EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Bailey might be missing from NBC’s upcoming broadcast special Wicked: One Wonderful Night, but, luckily, Fiyero is not. In fact, more than one of Bailey’s Wicked co-stars was ready to take over the role in his absence. A clip from the upcoming musical event, which Deadline…

Ariana Grande was forced to cancel her appearance at Brazil’s world premiere of Wicked: For Good due to flight delays. Grande, who is reprising her role as Glinda in the sequel, was due to be in Sao Paulo on Tuesday for the sequel’s screening, but due to flight delays for maintenance issues…

Universal’s Wicked: For Good, the sequel to its two-time Oscar-winning Wicked, is looking to deliver a miracle that exhibitors will be thankful for with a similar opening to last year’s first chapter in the $112 million-$115 million range. Wicked: For Good opens on November 21. The Jon M…

Whether you prefer Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939) or Fairuza Balk in Return to Oz (1985), the Wicked franchise won’t be associating Dorothy with a new actress anytime soon. Ahead of the Nov. 21 premiere of Wicked: For Good, director Jon M. Chu recently clarified that the second part of…

EXCLUSIVE: Can you believe it’s that time of year again? Halloween is just two days away and we’re already looking ahead to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. NBC has unveiled its lineup of new and returning specials and classic holiday programming, including specials such as Macy’s Thanksgiving…

NBC has shared the first glimpse at its upcoming broadcast special Wicked: One Wonderful Night. Ahead of the theatrical release of Wicked: For Good, the network transformed the iconic Dolby Theatre for the musical event that features swankified performances from the cast of the films including…

Colman Domingo has been tapped to voice The Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good, Deadline has learned. The news was announced on the social channels of both the film and Domingo on Monday morning. In Jon Chu’s second of two Wicked films, based on Tony-winning Broadway musical, the Gregory Maguire…

EXCLUSIVE:  Jon M. Chu says he "tweaked and tweaked" Wicked: For Good, the second part of his breathtaking movie musical about Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West who fled Oz, and Glinda the Good who remained. Getting the film to gleam involved bringing back stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande to…

As the concluding chapter of Wicked‘s big-screen adaptation approaches, Marissa Bode is opening up about how the movie does away with an ableist plot point. The actress and wheelchair user, who returns as Nessa in Wicked: For Good when it premieres Nov. 21 in theaters, recently explained that…

Wicked: For Good will feature new original songs for Ariana Grande's Glinda and Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba, which will expand their stories beyond their original stage play narratives, director Jon M. Chu said this morning during a session at Deadline's Contenders London.  Speaking with Deadline's…

For some studios it’s wicked hard to make money off of the big-screen adaptations of Broadway musicals — but not Universal. Their Jon M. Chu second-parter Wicked: For Good just became Fandango’s best first-day ticket pre-seller of 2025, surpassing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,&nbsp…

As 2025 reaches its final quarter, there are still many book adaptations in film form coming to theaters and streamers Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic novel, March…