First “Wicked: For Good” Trailer Shows Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s Witches in Heart-Wrenching Final Chapter

At long last, we have the first footage from director Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good, the second part of his two-part adaptation of the juggernaut Broadway musical, which itself was based on Gregory Maguire’s best-selling novel. This is our first glimpse at the sequel after Chu and his stars, Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, and Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda, took to the stage at the Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace to unveil the footage at CinemaCon this past April.

The first look at part two doesn’t disappoint, with Elphaba arriving at Glinda’s doorstep to make clear the contours of the world they’re living in—“This is between us,” Elphaba says, “the Wizard and I.” We’re then given a look at Michelle Yeoh’s Madame Morrible, promising that “the Wicked Witch can’t elude us forever,” and guarantees a swift end to Elphaba’s freedom, promising that Prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) and his squadron will track her down.

Wicked: For Good will span the events of the musical’s second act, which tracks Elphaba and Glinda’s friendship facing the ultimate test as they come to terms with their new identities—the Wicked Witch of the West for Elphaba, and Glinda the Good Witch of the North. It also covers Dorothy’s arrival in Oz from Kansas.

The official trailer is bursting with feeling and song, as Elphaba and Glinda begin their epic journey toward becoming the characters we thought we knew in The Wizard of Oz. “You’re the only friend I’ve ever had,” Elphaba says to Glinda toward the end of the thrilling trailer. “And I’ve had so many friends,” Glinda quips, but when the two clasp hands, she says, “but only one that mattered.”

The scripts for both Wicked films come from Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. Erivo, Grande, Yeoh, and Bailey are joined by Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz, Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman, Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp, and Bowen Yang as Pfannee.

Wicked was a massive critical and commercial smash, earning 10 Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Actress for Erivo, Best Supporting Actress for Grande, as well as noms for production design, editing, makeup and hairstyling, costume design, original score, sound, and visual effects. Costume designer Paul Tazewell won his category, becoming the first Black man to win it, and production designer Nathan Crowley won his.

Check out the trailer here. Wicked: For Good flies into theaters on November 21.

Featured image: L to R: Ariana Grande is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in WICKED FOR GOOD, directed by Jon M. Chu.