A new trailer—the final!—for Wicked: For Good, the upcoming final installment in Hollywood's two-part screen version of Broadway's Wicked, was released this morning. We at Playbill immediately dove in to discover the secrets it contained.
From seeing Glinda get her bubble (a new scene!) to Ariana Grande's rendition of "Thank Goodness," to a sneak peek at [redacted]'s transformation into the Tin Woodsman, this trailer is the most jam-packed (and slightly spoiler-y) yet. Below are the 10 reveals from the trailer that we are obsessulated with.
WARNING: Extensive spoilers for the Wicked stage show abound!
Thank Goodness!
The trailer offered us our first listen to Ariana Grande's "Thank Goodness," the bittersweet opening song of Wicked's second act on stage. Devastating, delicate, and oh-so-complex, it is the favorite song of many Oz heads who are sure to be thrillified by these snippets. It was also previously revealed that "Thank Goodness" will actually be the second track on the Wicked: For Good soundtrack, with the first track being "Every Day More Wicked," an expansion of the show's second act opener. With the promise of more music, happy is truly what happens when all your dreams come true!
We Can't All Come and Go By Bubble!
Speaking of Grande's Glinda: Where did she get that perfectly pink mechanical bubble, as seen in the first film? This trailer reveals its origins, Glinda's exuberant "obsessulation" with the contraption, and the mechanism that allows it to reform after careful wand popping, all while Madame Morrible looks on with something that could be mistaken for fondness.
Pink Goes Good with Green
The Emerald City has truly been Galinda-fied. Throughout the trailer, you can see tendrils of pink newly woven through the Emerald City's trademark green landscape, from bunting and confetti to large banners proclaiming Glinda's goodness. It seems the first step of Glinda's reign starts with the aesthetics, though it is surprising that the Wizard would allow it.
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Now Wait Just a Clock Tick!
Wicked's classic Act Two confrontation between Elphaba and Glinda has officially made it to the big screen, with snippets of their verbal sparring and wand-to-wand combat making it into this trailer. When Elphaba calls out Glinda for her hypocrisy, the rose-tinted glasses drop away, leading to a true battle on the yellow brick road. The fight only takes a couple minutes on the stage so we'll be keen to see what kind of fight choreography director Jon M. Chu will have his lead witches engage in.
Oh Elphie, Your Pants!
Elphaba is all suited up for battle in her new warrior costume, where instead of a black gown, Cynthia Erivo wears some truly impressive pants. In an interview with Oscar winning costume designer Paul Tazewell, he exclusively shared that he "loves what Elphaba becomes, in her power look... she's fierce, she's strong, and nothing is going to get in the way of her moving forward." Now how can we mortals get our hands on that precise tailoring?
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Hidden Remembrances
Elphaba's wardrobe garnered a surprising amount of focus throughout this trailer, including a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of Glinda grabbing what appears to be a pair of Elphaba's boots from a hidden corner of her bubblegum pink closet. The shot neatly mirrors a moment from "Popular" in the first film, and it begs the question: Are these a pair of Elphaba's school shoes that Glinda has hidden away for all these years? Or is she hiding evidence of Elphaba's active presence from view inside the Wizard's Palace?
And For the First Time, I Feel...
Gasp! Is that Elphaba and Fiyero?! Yes lovelies, their affair has been revealed to all in this trailer, as the starcrossed duo embrace in the forest, levitating amidst mossy boughs and twinkling fireflies. As director Chu said of Erivo and Jonathan Bailey's rendition of "As Long As You're Mine," "You finally get to feel the ascension that they give each other through the relationship." Indeed. Superman, eat your heart out.
The Wicked Witch of the East
The new trailer gives us our first glimpse of Nessarose in full Wicked Witch of the East mode. We see Nessa floating in the overgrown remnants of her mother's bedchamber. On Nessa's feet? Her mother's silver slippers, glowing a ghostly red (allowing Wicked to honor the silver shoes from the stage show while pointing to the ruby slippers of the 1939 film).
The physically disabled community has had many questions for Chu regarding the scene in the stage show where Nessa suddenly regains her ability to walk. Based on the trailer, it seems Chu has side-stepped the issue altogether in an exciting way (that also smartly references how the Wicked Witch of the East meets her end).
If I Only Had a Heart
Speaking of reveals: Boq's fate as the Tin Man is showcased in this trailer, with his horrified reaction to his transformed visage getting a full beat. And it seems Universal Pictures is not shy about revealing that Boq is the Tin Man; Ethan Slater posted a photo of him in costume on his Instagram. But unseen in the trailer is his enchanter: Who turned him from man to machine? Was it Elphaba or has Nessa learned to read the Grimmerie? Our hearts can't wait for the answer.
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Two Best Friends
Despite Elphaba and Glinda's oppositional alliances throughout much of this film, we still get several glimpses of their unbreakable bond. As "For Good" plays over the back half of the trailer, we see the pair reprise the Oz Dust dance that brought them together in the first film, elbows and all. And there's the moving new line where Elphaba says to Glinda: "Just look at me, not with your eyes, but theirs.” It's sure to make even the most hardened Ozian tear up.
Wicked: For Good will be released in movie theatres November 21.
