The release date for Wicked Part Two has been revealed as November 21, 2025.
The sequel to the blockbuster film will come out one day less than a full year after the first starring Cythia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
The release date was confirmed by the official Wicked Movie X account.
The two-part feature is adapted from the long-running and much-loved Broadway and West End musical.
Early reviews from cinema goers have been positive, with many saying the film brought them to tears and they will ‘never be the same’.
Taking to X, fans said of the film: ‘I was sobbing’… ‘I will never get over these two [Cynthia and Ariana]’.
The release date for Wicked Part Two has been revealed as November 21, 2025
The sequel to the blockbuster film will come out one day less than a full year after the first starring Cythia Erivo and Ariana Grande
‘This broke me!’… ‘I will never be the same’… ‘This had me tearing up, they ate this so bad, I want pat 2 NOW’… ‘I cried’.
Meanwhile, reviews have already poured in from critics as they, for the most part, praise the leading stars’ performances.
Yet while some reviews have branded the film a ‘fabulous spectacle’ others have declared: ‘it doesn’t come close to defying gravity’.
The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described it as a ‘sugar-rush fantasy with the overpowering star presence of Cynthia Erivo; it basically dunks you face-down in a hyperreal ball pit of M&Ms for two and three-quarter hours.’
Praising Cynthia’s performance he added: ‘Erivo’s charismatic Elphaba exerting a planetary pull over a star-studded cast’.
The Daily Mail’s Brian Viner writes: ‘It’s a fabulous spectacle, which demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible.’
A huge fan of the casting choice he added: ‘Erivo and Grande are both pitch-perfect and altogether sensational.
‘I confess to finding Wicked’s songs a little repetitive but it’s hard to imagine anyone delivering them better than those two, while Grande has proper comedic flair, which she brings to bear every time Glinda tosses her luxuriant tresses.
The release date was confirmed by the official Wicked Movie X account
Early reviews from cinema goers have been positive, with many saying the film brought them to tears and they will ‘never be the same’
‘Yeoh, Bailey and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard offer splendid support.’
Peter Debruge of Variety praised: ‘Unlike several recent tuners, which tried to hide their musical dimension from audiences, Wicked embraces its identity the way Elphaba does her emerald skin.
‘Turns out such confidence makes all the difference in how they’re perceived.’
Dave Fear of Rolling Stone wrote: ‘When Erivo nails that moment and rides into Oz’s history books on a broomstick, for a split second you feel like there’s no place you’d rather be than riding alongside her. Not even home.’ as he added: ‘Erivo is the one truly defying gravity’
Meanwhile The Independent praised Ariana and Cynthia’s performance, but felt the pair were let down by the actual cinematography of the film.
The film begins at the end, with Glinda (Ariana Grande) announcing to the long-suffering people of Oz the death of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), better known as the fearsome Wicked Witch of the West
The Guardian’ s Peter Bradshaw described it as a ‘sugar-rush fantasy with the overpowering star presence of Cynthia Erivo’
Likening the way it was shot to a TV advert, Clarisse Loughrey wrote: ‘Wicked is shot and lit like we’re being sold an Airbnb in Mykonos’.
Admitting that Cynthia ‘nails those notorious high notes on Defying Gravity’ Clarisse also wrote that despite its length and only being part one of the story, the film doesn’t feel dragged.
However she concludes: ‘Wicked will need to dream bigger and brighter, otherwise it may just fade completely under the spell of a classic.’
The Telegraph gave the movie a scathing review as they claimed that the film’s leading actresses ‘don’t come close to defying gravity in this bloated, beige screen adaptation of the Wizard of Oz prequel’.
Robbie Collin writes that the ‘casting of the leads feels off’ as he describes Cynthia as playing the role with a ‘wet-eyed severity that lends a grim medicinal quality to the film’s more emotional passages.’
Meanwhile he concludes that while Ariana’s voice fits ‘she also lacks the manic stage-school brittleness the role demands, and the sense you’re primarily watching a pop star having fun while broadening her CV never dissipates.’
Nicholas Barber at the BBC also gave a rather negative review as he penned: ‘This ‘drawn-out’ and ‘self-important’ film proves the musical didn’t need to be split into two parts’.
Despite giving credit to Ariana and Cynthia’s performances, he added: ‘The film ends with a song called Defying Gravity, so it’s only fair to say that that’s precisely what Wicked doesn’t manage to achieve’.
