Wicked: For Good Drops Final Trailer — Grab Tickets Now
Universal drops the final trailer for Wicked: For Good just as tickets go on sale, giving fans one last dazzling look before they book their seats.
Universal just dropped one more peek at 'Wicked: For Good' before we all head back to Oz, and yes, tickets are already live. It is the final trailer (until someone finds a new definition of final), and it leans on a new snippet of the song 'No Place Like Home' to set the mood.
What this one is
'For Good' is part two of Jon M. Chu's big-screen take on the Broadway hit, which itself spun out of Gregory Maguire's novel. Chu is back in the director's chair, working from a screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. If you spot Holzman's name more than once in the credits, that is not a typo — she co-wrote the script and also serves as an executive producer. Inside baseball, but worth flagging.
Where the story picks up
Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now branded the Wicked Witch of the West, is in hiding in the Ozian forest. She has not given up the fight — she is still trying to free Oz's silenced Animals and prove what she knows about The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum). Meanwhile, Glinda (Ariana Grande) has become Oz's polished poster child for Goodness. She lives large in Emerald City, playing comfort-in-chief under the guidance of Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh).
Glinda's fame keeps climbing, and she is planning a blowout wedding to Prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey). But the distance from Elphaba gnaws at her. She tries to patch things up between Elphaba and The Wizard; it does not go well. The fallout reshapes Boq (Ethan Slater) and Fiyero's futures and puts Elphaba's sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode) in danger — right as a certain girl from Kansas literally crashes into the plot.
As Oz whips itself into a frenzy against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba are forced into one last reckoning. Their friendship becomes the hinge everything swings on, and the only way forward is actually seeing each other — honestly — if they want to change themselves and, honestly, all of Oz for good.
Who is involved
- Director: Jon M. Chu
- Screenplay: Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
- Cast: Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba), Ariana Grande (Glinda), Jonathan Bailey (Prince Fiyero), Ethan Slater (Boq), Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode (Nessarose), with Michelle Yeoh (Madame Morrible) and Jeff Goldblum (The Wizard)
- Producers: Marc Platt p.g.a. (Tony and Emmy winner) and David Stone (multiple Tony winner)
- Executive producers: Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
The trailer itself
It is a brief one, built around the new 'No Place Like Home' tease and just enough footage to remind you where Part One left us. The visuals are still lush and maximal in that Jon M. Chu way, with Emerald City polish contrasted against Elphaba's shadowy forest hideout.
When and how to see it
'Wicked: For Good' lands in theaters on November 21, and tickets are on sale now. If Part One was the rise, this is the fallout — and the friendship test.