"For more than four years, "Wicked" director Jon M. Chu has lived every waking hour inside the land of Oz. He shot 2024's critical and box-office success "Wicked" simultaneously with its sequel, "Wicked: For Good," which cultivates a cinematic conclusion he hopes will live up to the beloved Broadway musical it's based on. Crafting that conclusion required a delicate balancing act between adapting Act II of the Broadway musical and adding additional flourishes like new songs and character-building flashbacks to round out the story."
"I'm a big fan of "Batman," the Tim Burton version, so I love a cold open. I also wanted to show that the Yellow Brick Road that we think of that's so iconic actually had to be built by somebody, or some animals. That it was not just this pristine idea. That the building of it was poisoned, and that Elphaba was this badass who, on her own, had this mission to free the animals and expose the truth."
Jon M. Chu spent more than four years immersed in Oz and shot Wicked and its sequel Wicked: For Good simultaneously. He balanced faithfully adapting Act II of the Broadway musical with new songs, flashbacks, and cinematic flourishes to deepen character arcs. Wicked: For Good follows Elphaba as she seeks to expose the Wizard while Glinda navigates fame versus friendship, culminating in a silhouette-like emergence of Dorothy. Chu added a cold-open sequence showing animals building the Yellow Brick Road and Elphaba freeing them to establish her as a resolute protector. Rehearsal discoveries and targeted directing shaped dramatic moments and Ariana Grande's lauded performance.
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