Wicked: For Good release date, cast, story, and everything else you need to know about Wicked Part 2

Wicked Part 2 has arrived, and it'll certainly have the whole theater bawling. This thrillifying sequel returns us to Oz with Elphaba, Glinda, and the rest of the crew to conclude the story that began in last year's Wicked Part One.

Below, we've got everything you need to know about the sequel, from the plot to the cast and the reviews. That means you can get up to speed on Wicked: For Good at a glance. This movie adapts Act Two of the Broadway show, but, like its predecessor, it makes a few changes – see our guide to the biggest changes Wicked: For Good makes to the Broadway show.

This was one of the most highly anticipated upcoming movies of 2025, so it's well worth getting up to date. So, for all you need to know, keep it right here for a trip down the yellow brick road. You can also check out our guide to the Wicked: For Good ending explained for a detailed breakdown of the ending.

Wicked Part 2 release date

Wicked Part 2 was released on November 21, 2025. That's almost exactly a year after the first movie released on November 22, 2024.

Wicked Part 2 trailer

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The final trailer for Wicked: For Good arrived in September. It gave absolutely nothing away about the two new songs, but it did let us hear 'No Good Deed' and 'For Good.' It also teased the arrival of Dorothy Gale, along with Elphaba and Glinda's reunion, a rainbow-themed musical number with the Wizard of Oz, and plenty more besides. Check it out above.

The first trailer for Wicked: For Good, meanwhile, arrived in June 2025. That one also includes snippets of 'For Good' and 'No Good Deed.'

A handful of clips were also released on the official YouTube channel for the movie, including a snippet of 'Thank Goodness' and a young Glinda, as well as Elphaba, the Wizard, and Glinda performing 'Wonderful.'

Wicked Part 2 cast

The Wicked Part 2 cast saw the return of all the major players from Part 1. The full Wicked Part 2 cast:

• Cynthia Erivo – Elphaba
• Ariana Grande – Glinda
• Jonathan Bailey – Fiyero
• Jeff Goldblum – the Wizard of Oz
• Michelle Yeoh – Madame Morrible
• Marissa Bode – Nessarose
• Ethan Slater – Boq
• Peter Dinklage – Doctor Dillamond
• Colman Domingo – Lion
• Bethany Weaver – Dorothy

Wicked Part 2 plot

The Wicked Part 2 plot will be familiar to fans of the Broadway musical, since it's an adaptation of Act 2. It starts with Glinda and Fiyero engaged, while Elphaba continues her attempts to help the animals from the shadows.

However, Glinda tries to bring Elphaba back into the fold with the Wizard of Oz. When Elphaba discovers the Wizard is still keeping animals captive, she sets them all free, which interrupts Glinda and Fiyero's wedding. Fiyero leaves Glinda for Elphaba and the duo run away together, which prompts a heartbroken Glinda to tell Madame Morrible and the Wizard that the best way to lure Elphaba out of hiding is to threaten her sister.

Morrible and the Wizard decide to hurt Nessarose for real, though, and Morrible summons a twister that drops a house on Nessarose... which you might remember from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy Gale also arrives with the house and nabs Nessa's shoes, before setting off down the yellow brick road. We never see her face, however. "I didn't want to step on who you think Dorothy is in whatever story that you came into this with," said director Jon M. Chu in an interview with People. "[This] is still Elphaba and Glinda's journey, and she is a pawn in the middle of all of it."

Elphaba and Glinda clash when Elphaba comes to pay respects to her sister. Fiyero saves Elphaba, who manages to escape, but Fiyero is taken captive. Elphaba performs an incantation to save Fiyero, which transforms him into the Scarecrow; Boq became the Tin Man earlier in the film after Nessarose performed a spell on him that began to shrank his heart, and Elphaba had to intervene to save him. The Cowardly Lion, meanwhile, is the lion cub Elphaba and Fiyero saved back in Part One.

Elphaba kidnaps Dorothy to try and get her sister's shoes back. Glinda runs to speak with her, which is when Elphaba tells Glinda she has to stay in Oz and rule it for the better. Elphaba and Glinda bid each other a tearful goodbye in the song 'For Good,' then Glinda watches Elphaba melt after Dorothy throws a bucket of water over her.

Glinda returns to the Emerald City and reveals the truth to the Wizard: Elphaba was his daughter all along. She figures this out after Elphaba leaves behind a green bottle, the same kind Glinda has seen the Wizard drink from. Glinda pushes the Wizard to leave Oz in his hot air balloon and she gets Morrible arrested. She then tells her story to the Munchkins, as we saw in Part One.

It turns out, however, that Elphaba actually planned to be melted and survived the water: Fiyero, now the Scarecrow, comes to get her and they leave together for the land beyond Oz. Elphaba says Glinda can never know they survived. Glinda, meanwhile, discovers that the Grimmerie opens for her, meaning she does have magic after all.

Wicked Part 2 reviews

The Wicked Part 2 reviews weren't quite as kind to the movie as they were to its predecessor. The sequel currently stands at a 70% on Rotten Tomatoes. Our own Wicked: For Good review awards the film four stars, with our verdict reading: "A darker and sadder Part 2 brings the story of Oz's witches to a moving close and cements Jon M. Chu's adaptation of Wicked as an absolute triumph. But, For Good suffers slightly from thinner source material and weak new songs."

First reactions to the sequel called it "heartbreakingly tender" and "emotionally timely."

That's a wrap on everything we know about Wicked Part 2. For more, check out our guide to all the most exciting movie release dates of the year to plan your theater trips, or see our roundup of the best witch movies.