It’s the clash on the yellow brick road for the musical’s titans of Wicked: For Good .
The highly anticipated sequel to last year’s epic Wicked just dropped its final trailer. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are back, and their onscreen rivalry looks set to be everything fans have hoped for.
Erivo, 38, returns as Elphaba, still living in exile and throwing her usual shade at Jeff Goldblum’s Wizard. In one dramatic scene, she has the mic drop moment, or should that be wand drop, where she spells out in the clouds above Oz: “Our Wizard lies.”
Meanwhile, Grande, 32, glitters as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, who’s transformed Emerald City into a palace wonderland and is gearing up for a wedding with Jonathan Bailey’s Prince Fiyero.
The trailer is peak drama. Posters reading “Beware of the Wicked Witch” are plastered across Oz, a mob carrying a “Melt her” bucket hunts Elphaba, and Glinda gets roasted with the savage line: “You have no real power.”
But don’t worry, the heart of Wicked remains - by the end, SPOILER: Glinda tearfully reminds Elphaba: “Think of what we could do together.” Cue the emotional waterworks.
And yes, Dorothy finally touches down in Oz, flanked by the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow. Tasked with retrieving Elphaba’s broom as proof she’s dead, Dorothy’s arrival promises new chaos, new friendships, and maybe even a few musical bangers.
Speaking of music, the trailer teases brand-new tracks that already have fans in meltdown mode. Erivo’s No Good Dead and Grande’s For Good give a glimpse of the soaring, goosebump-inducing numbers to come.
One fan wrote: “I cannot wait to see ‘For Good’ on the big screen. It’s going to be Defying Gravity-level iconic.” Another pleaded: “Why can’t November be tomorrow?”
The first Wicked movie was a bona fide hit, pulling in $747.2 million (£552,799,422) on a $150 million (£111,436,950.00) budget and scoring 10 Oscar nods (two wins).
Director Jon M. Chu is back, teasing that Part Two will be all about consequences rather than choices, adding depth to the glittering mayhem. “There’s soul searching,” he said, “but also a lot of fun. It’s matured, but it still has all the magic you loved.”
With witches duelling, mobs hunting, Dorothy crashing the party, and a wedding looming, Wicked: For Good is set to be a November blockbuster we’ll be talking about.
Wicked: For Good is scheduled to premiere on Friday, November 21, 2025.
