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Everything to Know About Wicked For Good - Sequel Release Date, Details & More

With the Broadway musical clocking in at just under three hours, there was no way every detail could fit into one movie.

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After more than two decades of development, the hit Broadway musical Wicked finally hit the big screen by way of director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) and Universal Pictures. And now the film is streaming exclusively on Peacock!

But given the fact that the original Broadway show clocks in at close to three hours long, there was no way Chu and his talented production team could fit every last detail of the acclaimed, multi-award-winning stage production into one single film adaptation. As such, Universal made the wise choice to split the epic Wizard of Oz prequel in half along the play's two-act structure.

Everything to know about Wicked For Good


Jon M. Chu directs Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) on the set of Wicked (2024).

Is the Wicked movie in two parts?

Yes! The decision to split the big screen adaptation into a pair of feature-length movies, Wicked and Wicked For Good​​​​​, was formally announced back in the spring of 2022 by director Jon M. Chu.

What is the Wicked sequel called?

The Wicked sequel will officially go under the title of Wicked For Good.

Why is the Wicked sequel called Wicked For Good?

The subtitle refers to the penultimate song on the original Broadway soundtrack. Like "Defying Gravity," the track "For Good" is a duet between Elphaba and Glinda.

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"As we prepared this production over the last year, it became increasingly clear that it would be impossible to wrestle the story of Wicked into a single film without doing some real damage to it," Chu wrote on social media. "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. So 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 of these beloved characters."

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When does Wicked For Good open in theaters?

Wicked For Good will hit the big screen on November 21, 2025.

What is Wicked For Good about?

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) hold hands and smile in Wicked (2024).

Wicked ends with the performance of "Defying Gravity," in which Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) takes flight on her iconic broomstick after she and Glinda (Ariana Grande) learn the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) is nothing but a power-hungry fraud. This is a perfect end point for the movie, considering the song also marks the conclusion of Act I in the stage musical. 

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The second act leads into Dorothy's adventure, albeit from the perspective of Elphaba, now unjustly feared by the citizens of Oz, who look to Glinda the Good for protection and comfort. "The first tells how Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and the second tells how her best friend, Glinda, becomes authentically good," producer Marc Platt teases in the production notes.

Who stars in Wicked For Good?

Since all of the characters from Act I also appear in Act II of the original stage production, it's safe to assume that the entire cast of Wicked Part One will return in For Good including Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba), Ariana Grande (Glinda), Michelle Yeoh ( Madame Morrible), Jeff Goldblum (the Wizard of Oz), Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero), Ethan Slater (Boq), Marissa Bode (Nessarose), Bowen Yang (Pfannee), Bronwyn James (ShenShen), and Keala Settle (Coddle).

Wicked is now streaming on Peacock!

Glinda holds her wand up in a puffy pink dress in Wicked

When will Wicked stream on Peacock?

Wicked is now streaming on Peacock!

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