‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu Defends ‘For Good’ Sequel Title: ‘Who Wants a Movie Called “Wicked: Part Two”?’

variety.com:

Michaela Zee “Wicked: Part Two’s” official title, “Wicked: For Good,” prompted some mixed reactions online when it was first revealed in December.

Director Jon M. Chu, however, believes the title of the second installment has certainly been changed for the better. “Who wants a movie called ‘Wicked: Part Two’?” Chu told Variety on the National Board of Review Awards gala carpet on Tuesday night in New York City. “On the script, it always said, ‘For Good,’ and so it was just a point of like, ‘Do we really want to call this “Part Two”?’ And nobody wants that.” The title is a reference to the penultimate song of the hit Broadway musical, in which Elphaba (played by Cynthia Erivo in the film adaptation) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) sing about how their relationship has impacted their lives.

Chu noted that no other film titles were under consideration. “I mean, that’s the destination. ‘For Good,’ we know, is like, ‘Where are we going with this movie?

Let’s finish this thing,'” he explained. Chu accepted the award for best director at the National Board of Review Awards gala, where he, along with “Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh and Ethan Slater, as well as producers Marc Platt and David Nicksay, also garnered the best film accolade.