Wicked: For Good Trailer: Toto, We're Not at Shiz Anymore

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In an exclusive conversation, director Jon M. Chu talks adapting the darker second act of Wicked, adding new songs for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and ending his epic time in Oz.

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Ozians, it’s almost time to follow the yellow brick road again. Wicked: For Good—the second film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, once again starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande—soars into theaters on November 21, 2025. And Vanity Fair has your exclusive first look at all things Elphaba and Glinda ahead of the trailer’s release.

“I can’t believe we’re here. That’s crazy to me,” says Jon M. Chu, logging on to Zoom as “Chutanium 2.0.” The Wicked director can hardly contain his excitement. “What’s nice about movie two is it’s so different from movie one that it doesn’t feel like we’re talking about what you just saw. It’s the new chapter.”

Chu knows he’s got some big ruby slippers to continue to fill. Inspired by the musical of the same name, which was based, in turn, on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the first Wicked film was both a critical darling and a commercial behemoth. It quickly became the all-time highest-grossing film adaptation of a Broadway musical, scoring 10 Oscar nominations, including nods for both Grande and Erivo. It ultimately took home Oscars for costume and production design, as well as a Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement. “I think we always had the bar very high for us,” Chu says. “Thank God, because the alternative universe was not a fun one to be living in. I’m glad I’m in this multiverse.”

Since Wicked tackled act one of the Broadway musical, Wicked: For Good takes on the second act, which covers a period years after Elphaba and Glinda’s decision to part ways. Elphaba, now an enemy of the state of Oz, has taken to the western skies and the woods, while Glinda has become a public figure controlled by the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh). “Our heart was broken when Glinda can’t make the choice that we want her to so badly at the end of movie one, and it feels empowering for Elphaba to fly away from society,” Chu says. “In movie two, we get to see the consequences of those choices. The temperature is up.”

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1. Looking forward to this movie

Loved the first one