Overview

• Universal opened ticket sales and released a new spot featuring first public snippets of Stephen Schwartz originals No Place Like Home (Cynthia Erivo) and The Girl in the Bubble (Ariana Grande).
• Fandango says the film is its best first-day pre-seller of 2025, a top-10 first-day title all-time, and the platform’s biggest PG first-day preseller, per EVP Jerramy Hainline.
• Additional teasers highlight signature numbers like No Good Deed, with tickets available across premium formats including IMAX, Dolby, 3D and 4DX, plus soundtrack pre-orders for release day.
• Director Jon M. Chu previewed a new clip at the BFI London Film Festival and said Tin Man and Scarecrow were achieved with practical make-up rather than digital effects.
• A November press tour will stage premiere events in São Paulo, Paris, London, Singapore and New York ahead of the Nov. 21 wide theatrical release.