Colman Domingo Roars Into Wicked: For Good as the Cowardly Lion

We are about a month out from heading back to Oz, and Universal just tossed in a fun bit of casting sauce: Colman Domingo is the voice of the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good, the second half of Jon M. Chu's two-part take on the Broadway smash (and Gregory Maguire's novel). If you clocked that quick Lion tease in the trailer, now you know who is behind the roar. Or, well, the anxious whimper.

Domingo revealed it himself with a cheeky Instagram video, ducking behind a plush lion before dropping a quick sign-off:

See you in Oz!

Wicked: For Good brings Chu back to finish what he started, with a script by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. If you see Holzman's name twice in the credits, you are not losing it — she also pops up as an executive producer, which is likely why it looks duplicated in some listings.

The who and the what

• Director: Jon M. Chu
• Screenplay: Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
• Main cast: Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba), Ariana Grande (Glinda), Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero), Ethan Slater (Boq), Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode (Nessarose), Michelle Yeoh (Madame Morrible), Jeff Goldblum (The Wizard), and Colman Domingo as the voice of the Cowardly Lion
• Fun resume notes: Bailey is an Olivier Award winner and an Emmy and SAG nominee; Yeoh is an Oscar winner
• Producers: Marc Platt (Tony and Emmy winner) and David Stone (multiple Tony winner)
• Executive producers: Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox

So what is Part 2 actually about?

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is now branded the Wicked Witch of the West and living off the grid in the Ozian forest. She has not stopped fighting for Oz's silenced Animals and is still trying to expose what she knows about the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).

Glinda (Ariana Grande), meanwhile, has become the polished face of Good in Emerald City. Under the watchful guidance of Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), she is deployed as the kingdom's sparkly reassurance: everything is fine, keep smiling, trust the Wizard.

As Glinda's star rises, she preps for an over-the-top Ozian wedding to Prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey). But the distance from Elphaba keeps gnawing at her. She tries to broker peace between her old friend and the Wizard, and it backfires. The fallout reshapes Boq (Ethan Slater) and Fiyero in ways that stick, and Nessarose (Marissa Bode) winds up in danger right as a certain girl from Kansas literally drops into the story.

With a mob turning on the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba are forced into one last attempt to meet in the middle. The entire future of their world hangs on whether they can truly see each other — honestly, empathetically — and change themselves and Oz, for good.

Wicked: For Good hits theaters November 21.