Jon M. Chu’s second Wicked movie, beforehand generally known as Wicked Part 2, has now been titled Wicked: For Good.
The change references a extremely anticipated track and duet between Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) during which the pair sing about how their frenemies relationship has impacted their lives perpetually. The second movie has already set a launch date of November 21, 2025.
Grande, Erivo and Chu posted a video of the title change on Instagram.
The first movie from Universal surpassed the $500 million milestone on the international field workplace over the weekend, including $22.5 million in its fourth body domestically and $21.5M from 81 offshore markets. Wicked: Part One‘s worldwide complete is now $525M.
Both movies are tailored from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which tells the origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West and her former friendship with Glinda the Good Witch. Stephen Schwartz’s musical adaptation of Wicked debuted on Broadway in 2003 starring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel.
Produced by Marc Platt, the scripts have been written by the unique Broadway musical guide creator Winnie Holzman and Cruella co-scribe Dana Fox.
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Wicked: Part One is the highest-grossing film ever primarily based on a Broadway musical on the home field workplace. The movie additionally had the largest international and home opening for a film primarily based on a Broadway present. These are removed from the one information the primary movie has damaged.
Both Grande and Erivo have been nominated for Golden Globes for his or her performances in Wicked: Part One.
Wicked: For Good will see the return of the pink and inexperienced duo, Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero, Marissa Bode’s Nessarose, Ethan Slater’s Boq, Jeff Goldblum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and extra.
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