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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the premiere of the film “Wicked” in Los Angeles, November 9, 2024.
UNUSUAL – A terrible mistake. This Sunday, November 10, the American press revealed that an erroneous link on the doll boxes Wicked, derived from the highly anticipated film with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivoreferred to… a pornographic site.
The story is notably told by Variety. On the packaging of dolls marketed by Mattel, also the originator of barbieis the Wicked.com link. Except that once the URL is typed on the Internet, the Internet user finds himself on a site prohibited to those under 18 years of age. The real site dedicated to the film is actually WickedMovie.com.
The character dolls Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glianda (Ariana Grande) are affected by this error. On social networks, photos of the box containing these new Barbies were posted as you can see above.
December 4 at the cinema in France
“Mattel has been notified of the printing error on the boxes of the Wicked doll collection, mainly sold in the United States, and which should refer consumers to the official WickedMovie.com page,” Mattel said in a statement sent to Variety.
“We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy it. (…) We advise buyers who already have the product to throw away the packaging or hide the link. They can also contact after-sales service for more information. continues the American firm.
The adaptation of the famous musical of Broadway (itself an adaptation of a book inspired by Wizard of Oz) will arrive in cinemas on December 4 in France. The film, directed by Jon Chu, tells the story of the friendship, torments and rivalry of the two most famous witches in the land of Oz: Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the South.
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