Wicked (2024 film)

Wicked
Wicked
	Teaser poster
Directed by	Jon M. Chu
Screenplay by	Winnie Holzman
Based on	Wicked; by Stephen Schwartz; Winnie Holzman; ; Wicked; by Gregory Maguire; Characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; by L. Frank Baum;
Produced by	Marc Platt; David Stone;
Starring	Cynthia Erivo; Ariana Grande; Michelle Yeoh; Jeff Goldblum; Jonathan Bailey; Ethan Slater; Marissa Bode; Bowen Yang; Bronwyn James; Keala Settle; Peter Dinklage;
Cinematography	Alice Brooks
Edited by	Myron Kerstein
Music by	Stephen Schwartz
Production; company	Marc Platt Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 27, 2024;
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$145 million

Wicked (also known as Wicked: Part One) is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman. It is the first of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which in turn was based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire and characters from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode (in her film debut), Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle, and Peter Dinklage in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz, largely before Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, the plot follows green-skinned Elphaba and her path to ultimately becoming the Wicked Witch of the West, alongside an unlikely friendship and later rivalry with a classmate who later becomes Glinda the Good.^[1]

Universal Pictures announced the adaptation in 2012 with Marc Platt as a producer. After a long development and multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in their respective roles in 2021. Principal photography began in December 2022 in England, paused in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, eventually resuming then concluding in January 2024.

Theatrical release in the United States is scheduled for November 27, 2024, with Wicked: Part Two slated for November 26, 2025.