Wicked: For Good

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Wicked: For Good
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Alice Brooks
Edited by Myron Kerstein
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • November 4, 2025 (2025-11-04)(São Paulo)
  • November 21, 2025 (2025-11-21)(United States)
Running time
137 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million [3]

Wicked: For Good (also known as Wicked: Part Two [c] ) is a 2025 Americanmusical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, [b] Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum return from the first film, with Colman Domingo joining the cast. Set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda as they embrace their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Contents

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 omitting plot points and further develop the characters. Principal photography on both films began in December 2022 in England, was interrupted in July 2023 by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and resumed and concluded in January 2024.

Wicked: For Good premiered at the Suhai Music Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on November 4, 2025, and is scheduled for release in the United States on November 21. It received mixed reviews from critics, with Erivo and Grande’s performances receiving acclaim alongside the musical sequences, costumes and production design but the directing and pacing were criticised.

Plot

Five years after defying the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, [d] Elphaba Thropp, now known as the Wicked Witch of the West, continues battling for Animal rights from a forest hideout. Glinda Upland, meanwhile, has been positioned as the Wizard's spokesperson and is engaged to Fiyero Tigelaar, now Captain of the Wizard's Guard. Fiyero attempts to find Elphaba, but relents when Glinda claims Elphaba does not want to be found.

Elphaba encounters some Animals, including her former caretaker Dulcibear, leaving Oz and encourages them to fight against the Wizard and his forces. The Cowardly Lion persuades them otherwise, exposing Elphaba as the reason the Wizard's flying monkey spies have wings. Elphaba visits her sister Nessarose, who has inherited their father's governorship of Munchkinland. To prevent Boq from abandoning her, Nessa has revoked the Munchkins' rights. Nessa complains about Elphaba not using her magic to fix her paraplegia. Elphaba enchants Nessa's shoes, giving her flight abilities. Boq, convinced Nessa no longer needs him, tries to leave, seeking Glinda's affection. Nessa attempts to cast a love spell, but it backfires, shrinking his heart. Elphaba's attempt to save him turns him into a tin man.

Elphaba returns to the Emerald City. The Wizard and Glinda beg her to join him, offering to free the monkeys in return. Elphaba almost agrees, but, after seeing a feral Dr. Dillamond and all the other caged Animals, reaffirms her resolve to fight the Wizard and frees the Animals during Fiyero and Glinda's wedding. Fiyero helps Elphaba escape and joins her. Glinda vengefully persuades the Wizard and Morrible to lure Elphaba out by spreading a rumor that Nessarose is in danger, but Morrible decides that a simple rumor wouldn't fool Elphaba.

At the hideout, Elphaba and Fiyero confess their love for one another. She leaves after sensing that Nessa is in danger. He directs her to an abandoned castle his family owns, Kiamo Ko, for shelter. She learns that a tornado sent by Morrible has taken a house from the human world, which fatally crushed Nessa. Realizing that Glinda has given Nessa's shoes to the house's occupant, Dorothy Gale, Elphaba duels her before being restrained by the Wizard's guards. Fiyero arrives and sacrifices himself, helping her escape with the monkeys.

At Kiamo Ko, Elphaba casts a spell to save Fiyero as she decides to embrace her evil reputation. The Wizard instructs Dorothy and her friends to kill Elphaba and bring him her broom. Boq rallies the citizens of Oz to form an angry mob against Elphaba. Glinda spots the mob and learns that Morrible created the tornado. Morrible tells Glinda she is powerless and advises her to remain silent and serve as a public image to the people of Oz. Realizing she must do the right thing, Glinda rushes to Kiamo Ko.

Elphaba imprisons Dorothy to retrieve the shoes, but Glinda arrives to stop her. Elphaba receives warnings about the upcoming mob and decides to surrender. She makes Glinda vow not to tell anyone the truth, not wanting the people to turn against Glinda as well. The two reaffirm their friendship and share a tearful goodbye. Glinda hides and watches from the shadows as Dorothy throws a bucket of water on Elphaba, seemingly melting her. Chistery, a talking monkey, leads Glinda to the green elixir bottle that Elphaba showed her while they were attending Shiz.

Glinda confronts the Wizard with the bottle, revealing that he is Elphaba's birth father and the reason for her power. Distraught at causing his daughter's death, he leaves Oz via hot air balloon at Glinda's insistence. Glinda becomes Oz's leader and allows the monkeys to apprehend Morrible for her crimes. She finishes telling her story to the Munchkins and establishes Animal rights, as Elphaba would have wanted.

Fiyero, now a scarecrow due to Elphaba's spell, arrives at the scene where Elphaba melted, knocking on the floor. Elphaba emerges, having faked her death to ensure that she is never seen in Oz again. The two leave Oz together in a desert while the Grimmerie activates for Glinda.

Cast

Bailey, Erivo, and Grande (L-R) reprise their roles as Fiyero, Elphaba and Glinda. Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo, and Ariana Grande at the premiere of Wicked in Mexico City.png
Bailey, Erivo, and Grande (L-R) reprise their roles as Fiyero, Elphaba and Glinda.

Additionally, Keala Settle, Adam James and Alice Fearn reprise their roles from the first film as Miss Coddle and Glinda's parents, respectively. Kerry Ellis, one of the actresses who played Elphaba on stage in both the Broadway and the West End productions of the musical, appears in a cameo role. [18] Bethany Weaver portrays Dorothy Gale, a Kansas farm girl transported to the Land of Oz with her dog, Toto. [19] Though the character is given a more prominent role compared to the original second act of the musical, her face is not directly seen except for a brief shot when Glinda sees her passing through the door's crack. [20] [21]

Production

Development and pre-production

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Director Jon M. Chu (left) and composer Stephen Schwartz

A film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked was announced in 2012, [22] with scheduled release dates of December 20, 2019, December 22, 2021, December 25, 2024, and November 27, 2024. [23] After numerous delays, it was released on November 22, 2024. [24] In April 2022, director Jon M. Chu announced that the adaptation would be split in two parts, saying:

As we prepared the production over the last year, it became impossible to wrestle the story of 'Wicked' into a single film without doing some real damage to it ... As we tried to cut songs or trim characters, those decisions began to feel like fatal compromises to the source material that has entertained us all for so many years. We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one 'Wicked' movie but two! With more space, we can tell the story of 'Wicked' as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys for these beloved characters. [25]

Stephen Schwartz echoed Chu's sentiment in June, while also confirming that a new song was in the works for one of the two films: [26]

We found it very difficult to get past 'Defying Gravity' without a break ... That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and whatever scene to follow it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic ... Even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate. What we have discussed is that changes need to be 'additive,' to use (producer) Marc Platt's term. They need to add something to the story or the characters. They can't just be changes to do something different. I feel confident that by the time the movie is made, if we all continue to have the same degree of input, I could have a conversation with anyone who has a question about any of the changes made from the stage show and justify why I think it's better for the movie.

In November 2022, Schwartz said the film would include two new songs "to meet the demands of the storytelling". [27] In December 2024, Chu said the film would have a darker tone and that the character of Dorothy Gale would have a more prominent role compared to the musical. [20] [21]

Filming

Principal photography began alongside Wicked on December 9, 2022, and had nearly been completed by July 2023 before production was suspended due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [28] Both films resumed production on January 24, 2024, and concluded filming on January 26. [29] The song vocals were recorded live on set at the insistence of Erivo and Grande, with Academy Award-winning production sound mixer Simon Hayes collaborating with Chu on the recordings of the actors' vocals, using a variation of the same recording techniques that were implemented on Les Misérables . [30] [29] [31] [32]

Chu cited Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook as inspiration for the use of large-scale sets and practical effects, including nine million colorful tulips planted on location to surround the Munchkinland set and an actual Yellow Brick Road paved on the ground with real mud. [33] [34] Many sets from the first film were repurposed for the second film, such as the life-sized train to Emerald City doubling as Glinda's personal locomotive, and the Governor's Mansion in Munchkinland constructed with elements from the Shiz University library and Madame Morrible's office. [35] Chu also cited the 1998 films Pleasantville and The Truman Show as influences on how both films thematically portray the Land of Oz, saying "It helps create this idea of the rebelliousness that this new younger generation are discovering... How far will that take everybody in Oz throughout the course of the whole story of both movies? It's an awakening of a generation. You start to see the truth about things that maybe you were taught differently." [36]

Post-production and visual effects

On February 6, 2024, it was confirmed that Industrial Light & Magic and Framestore [37] provided the visual effects with Pablo Helman serving as visual effects supervisor, and that post-production work was in progress, with Chu working remotely with editor Myron Kerstein via communication through the newly released Apple Vision Pro. [38] [39] [40] Editing was paused during most of 2024 in order for Chu to finish post-production on the first film so he could understand how the sequel would continue the story. Post-production resumed in November 2024, immediately following the press tour and release of the first film, with editing done through Avid Media Composer. [41] On October 3, 2025, Chu confirmed on Instagram that post-production had been completed.[ citation needed ]

On December 16, 2024, the title was announced as Wicked: For Good, sharing its subtitle with the name of the musical's penultimate song. [4] Chu defended the title as always having been the right choice over the working title, Wicked: Part Two, [42] though the latter was ultimately retained on certain international releases. [43] [44]

Music

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John Powell (pictured in 2008), co-composed the incidental underscore with Stephen Schwartz.

The soundtrack album for Wicked: For Good will be released by Republic Records/Verve Label Group, Grande and Erivo's respective record labels, on November 21, 2025. [45] It became available for pre-saving on June 5, 2025. [46]

In July 2024, it was announced that John Powell had composed the incidental underscore for both films in the adaptation. [47] Jeff Atmajian updated William David Brohn's original orchestrations for the songs and enlarged the orchestra from the stage version's original 23 musicians to 125. The musical's original music director Stephen Oremus conducted the song cues. Greg Wells, Oremus and Schwartz serve as music producers. [47] [48] [49] [50]

In January 2025, Wells revealed he was in the process of recording live instrumentals, with recording scheduled to happen in May or June 2025 with the orchestra at AIR Studios, followed by mixing over the subsequent months. [51] Later that month, a home studio belonging to Wells was destroyed in the 2025 Palisades Fire, halting production. [52] The score album will be released on December 5, 2025, and became available for pre-saving on November 17. [53] [54]

Main musical numbers

  • "Every Day More Wicked" – Ensemble
  • "Thank Goodness/I Couldn't Be Happier" – Glinda, Madame Morrible, Fiyero and Citizens of Oz
  • "No Place Like Home" – Elphaba
  • "The Wicked Witch of the East" – Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq
  • "Wonderful" – The Wizard, Elphaba and Glinda
  • "I'm Not That Girl" (Reprise) – Glinda
  • "As Long as You're Mine" – Elphaba and Fiyero
  • "No Good Deed" – Elphaba
  • "March of the Witch Hunters" – Boq and Ozians
  • "The Girl in the Bubble" – Glinda
  • "For Good" – Elphaba and Glinda
  • "A Wicked Good Finale" – Glinda, Elphaba and Ozians

"No Place Like Home" and "The Girl in the Bubble" were written for the film, with the former written in collaboration with Erivo. [55] [56] "A Wicked Good Finale", adapted from the original "Finale" track from the stage musical, will be included on the score album as opposed to the soundtrack album. [53] [54] "Every Day More Wicked" is expanded from a line in the first song of the musical's second act, and also interpolates several songs from the first act, such as "The Wizard and I" and "Popular", but with different lyrics.[ citation needed ]

Changes from stage musical

Splitting the film adaptation into two parts allowed the filmmakers to expand upon the relationships between the characters, particularly Elphaba and Glinda, so that movie audiences may understand them better. [57] The sexual content of the musical and the novel were also toned down, so that both films could reach wider audiences and attain PG ratings from the Motion Picture Association. [58] Marissa Bode, who portrays Nessarose and uses a wheelchair in real life, revealed that her character's storyline was revised to prevent implications of ableism, [12] most notably by having Nessarose gain the ability to fly instead of walking upright after her shoes are enchanted by Elphaba. [59] Bowen Yang, who portrays Pfannee, revealed that his character (who previously was not in the second act of the stage musical, nor portrayed as male) will get his "just desserts [sic]" for his actions. [60]

Additionally, the following changes were made:

Release

Wicked: For Good premiered in São Paulo, Brazil at the Suhai Music Hall on November 4, 2025, [63] with subsequent premieres in Paris at Le Grand Rex on November 7, [64] London at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on November 10, [65] Singapore at Universal Studios Singapore on November 13, [66] [67] and New York City at the Metropolitan Opera on November 17. [63] It will be released theatrically by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 21, 2025, with engagements in RealD 3D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and D-Box. [68] It was previously scheduled for release on November 26, 2025, and December 25, 2025, before being moved up to avoid competition with Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash , respectively. [69] Advanced screenings of the were scheduled for November 17, 2025, for Amazon Prime subscribers, and on November 20 for the general public. [70] A one-time double feature of Wicked and Wicked: For Good will also be released in select theaters on the latter date. [71]

Wicked: For Good was screened privately at the DGA Theater in Manhattan on October 27, 2025, with Grande, Chu, Platt, Schwartz, and members of the current Broadway cast in attendance. [72] Two private screenings took place in London on November 9, ahead of the British premiere; one for members of the musical's West End production, and another for BAFTA voters that was followed by a discussion with members of the film crew, including cinematographer Alice Brooks and production designer Nathan Crowley.[ citation needed ]

Marketing

Work-in-process footage from both films in the adaptation, including first listens to Grande and Erivo's renditions of "Popular" and "Defying Gravity", was presented at CinemaCon on April 26, 2023, introduced on stage by Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley. [73] The first film's 60-second "First Look", which premiered during Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, 2024, revealed brief clips of scenes from the second film that expand the plot of the musical's second act, including one of Glinda's wedding and another of the Wizard sending Dorothy and her traveling party to hunt Elphaba down. [74] [75] In February 2025, Chu revealed that the first official Wicked: For Good trailer would premiere sometime during the spring or early summer, after declining to have it air during Super Bowl LIX due to technical difficulties with the visual effects. [76]

The two-minute theatrical trailer made its debut at CinemaCon on April 2, introduced on stage by Erivo, Grande, Chu and Platt. [77] [78] It was eventually released to the public on June 4, 2025, through a one-night limited theatrical re-release of Wicked, before premiering online afterwards. [79] Simultaneously, the Shiz University website introduced in the first film's promotional campaign was updated, replacing links to the college's locations with an audio recording of Madame Morrible's propaganda speech against Elphaba, and a ticker tape urging visitors to report any "suspicious witch activity" to Morrible and the Wizard. Dr. Dillamond's classroom page was also updated to replace the lecture of Oz's history on the chalkboard with the phrase "Animals should be seen and not heard", a reference to the character's fate in the first film. [80]

On June 9, Universal reported that the For Good trailer received 113 million views in its first 24 hours, surpassing the 75 million views made in the same time-frame by the first film's trailer. [81] That same day, an episode of Lego Masters with challenges themed to Wicked aired on Fox in the United States as part of the series' fifth season. [82] [83] On August 6, a "First Look" featurette was released, containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Chu, Erivo, and Grande on the evolution between the two Wicked films. [84] A final theatrical trailer was released on September 24, 2025. [85]

For the sixth week of its thirty-fourth season, Dancing with the Stars held a "Wicked Night" where couples danced to songs from Wicked and Wicked: For Good. Chu appeared as a guest judge, while Erivo, Grande, Jonathan Bailey, and Michelle Yeoh appeared in video greetings to the audience. The episode aired on October 21, 2025, and included a never-before-seen clip of the "Wonderful" musical number. [86] A musical television special, Wicked: One Wonderful Night , aired on NBC on November 6, featuring the cast and special guests performing songs from Wicked and Wicked: For Good live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. [87] [88]

Universal's global promotional efforts for Wicked: For Good were scaled back considerably from the first film, with only a $90 million budget compared to the previous $150 million budget. [89]

Reception

Box office

Tickets for Wicked: For Good went on sale on October 8, 2025. The following day, Fandango announced that it was the site's best first-day ticket pre-seller of 2025, surpassing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle , Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl , and Superman . It additionally became the biggest PG-rated first-day ticket pre-seller of all time, ahead of Frozen 2 , the 2019 remake of The Lion King, and the sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters , and entered the top 10 best first-day ticket pre-sellers of all time on Fandango. Jerramy Hainline, EVP of Fandango Ticketing, said: "With last year's Wicked breaking records and captivating audiences around the world, it is no surprise that fans are racing to get their tickets to Wicked: For Good ... The first film became a true cultural phenomenon bringing new generations into the world of Wicked, and it's clear that fans can't wait to see how the story continues on the big screen." [90] Deadline Hollywood projected the film to gross $112–115 million in its domestic opening weekend, on par with the $112.5 million opening gross of the first film, [91] while Variety projects an opening weekend as high as $150-180 million. [92]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 69% of 182 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "Taking one last lap down the yellow brick road, Wicked: For Good's darker tone and unhurried pacing sometimes get in the way, but this epic conclusion ultimately brings Elphaba and Glinda's story home in rousing fashion." [93] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [94]

Early reactions to Wicked: For Good deemed it superior to the first film and the second act of the stage musical, with Chu's direction and the performances of Erivo and Grande lauded. [95]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for Wicked: For Good
OrganizationYearCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Digital Spy Reader Awards December 28, 2024Most Anticipated Movie of 2025Wicked: For GoodWon [96]
The Queerties March 11, 2025Next Big ThingWon [97]
Astra Midseason Movie Awards July 3, 2025 Most Anticipated FilmWon [98]
Middleburg Film Festival October 19, 2025Creative Collaborators Award Alice Brooks and Myron Kerstein Won [99]
Savannah Film Festival October 26, 2025Vanguard Director Award Jon M. Chu Won [100]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 19, 2025 Score – Feature Film John Powell and Stephen Schwartz Nominated [101]
[102]
Song – Feature Film "No Place Like Home" – Written by Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Cynthia Erivo Nominated
"The Girl in the Bubble" – Written by Stephen Schwartz; Performed by Ariana Grande Nominated
Music Supervision – Film Maggie RodfordNominated
Music Themed Film, Biopic or MusicalJon M. ChuWon
Soundtrack Album Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack (Republic Records)Nominated
Astra Creative Arts Awards December 11, 2025 Best Costume Design Paul Tazewell Pending [103]
Best Film Editing Myron Kerstein Pending
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, and Laura Blount Pending
Best Marketing CampaignWicked: For GoodPending
Best Original Song"No Place Like Home" – Stephen Schwartz Pending
"The Girl in the Bubble" – Stephen SchwartzPending
Best Production Design Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales Pending
Best Sound Nancy Nugent Title, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Simon Hayes, and Jack Dolman Pending
Best Stunt CoordinatorAndrei NazarenkoPending
Best Visual Effects Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Anthony Smith, Dale Newton, and Paul Corbould Pending

Future

In November 2024, Schwartz and Holzman stated they had discussed the possibility of "something" more associated with the Wicked film adaptation, but that it would not necessarily be a Wicked Part Three or Four. [104] Since the first film's release, the adaptation overall is in the process of evolving into a media franchise, with theme park attractions based on the films currently in the works at Universal Destinations & Experiences. [105]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Holzman is credited twice for writing the screenplay; first as a solo writer and as part of a writing team with Dana Fox.
  2. 1 2 3 Per her own request, Grande is credited on-screen with her full name, Ariana Grande-Butera. [5]
  3. ↑ The film was originally announced as Wicked: Part Two before being retitled in December 2024, but the previous name is still used in some regions, sometimes stylized as Wicked: Part II. [4]
  4. ↑ As depicted in Wicked (2024).
  5. ↑ Glinda's full identity is given as "Glinda the Good Witch of the North" in the script of the first film. It is not mentioned by that title in the film's dialogue and credits. [8]

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