As director Jon M. Chu continues to work on the two Wicked movies – since the novel/stage reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue 's story will split across a two-part release, he's adding to the cast. Jeff Goldblum is the latest recruit.###Goldblum will play The Wizard who (spoiler alert if you possess’own’nurse n’t seen the stage reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue , read the reserve or seen 1947's The Wizard Of Oz is revealed to be Oscar Zoroaster Diggs, a intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully human conman who uses trickery and machinery to rule the city of Oz and control individual .###Wicked, which turned Gregory Maguire's prequel novel with regards to’concerning’with respect to witches Glinda and Elphaba into a smash on Broadway and beyond, has stage musical veterans Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz on script and song duty.###Ariana Grande is Galinda/Glinda the rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent witch, whose popularity leads to power and a face off against Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the green-hued loner witch who is shunned by her classmates but fights in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the rights of others bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e being framed and hunted as the Wicked Witch.###With Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey as college party animal Fiyero, Wicked will arrive in its two parts in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Christmas 2024 and 2025.###Want to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure the most from Empire? Sign up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Empire Membership!###Get exclusive content, new member-merely’barely rewards, access to the latest issue of the magazine plus our back-issue archive, and much more.