After almost a year of waiting, the 2025 movie release of Wicked: For Good will finally complete Elphaba and Glinda’s journey. With Wicked split into two parts, audiences will experience the full depth of the two witches’ friendship, Emerald City’s complexities and the musical’s core songs without sacrificing any magic. However, director Jon M. Chu got real about originally hating what was going on with the initial script, and that taking a chance on two movies wasn’t for the faint of heart.
While teasing Wicked: For Good at the London Film Festival (via Deadline), Jon M. Chu talked about what went into splitting the beloved Broadway musical into two parts. But as the American film director got real about what the original script looked like as a single movie, I’d say he made the right call:
