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The original release date for the first \"Wicked\" movie was set for December 2024. The second installment is still slated for a Christmas 2025 release.

Along with Erivo and Grande, the movies will also star Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, recent Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible and Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero.

The movies are based on the 2003 Wicked Broadway musical, which originally starred Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively. The musical was based on the 1995 novel \"Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West\" by Gregory Maguire.

The decision to split the theatrical adaptation into two parts could mean more elements from the book will be included in the movies.

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