Universal Pictures’ new behind-the-scenes look at Wicked: For Good features Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and director Jon M. Chu discussing the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda. The video’s release comes a few days after the studio confirmed Erivo will be competing in the Best Actress category and Grande will be submitted in the Best Supporting Actress category for the upcoming 2026 Oscars.
The film also stars Jonathan Bailey as Prince Fiyero, Ethan Slater as Boq, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, and Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard. Grammy nominee Sharon D. Clarke voices Elphaba’s childhood nanny, Dulcibear.
Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox wrote the screenplay, based on the musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the novel by Gregory Maguire. Marc Platt and David Stone serve as producers, and Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman, and Dana Fox are the executive producers.
Wicked: For Good opens in theaters on November 21, 2025.
Universal offers this description of part two:
“The final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda (Grande) estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Goldblum).
Glinda, meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard.
As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Slater) and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.”