Depraved Absolutely Can’t Be THIS Lengthy, Proper?

The upbeat, colorful marketing for the sure-fire vacation hit Depraved has tiptoed round a vital truth. It’s that when Depraved hits theaters on November 22, it’s solely half the story. That is merely “Half One,” although it’s not being referred to as that, with “Half Two” coming a 12 months later. Realizing that, one would in all probability expect the film version to be a extra manageable size, particularly because it’s based mostly on a long-running, super-popular Broadway musical that itself runs beneath three hours. However, apparently, that’s not the case.

Tickets for Depraved aren’t but on sale however the movie has discovered its manner onto the ticketing website, Fandango, which lists its run time as two hours and 40 minutes. The AMC Theaters web page says the identical—although, of notice, Moviefone says two hours and 22 minutes. io9 has reached out to Common to see what the right runtime is and we’ll replace this submit if/after we hear again.

Assuming it’s two hours and 40 minutes although, that’s nearly the very same size because the entirety of the Broadway present. The present, give or take, runs two hours and 45 minutes with an intermission. So in some way this film model—even when it’s two hours and 22 minutes— has principally doubled the size of the story.

Now, you totally anticipate it to be a minimum of a little bit longer. Film diversifications of musicals can dive deeper into the characters and the world, nearly all the time have an additional tune or two, and so on. So certain, you get that every film isn’t going to be a 1:1 cut up in half. It was by no means going to be 90 minutes. However to be nearly double that’s wild.

There’s additionally the little matter that most individuals think about the primary half of Depraved to be considerably higher than the second, primarily as a result of it has the extra upbeat, thrilling, and widespread songs. Will Depraved half one be wonderful after which everybody waits a 12 months for an inferior however nonetheless very lengthy finale? It’s actually a risk.

Regardless of the case although, there are certain to be individuals who assume, at a size nearly equal to the present, Depraved is the complete story. These folks could to not be blissful when the credit roll in November until, after all, the film is that good. And admittedly, that’s what we’re hoping for.

Directed by Jon M. Chu, based mostly on the musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and e book by Winnie Holzman (who wrote the script), Depraved stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, and Peter Dinklage. It opens November 22.

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