Here's Why 'Wicked' Is Being Split Into Two Movies, According to Musical's Composer

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Stephen Schwartz, the composer behind the fan-favorite musical Wicked, is revealing why the film has been split into two parts.

If you missed the news, the film, starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, will be a two-part movie.

The first part will be released in theaters on November 27, 2024 with Part Two following on November 26, 2025. Head inside to find out… Stephen revealed the reason why the Jon M.

Chu film will be made into two parts, despite it obviously being a one-part show that has played on Broadway for over a decade. “We found it very difficult to get past ‘Defying Gravity’ without a break,” he once told fan newsletter The Schwartz Scene. “That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and whatever scene to follow it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic.” “The truth is we tried for some time to make it one movie, even if it had to be one very long movie,” he added. “But we kept running into two problems.