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‘Wicked’ Easter Eggs for Your Second (or Third) Watch

The phenomenon that is Wicked has swept up audiences around the world, and has prompted fans to visit or revisit Gregory Maguire’s book series, which began with Wicked (1995) and The Wizard of Oz (1939). And of course, those two works that inspired the Broadway musical and John M. Chu’s two-part film adaptation were built on the foundations of L. Frank Baum’s seminal 14-book Oz series. Just as Maguire took a revisionist approach to Baum’s work — and Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman did the same to Maguire’s novel with the musical — Chu, Holzman and Dana Fox have updated Wicked once more for the cinema with Wicked and Wicked: For Good, which arrives Nov. 21, 2025, both starring Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West. But along with those updates comes an eye towards the past, and a respect by the filmmakers for the artists who paved the yellow brick road before them.

Here are the Easter eggs to look out for in Wicked — spoilers ahead.

Source: Hollywoodreporter

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