‘Wicked’ Sets Part 2 Release Date for 2025, Shares Sneak Peek Spotlighting Ariana Grande as Glinda
With just a couple of months left to go until the first of two Wicked films, Universal Pictures has confirmed when the series will end for good.
On Thursday (Sept. 12), it was revealed in a post on social media that Part 2 will hit theaters almost exactly a year after Part 1 — just one day shy of a perfect 12 months — with the second installment premiering Nov. 21, 2025. After originally being set for a Thanksgiving theatrical release, the first Wicked was moved up to a Nov. 22, 2024, release over the summer.
One day prior to the announcement, Wicked also released a sneak peek dedicated to Ariana Grande‘s performance as Glinda, whom the pop superstar portrays opposite Cynthia Erivo. In the 30-second teaser, fans are treated to previously unseen clips of the pink-obsessed Good Witch hilariously checking out her own reflection, riding to Munchkinland in her flying bubble and flirting with Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero.
“Are you looking for something?” she says while making doe eyes at the Bridgerton star, performing an over-the-top hair toss. “Or … someone?”
Paired with extended snippets of Grande singing “Popular” — Glinda’s signature song in the Stephen Schwartz Broadway musical on which the films are based — the preview also features new clips of the R.E.M. Beauty founder bonding with Erivo’s character, whom she tells it’s her “heart’s desire to become a sorceress.”
Plus, at the very end, fans get to see Grande deliver one of Glinda’s most iconic lines: “It’s good to see me, isn’t it?” she says, addressing citizens of Oz.
Watch the new Wicked teaser above, and check out the Part 2 premiere announcement below.
Hannah Dailey
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