“It’s wild. It’s unbridled. It feels really, really epic,” is how Elphaba actress Cythnia Erivo describes the closing chapter of the spellbinding film adaptation, Wicked: For Good. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film is the end to the untold story of the witches of Oz, Elphaba and Glinda (Ariana Grande). Watch the “First Look” featurette below.
“It’s a much more mature, emotional journey about the consequences of the hard choices you make,” explains Chu, as Elphaba and Glinda are exploring a new dynamic, having separated in the first film.
“And now, whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend.”
Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.
Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award® nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.
The film is produced by returning Tony and Emmy-winning powerhouse Marc Platt, p.g.a., and by multiple Tony winner David Stone. The executive producers are Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The first film, Wicked, released in November 2024, earned 10 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, and won the Oscars® for Costume Design and Production Design. To date, the film has grossed $750 million worldwide.
Wicked: For Good is based on the generation-defining musical stage play with music and lyrics by legendary Grammy and Oscar® winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire. The screenplay is by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox. The film score is by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.