Overview
- Universal marketing chief Michael Moses told Vulture that “things are underway” to continue the Wicked universe, with the format still undecided.
- Composer Stephen Schwartz said he and writer Winnie Holzman are developing an adjunct idea rather than a direct sequel to the Elphaba–Glinda arc.
- Wicked: For Good set new marks for a Broadway adaptation with about $147 million domestic on opening and roughly $223 million worldwide.
- Author Gregory Maguire confirmed a Glinda prequel novel, Galinda: A Charmed Childhood, scheduled for September 29, 2026, drawing fan calls for Ariana Grande to narrate the audiobook.
- Recent reporting highlighted newcomer Bethany Weaver’s brief, face-obscured turn as Dorothy and Jon M. Chu’s choice to keep the film’s final shot out of studio marketing.