Wicked (2024) first announced it would be split into two films in April 2022, with composer Stephen Schwartz explaining: "The truth is we tried for some time to make it one movie (which) required us to cut or omit things we wanted to include that we believe fans of the show and story will appreciate." He added, "We found it very difficult to get past 'Defying Gravity' without a break. That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and any scene that follows it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic."
The first trailer received 113 million online views within the first 24 hours.
Fiyero's eyes change color when he sings that he's seeing Elphaba "through different eyes."
"Our Wizard Lies" message written in the sky is likely a reference to the Wicked Witch skywriting "Surrender Dorothy" as a threatening message in The Wizard of Oz (1939)).