Wicked: For Good

Wicked: For Good
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Directed byJon M. Chu
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlice Brooks
Edited byMyron Kerstein
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • November 21, 2025 (2025-11-21)
Country
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million[2]

Wicked: For Good[3] is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it is the second installment of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which is loosely based on the 1995 novel, in turn based on the Oz books and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum rounding out the principal cast.[4]

Set in the Land of Oz, before and after Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, the plot will cover the events of the musical's second act, following Elphaba and Galinda's friendship being put to the test as they embrace their new respective identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good, and how the consequences of their actions will change all of Oz forever.

Universal Pictures and Marc Platt, who both produced the stage musical, announced the film adaptation in 2012. After a long development and multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in their respective roles in 2021, along with the decision to split the adaptation into two parts in order to meet the demands of the story's scope and to expand upon the journeys and relationships between characters without cutting any songs and major plot points. Principal photography on both films began in December 2022 in England, and was interrupted in July 2023 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, eventually resuming then concluding in January 2024.

Wicked: For Good is set for release by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 21, 2025.


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  1. ^ "Wicked". Writers Guild of America West. Archived from the original on August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (November 19, 2024). "Box Office: Wicked Heads for Dazzling $100 Million Debut, Gladiator II Aims for Muscular $65 Million". Variety. Archived from the original on November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (December 16, 2024). "Wicked: Part Two Officially Titled Wicked: For Good". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "Wicked". Universal Pictures. Retrieved November 28, 2024.

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