Wicked: For Good Director Teases a Game-Changing Scarecrow and Tin Man Reveal

Wicked: For Good is only weeks away now, and the new trailer did not hold back. It drops way more than anyone expected, including first peeks at the Tin Man and the Scarecrow, and teases a sequel that looks bigger, messier, and way more emotional than Part One.

About those Tin Man and Scarecrow reveals

Director Jon M. Chu hit the London Film Festival 2025 and talked up the practical work behind those iconic characters. Yes, practical. As in real makeup and hair, not CG creatures stitched in later.

'Wait until you see the Tin Man and the Scarecrow. These are not digital effects. These are real, physical makeup and hair. And it is extraordinary.'

Chu said he could not show their full looks at the panel and stressed there was zero room for error on set. Translation: the team built these characters to hold up under unforgiving close-ups. If the quick flashes in the trailer are any indication, they knew exactly what they were doing.

Where Part One left us

Part One was a box office bulldozer and ended on a pretty dramatic note. The masks came off the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), and the propaganda machine turned Oz against Elphaba, branding her wicked. For Good picks up as Elphaba and Glinda, once best friends, deal with the fallout of choices they cannot take back. Expect the politics of Oz and the personal fractures between the women to collide in a bigger way this time.

What the cast is saying

Cynthia Erivo says the second film digs deeper into consequences, raises the stakes, and pushes the story into something that is not just a continuation but a genuine shift for these characters.

Ariana Grande calls shooting For Good the most intense experience she has had on a set. The key sequence was filmed over the course of a week, and it stuck with her so much she has not watched the final cut yet because she is not ready to relive it.

The essentials

• Title: Wicked: For Good, the follow-up to Wicked: Part One
• Leads: Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba), Ariana Grande (Glinda)
• Key players returning: Jeff Goldblum (the Wizard), Michelle Yeoh (Madame Morrible)
• Big trailer surprises: first looks at the Tin Man and the Scarecrow
• Effects note: those two are practical builds, not digital, per Jon M. Chu
• Tone: more emotional and higher stakes than the first film
• Release date: November 21, 2025

Short version: the sequel is leaning into the heartbreak and the spectacle. If those practical designs land the way Chu promises, we might be in for some show-stopping character reveals alongside all the feelings.