Who was going to tell us in 2024 that a ‘bad’ witch and a ‘good’ were going to lock the often evolved musical genre in the cinema. WICKED, adaptation of Broadway’s successful work by Jon M. Chu, He arrived at the rooms in November last year, coinciding with Gladiator II, and swept the international box office with the singing and acclaimed interpretations of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erito.
Prequel of Oz’s wizard, The film moved us to the University of Shiz, where the marginalized Elphaba (Earivo) and the popular Glinda They were forced to share a room. Which started as mutual animosion led to an endearing friendship that transferred them to the Emerald City to meet the Magician (Jeff Goldblum).
Your second and last film, WICKED: Part II (Wicked: For Good In English), it will end the history of the protagonists, connecting with the facts narrated in The Wizard of Oz. In addition, the English title of this sequel refers to the duet that Elphaba and Glinda will share, a very celebrated scene in which the protagonists sing the ways in which they have influenced each other in the life of the other. This is all we know about the film that promises to conquer the autumn box office.
‘Wicked: Part II’: Trailer
Universal Pictures The first trailer of the sequel to WICKED, that reinterprets events and characters of The Wizard of Oz. In the images, we see Glinda go to the altar where the Fiyero wait, Elphaba trying to uncover the truth about the magician and the two friends sharing several moments complicit in the sound of the sound For good, The famous duet that gives name to the film in English. We also have the first glance to Dorothy, the scarecard, the tin man and the lion of The Wizard of Oz.
‘Wicked: Part II’: Synopsis
WICKED He fired Elphaba and Glinda in Ciudad Esmeralda, where the magician deceived the first to read his grimoorio and transform his enslaved monkeys into winged monkeys. The young woman realized that the apparently invincible sorcerer had no power and was responsible for animal abuse in Oz, which led her to flee the place.
While the protagonist escaped, Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and the magician changed the narrative and the villain, assuring the citizens that the grimoorio had stolen. She furrowed the heavens hugging the new bad witch title that we all know and challenged them to hunt him in the west to the son of Defying Gravity. Glinda, meanwhile, chose to stay in the Emerald city with her friend’s enemies.
So, WICKED: Part II He will bring Elphaba back, now known as the bad witch of the West, unjustly persecuted by the authorities while still fighting for animal rights. One of the most unexpected turns will arrive with the transformation of Nesssarose (Marissa Bode), the wheelchair sister of the protagonist, in the East Build Witch, the cruel ruler of the Munchkin country.
When Nessarose is overwhelmed and killed by Dorothy’s house, the story will connect with Oz’s wizard, Although we remind you that this is not the story you thought to know. Be that as it may, this second part promises to be darker and twisted than the previous one, as with the Broadway musical.
‘WICKED: Part II’: Distribution
The second installment, which was filmed at the same time as the first, has the same main cast again. Together with the aforementioned Cynthia Erito, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh and Marissa Bode, return Jonathan Bailey as Fijero, love interest of the protagonists; Ethan Slater on the skin of Boq Woodsman, Nesssarose’s partner; and Bowen Yang playing Pfanne, Glinda’s right arm.
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, The first to give life to Glinda and Elphaba on Broadway, had a cameo in the first film and now it is the turn of Kerry Ellis, Who also got into the skin of the green leather witch on Broadway and in the West End, although for now it is not known what paper will play.
It is also unknown which actress will give life to Dorothy in the plot. During the premiere of the first WICKED, It was rumored that it could be the Irish actress Alisha Weir (Matilda), which was seen in the European Premier. In the play, Kansas little girl who launched Judy Garland to fame has almost no prominence, but in her film adaptation she will play a greater role.
‘Wicked: Part II’: premiere date
WICKED: Part II will arrive at the rooms November 21, 2025, Just a year after the premiere of his predecessor. If the latter faced in 2024 Gladiator II, The sequel will be measured in expected returns such as Now you see me: now you don’t see me and ZOOTROPOLIS 2, or promising titles such as The running man, The new Edgar Wright with Glen Powell.
‘Wicked: Part II’: poster and images
Universal has been launched promotional material from WICKED: Part II like the poster or the first look at the characters with their new aspects.
