Thank goodness! Universal Pictures has released new looks at Wicked: For Good, including newly released character posters of Erivo as Elphaba and Grande as Glinda below.
Wicked: For Good, set to be released November 21, is the sequel to the Wicked film, which was released last year (and earned costume designer Paul Tazewell an Academy Award). Both films are adaptations of the long-running Wicked musical on Broadway. The screen adaptation, which includes new songs by Stephen Schwartz, is helmed by In the Heights screen director Jon M. Chu. Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman penned the screenplay with Dana Fox.
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Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz, debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at the Gershwin Theatre. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. The musical is now the fourth longest-running production in Broadway history.
Reprising their Wicked: Part One roles are Grande as Glinda, Erivo as Elphaba, West End Company Olivier winner and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, SpongeBob SquarePants star Ethan Slater as Boq, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, and newcomer Marissa Bode as Nessarose, the first wheelchair-using actor in the musical's history to take on the role.
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Wicked: For Good also features Emmy nominee Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James as Glinda’s fawning assistants/childhood friends, Pfannee and ShenShen. BAFTA and Grammy nominee Sharon D. Clarke (Caroline, or Change) will also return as the voice of Elphaba’s childhood nanny, Dulcibear. See images from Wicked: For Good in the gallery below.
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jon M. Chu
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jon M. Chu on set of Wicked For Good
Jeff Goldblum in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande and company of Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Jeff Goldblum and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Michelle Yeoh and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, and Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jeff Goldblum in Wicked For Good
Jeff Goldblum in Wicked For Good
Michelle Yeoh in Wicked For Good
Jon M. Chu and Cynthia Erivo on set of Wicked For Good
Jonathan Bailey in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey in Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande, Jon M. Chu, and Cynthia Erivo on set for Wicked For Good
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
