of her magic—that they just grew out of her and she hadn't yet discovered why, like her green skin."[55]

Dialog includes made-up words such as "hideoteous" and "confusifying".[56]

Filming

The interior of the wizard's castle was inspired by Hans Poelzig's Großes Schauspielhaus.[57][58]
Principal photography was set to commence in June 2022 at the Sky Studios Elstree facilities in the United Kingdom.[59] In July 2021, Schwartz indicated there were plans to film in Atlanta th