“Wicked: For Good,” the upcoming sequel to last year’s commercial juggernaut “Wicked,” is bound to be a huge success for Universal Pictures. It was decided by the creators early on in the development of the first film that, in order to do true justice to the source material, it needed to be broken up into two movies. “For Good” is basically an adaptation of the second act of the hit musical. It’s not simply a studio concoction devised to earn more money, but a genuine attempt at doing the original show, and its narrative justice on the big screen. This means for fans that the quality of the franchise isn’t at stake just yet.
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The movie stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Jon M. Chu is directing, with a screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (the musical stage version hails from Holzman and Stephen Schwartz). “Wicked: For Good” is based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that featured characters created by L. Frank Baum. The producing team assembled consists of Marc Platt and David Stone, with executive producers Jared LeBoff, David Nicksay, and Schwartz.
The movie follows Elphaba and Glinda as they embrace their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good in the time leading up to Dorothy Gale’s arrival from Kansas.
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Synopsis:
Five years after the events of “Wicked,” Elphaba Thropp is now a fugitive, branded the Wicked Witch of the West, who continues her fight for Animal rights and other causes. Glinda Upland, meanwhile, has become a spokeswoman known as Glinda the Good, under the watch of the Wizard and Madam Morrible. As the two deal with consequences of their choices, their relationship is tested by a complicated chain of events, including the unexpected arrival of Dorothy Gale from Kansas that will change the Land of Oz forever.
Universal Pictures will release “Wicked: For Good” in theaters on November 1, and you can watch that new trailer below.
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