Wicked: For Good is a sequel Universal two-part film adaptation of the celebrated stage musical Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu. This 2025 film adapts Act II of the Broadway show, following the adventures of Elphaba and Glinda as they become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good, respectively.Besides sticking to the plot of the musical, the movie features new scenes, additional character viewpoints, and extended story elements that make the film differ from its theatrical counterpart.Working together with the director on the screenplay, Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, the team behind Wicked: For Good, including Chu, decided to make the film a fresh look at the original text. There are more characters, more places, and more things happening in Oz to reveal the political and social dynamics.Wicked: For Good differs from the musical by adding new scenes, expanded character arcs, and altered plot elements such as Elphaba giving Nessarose the ability to fly, Glinda joining Wonderful, and a fuller depiction of Oz’s politics, while keeping the story focused on Elphaba and Glinda.What is the difference between Wicked: For Good and the musical? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostWicked: For Good doesn't have the same opening as the stage production. In the musical, Glinda sings Thank Goodness as the first number of Act II, whereas the film starts with a one-year time leap, showing the Animals working in harsh conditions due to the Wizard’s new rules and Elphaba destroying building sites. Here, the political conflict is set up much earlier than in the musical.One of the major new scenes depicts Animals trying to get out of Oz and thus showing the far-reaching consequences of the Wizard’s oppressive laws. Elphaba performs a new number titled No Place Like Home and tries to convince them to stay, which she doesn't do in the stage version.Another major point of departure is the point where Elphaba’s charm enables Nessarose to fly instead of gaining the ability to walk. It indicates a shift in the way the character is interpreted in the film, in particular, with the fact that Marissa Bode, who is in a wheelchair off-camera, plays the character.Additionally, the Wonderful segment in Wicked: For Good is altered as well, with the Wizard and Glinda jointly singing it instead of the Wizard performing a solo. Having Glinda involved in the song reframes the point where it is revealed that she is more deeply involved with the Wizard’s story.Moreover, the film adjusts the point at which Glinda and Fiyero start dating as well as the time of their engagement. In the musical, they are already engaged when Fiyero leaves with Elphaba.Their wedding being interrupted in the movie happens when Elphaba finds caged Animals underneath the Emerald City, which she then escalates the confrontation.While playing the role of Dorothy in the film version of Wicked: For Good is Bethany Weaver, the character's face is never shown.This decision keeps the story's emphasis on Elphaba and Glinda, thus being in line with the director's and producer's quoted ideology: "It's about the girls".Glinda is given a new song, Girl in the Bubble, by means of which she can contemplate whether or not to take a political stand. This plot point broadens her musical arc by revealing her fighting side more clearly.In the end, the movie presents a new image: the Grimmerie quietly opening next to Glinda as its final shot. This particular scene was made only for Wicked: For Good and is not there in the stage musical, indicating that Glinda's relationship with magic has changed and inviting the viewers to interpret it as they ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌wish.Read More: Robert Eggers’ Werwulf cast & characters: Meet the stars behind the film and the roles they playMore details on Wicked: For Good exploredWicked: For Good (Image Via Universal Pictures)Wicked: For Good is the second part of the story that was figured out in the 2024 first installment. Besides the characters made up of the cast, the main characters are played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively.Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Ethan Slater as Boq, and Bowen Yang as Pfannee are among the supporting characters that the rest of the cast.Elphaba traveling the road of exposing the wicked governance of the Wizard, saving the last animals, and dealing with the fear that people have of her, which is growing, is the main focus of the movie. Simultaneously, Glinda is getting deeper and deeper involved with the political system of the Emerald City, and then she makes the decision to go against the administration that she was part of.Filming for Wicked: For Good was underway in December 2022 and was interrupted by a strike, and then filming wrapped up in January 2024. The split of the two films was done board on the adaptation to save the content that is mostly heavily cut or dropped from a stage-to-screen musical.The plot of Wicked: For Good has Elphaba depicted as tearing down the cages to free the animals in the Emerald City.The transformation of Boq into the Tin Man and Fiyero into the Scarecrow, and the production of Elphaba’s fake death are the other parts of the story. At the end of the day, it is Glinda who ejects the Wizard, supervises the arrest of Madame Morrible, and becomes the new leader of Oz.Read More: German actor Udo Kier, starred in Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein, passes away at 81Wicked: For Good was released on November 21, 2025.