Wicked is a two-part epic musical fantasy film franchise based on the Wicked stage musical by Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz, which was inspired by the 1995 book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and the 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie version. The films are directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Holzman and Schwartz.
The films feature Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the lead roles, along with Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, and Jeff Goldblum in supporting roles. The films tell the story of Elphaba Thropp, a woman with green skin, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and her friendship and rivalry with Glinda Upland, who becomes Glinda the Good. The films are set in the Land of Oz before and after Dorothy Gale arrives from Kansas.
The films were announced by Universal Pictures in 2012, with Marc Platt as a producer. Both films faced a long development and multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until Chu was hired to direct, and Erivo and Grande were cast in 2021. The films started shooting in December 2022 in England, but was halted the next summer until November 2023 because of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Both films finished shooting in January 2024.
Wicked: Part One will be released on November 22, 2024, and Wicked: Part Two will be released on November 21, 2025.
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Wicked: Part One (2024)[]
- Main article: Wicked: Part One
Wicked: Part One is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and based on the Broadway musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, which is in turn based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The film stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp, a green-skinned woman who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, and Ariana Grande as Glinda Upland, her friend and rival who becomes the Good Witch of the North. The film also features Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, and Jeff Goldblum in supporting roles.
Wicked: Part Two (2025)[]
- Main article: Wicked: Part Two
Wicked: Part Two is an upcoming American epic musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked, it is the second of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz. The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, and Peter Dinklage in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz, before and after Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, the plot 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.
Music[]
The soundtrack albums for both Wicked: Part One and Wicked: Part Two will be released by Republic Records/Verve Label Group, Grande and Erivo's respective record labels, with the soundtrack of the first film being released on November 22, 2024. In July 2024, it was revealed that John Powell had composed the incidental underscore for the film and will do the same for Wicked: Part Two. Jeff Atmajian updated William David Brohn's original orchestrations for the songs and enlarged the orchestra from the stage version's original 23 musicians to 80 for the film. The recording sessions for the orchestra took place at AIR Studios in London, with the musical's original music director Stephen Oremus conducting the song cues and Powell conducting the incidental score cues. Greg Wells, Oremus, and Schwartz served as music producers.
Musical numbers[]
- "Overture" – The Wicked Orchestra
- "No One Mourns the Wicked" – Glinda, Frexspar Thropp, Melena Thropp, Traveling Salesman, Midwife and Ozians
- "Dear Old Shiz" – Students and Glinda
- "The Wizard and I" – Madame Morrible and Elphaba
- "What is this Feeling?" – Glinda, Elphaba and Students
- "Something Bad" – Doctor Dillamond and Elphaba
- "Dancing Through Life" – Fiyero, Glinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students
- "Ozdust Duet" – The Wicked Orchestra
- "Popular" – Glinda
- "I'm Not That Girl" – Elphaba
- "The Wizard and I" (Reprise) – Madame Morrible and Elphaba
- "One Short Day" – Elphaba, Glinda and Ozians
- "A Sentimental Man" – The Wizard
- "Defying Gravity" – Elphaba, Glinda and Ozians
- "No One Mourns The Wicked" (Reprise) – Ozians
- "Thank Goodness" – Glinda, Madame Morrible and Citizens of Oz
- "The Wicked Witch of the East" – Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq
- "Wonderful" – The Wizard and Elphaba
- "I'm Not That Girl" (Reprise) – Glinda
- "As Long As You're Mine" – Elphaba and Fiyero
- "No Good Deed" – Elphaba
- "March of the Witch Hunters" – Boq and Ozians
- "For Good" – Elphaba and Glinda
- "The Melting" – Ozians
- "A Sentimental Man" (Reprise) — The Wizard
- "Finale" – Glinda, Elphaba and Ozians
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