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‘Wicked’ Star Cynthia Erivo’s Production Company Edith’s Daughter Signs First Look With Universal
Universal Pictures today announced a first-look film partnership with Edith’s Daughter, the production company led by Cynthia Erivo.
This new pact expands upon the creative relationship between the Oscar nominated and Tony, Emmy and Grammy winning actress and Universal following her starring role as Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked which is set to take the world by storm this weekend with a $175M global opening. “Having spent the last 3 years collaborating with Donna Langley, Peter Cramer and the team at Universal on Wicked, I’ve experienced first-hand the love and fearlessness with which they tell stories and uplift storytellers. The label is currently shepherding a remake of the 1979 Bette Midler film The Rose for Searchlight Pictures as well as the story on the remarkable life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta a 19th Century Nigerian princess “gifted” to Queen Victoria with Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch and BCC.
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