Universal has released the official trailer for “Wicked: For Good,” the second part to 2024’s hit Broadway movie adaptation.
“Wicked: For Good” brings back Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda, as well as Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz, Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman, Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp and Bowen Yang as Pfannee.
It received 10 Academy Award nominations, including best picture, lead actress for Erivo, supporting actress for Grande, costume design, editing, makeup and hairstyling, production design, original score, sound and visual effects.
It won for costume design, making Paul Tazewell the first Black man to win the category, plus production design.
“Wicked: For Good” is scheduled to be released in theaters on Nov. 21.
Now is the time to return to Emerald City.
The official trailer for Universal’s “Wicked: For Good,” the follow-up to the 2024 Broadway film adaptation, has been made public.
In addition to Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz, Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman, Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda, “Wicked: For Good” also features their return. Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox wrote the screenplays for both films, which were directed by Jon M. Chu.
The second movie, which is “set in the Land of Oz, before and after Dorothy Gale’s arrival from Kansas,” will “cover the events of the musical’s second act, following Elphaba and Glinda’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 Witch of the North, and how the consequences of their actions will change all of Oz forever,” according to the official logline. “”.
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With $756 million at the global box office last year, “Wicked” became the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation ever and Universal’s third-biggest film ever. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including best picture, lead actress (Erivo), supporting actress (Grace), production design, editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, sound, and visual effects, with costumes and editing. Paul Tazewell became the first Black person to win the category for both production design and costume design.
The movie “Wicked: For Good” is slated to open in theaters in November. 21.
Take a look at the trailer below.
