Cynthia Erivo has swapped the black robes of Elphaba in “Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good” for the black robes (and grey wig) of a defense attorney in the first look image from “ Prima Facie .”
The feature adaptation of Suzie Miller’s award-winning one-woman play — backed by Embankment Films, which launched international sales on the project in Cannes — has now completed principal photography in London. Filming took place at locations including The Old Bailey, Lincoln’s Inn and London’s newest studio complex, The Story Works.
Directed by BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated Susanna White (“Woman Walks Ahead,” “Our Kind of Traitor,” “Andor”), “Prima Facie” stars Erivo, an Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner and three-time Oscar nominee, as Tessa Ensler, a brilliant young U.K. attorney. Having risen

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