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\n\tAfter more than two decades as one of Broadway fans\u2019 most beloved musicals, Wicked <\/em>finally got the live-action film treatment last year \u2014 but the journey down the Yellow Brick Road is only halfway complete.<\/p>\n \n\tStarring Cynthia Erivo<\/a> and Ariana Grande<\/a> as the project\u2019s iconic leading ladies \u2014 Elphaba and Glinda, respectfully \u2014 Jon M. Chu\u2019s Wicked <\/em>Part 1 finally hit theaters after about three years of production and promotional buildup on Nov. 22, 2024, bringing in historic box-office numbers and becoming the top-grossing film <\/a>based on a Broadway musical on record. Its soundtrack of fresh takes on Stephen Schwartz\u2019s original 2003 stage score debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200<\/a>, the highest-ever opening<\/a> for a stage-to-screen adaptation.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter seeing the first installment, however, fans were immediately impatient for more. Still half of the <\/em>Ozian tale \u2014 inspired by Gregory Maguire\u2019s Wicked <\/em>novel about the origin stories of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good \u2014 remained to be told in Part 2, which Universal Pictures announced in December 2024 would officially be titled <\/a>Wicked: For Good<\/em>. Luckily, the sequel is poised to be well worth the wait; when Chu first announced<\/a> that the adaptation would be split into two parts in April 2022, the director wrote on X, \u201cWith more space, we can tell the story of Wicked as it was meant to be told while bringing even more depth and surprise to the journeys of these beloved characters.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThough much of Part 2 <\/em>has been kept under wraps, Universal Pictures and Chu \u2014 as well as Grande, Erivo and Schwartz \u2014 have divulged a handful of precious details about the finale for fans to pore over as they wait for premiere day. From its release date to additions to the soundtrack, keep reading to see everything Billboard <\/em>knows about Wicked: For Good<\/em>.<\/p>\n