Ariana Grande on How It Was Director Jon M. Chu’s Destiny to Make Wicked: For Good: ‘No One Could…’



National,
4th
November,
2025
:

The
magic
of
Oz
is
officially
bigger,
bolder,
and
more
emotional
than
ever
before.
From
the
visionary
director
Jon
M.
Chu
and
producer
Marc
Platt
,
comes
the
much-awaited
conclusion
to
one
of
cinema’s
most
beloved
musical
sagas

Wicked:
For
Good
.
Starring
Academy
Award®-nominated
powerhouses
Cynthia
Erivo
and
Ariana
Grande
,
Universal
Pictures
India
(Distributed
by
Warner
Bros.
Discovery)
presents
the
highly
anticipated
finale,
soaring
into
cinemas
21st
November,
2025
.

Elphaba
(
Erivo
),
now
painted
as
The
Wicked
Witch
of
the
West,
hides
in
the
Ozian
forest
while
fighting
for
the
freedom
of
Oz’s
silenced
Animals
and
trying
to
expose
the
truth
about
The
Wizard
(
Jeff
Goldblum
).
Glinda
(
Grande
),
meanwhile,
has
become
the
glamorous
symbol
of
Goodness,
living
at
the
palace
in
Emerald
City
under
the
instruction
of
Madame
Morrible
(
Michelle
Yeoh
).
As
she
prepares
to
marry
Prince
Fiyero
(
Jonathan
Bailey
),
she
is
haunted
by
her
separation
from
Elphaba.
As
an
angry
mob
rises
against
the
Wicked
Witch,
Glinda
and
Elphaba
must
come
together
one
final
time

discovering
that
true
magic
lies
in
empathy,
honesty,
and
friendship.

“It
was
clear
when
we
separated
the
two
movies
that
Wicked:
For
Good
needed
some
additional
elements
to
fully
tell
the
story
of
these
two
women
and
their
struggle
to
come
back
together,”
says
Chu
on
what
the
entire
emotional
arc
of
the
first
film
was
building
toward.
“Because
now,
the
world
is
wedged
between
their
friendship
and
that
is
a
much
harder
mechanism
to
fight
through
than
just
cultural
or
personality
differences.
Now
there
is
literal
structure
and
government
between
them.
Deep
down,
we
knew
that
Wicked:
For
Good
was
always
going
to
be
the
bigger
story.
The
kids
we
fell
in
love
with
in
the
first
film
now
have
to
grow
up,
and
they
have
to
make
choices
that
will
last
a
lifetime.
This
isn’t
school
anymore.”

“Jon
Chu
is
the
most
empathetic,
intentional,
brilliant
and
thoughtful
human
being
with
an
innate
understanding
of
the
human
experience,”
notes
Ariana
Grande
.
“He
has
taken
such
care
of
Oz,
and
he
has
protected
these
characters
and
showcased
the
humanness
in
all
of
them.
He
answers
the
question
‘are
people
born
wicked
or
do
they
have
wickedness
thrust
upon
them’ a
handful
of
times
for
us
with
this
film.
Decisions
that
might
seem
wicked
on
paper
become
understandable
because
of
how
he
frames
them
with
an
empathetic
lens
and
takes
the
time
to
tell
you
where
these
characters
are
coming
from,
showcasing
that
most
perpetrators
once
were
victims
themselves.
His
heart
and
character
are
woven
through
every
stitch
of
these
films.
Shooting
two
movies
at
once
meant
constant
shifts
in
tone
and
spontaneous
changes
to
the
schedule,
but
he
never
blinked.
No
one
could
have
told
this
story
better
than
Jon.
It
was
absolutely
his
destiny
to
make
these
films.”

Experience
the
magic,
the
music
and
the
friendship

for
good.
Wicked:
For
Good
opens
in
cinemas
21st
November,
2025!


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