Wicked‘s reported runtime is a major green flag, signaling how the movie adaptation can take the core ingredients from Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and conjure up something even more magical. Given the mammoth success of the stage show, news of an upcoming Wicked movie adaptation was hardly a surprise when reports surfaced in the early 2010s. Wholly more surprisingly was the subsequent update that Wicked would be split into two distinct parts, the first releasing in November 2024 and the continuation following a year later.