Wicked Part Two

Wicked Part Two
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Directed by	Jon M. Chu
Screenplay by	Winnie Holzman[a] Dana Fox[1]
Based on	Wicked by Stephen Schwartz Winnie Holzman Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Produced by	Marc Platt David Stone
Starring	Cynthia Erivo Ariana Grande Jonathan Bailey Ethan Slater Bowen Yang Marissa Bode Peter Dinklage Michelle Yeoh Jeff Goldblum
Cinematography	Alice Brooks
Edited by	Myron Kerstein
Music by	John Powell (score) Stephen Schwartz (score and songs)
Production companies	Universal Pictures Marc Platt Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures[b]
Release date	November 21, 2025 (2025-11-21)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million[3]

Wicked: Part Two^[4] 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 (2024), it is the second of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which in turn was loosely based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire. The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum 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 Galinda'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, and how the consequences of their actions will change all of Oz forever.

Universal Pictures and Marc Platt, both of whom produced the stage musical, announced the film adaptation in 2012. After a long development and multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in their respective roles in 2021, along with the decision to split the film into two parts in order to meet the demands of the story's epic scope and to expand upon the journeys of and relationships between the characters without cutting any songs and major plot points. Principal photography on both films began in December 2022 in England, and was paused in July 2023 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, eventually resuming then concluding in January 2024.

Wicked Part Two is set for release by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 21, 2025.

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