There are two Wicked movies planned in the current film adaptation series of the musical.

How many Wicked movies?

  • Universal and director Jon M. Chu officially split the Wicked adaptation into two separate films instead of one long movie.
  • The films are titled Wicked (released 2024) and Wicked: For Good (scheduled for 2025), forming a two-part film series rather than an open-ended franchise.

Why two Wicked movies?

  • Chu and composer Stephen Schwartz have explained that a single film could not include all the songs and story beats without heavy cuts that would hurt the narrative.
  • They specifically noted that the stage show’s Act I ending, “Defying Gravity,” is structured as a major break point, which naturally led to telling the story across two movies.

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