Grab your broomstick and your bestie: Wicked returned to select theaters on Wednesday — and it brought the Wicked: For Good trailer along with it.
The first part of the Broadway musical adaptation hit theaters on Nov. 22, 2024, to critical and commercial acclaim. The final half of the two-part film is slated to arrive in theaters almost exactly one year later, on Nov. 21, 2025.
The two-and-a-half-minute trailer, which premiered at special one-night screenings in North American theaters on Wednesday night, features Cynthia Erivo as “Wicked Witch” Elphaba and Ariana Grande as the supposedly “good” witch Glinda reprising their roles and singing “For Good” as they return to Oz. The trailer also gives fans a first look at Dorothy and the yellow brick road.
Watch the trailer here:
What is Wicked: For Good about?
Wicked: For Good picks up after Elphaba defied gravity on her broomstick and narrowly escaped the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) in order to save the animals subjugated by their tyrannical rule. Meanwhile, Elphaba’s best friend, Glinda — afraid to give up her social status — chose to stay behind rather than join in on her mission.
A new poster for the film shows the new looks for the characters in Wicked: For Good. Glinda is sporting a blue dress, while Elphaba is wearing an all-black ensemble — and the hat Glinda gifted her.
Wicked: For Good places Glinda and Elphaba on opposite sides of major drama in Oz, with Glinda — who is still dating prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) — acting as the Wizard’s spokesperson. Meanwhile, the Wizard’s henchmen are seeking to find and kill Elphaba, who all of Oz now considers “wicked” thanks to good old-fashioned propaganda.
How will this story end? Well, if you saw The Wizard of Oz, you probably think you know — with Dorothy and company dousing poor Elphie with water and killing her. Yet Wicked: For Good may surprise you — at least, if you haven’t seen the musical.
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