When Ariana Grande,Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu took the stage in Las Vegas last April to tease “Wicked” months before its theatrical release, there was cautious optimism that the long-anticipated film would be a hit.

Universal closed out its CinemaCon with an emotional first look at Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande onstage.

The upcoming slates of Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Paramount, Universal/Focus, Disney, Angel Studios, and Neon took center stage at CinemaCon 2025, with exciting highlights of their future film releases.

Unlike the first film, which was very much based in horror, M3GAN 2.0 takes a wackier approach as the killer robot fights another android called Amelia, played by Ivanna Sakhno. In the genius words of the film itself, it’s “this b***h” vs. “that b***h.”

Now Elphaba and Glinda themselves, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, are back at CinemaCon with “Wicked: For Good,” director Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the second act of the legendary musical that tells the story behind the Wicked Witch of the West.

The second installment of Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the hit Broadway musical is slated to hit theaters in November.

She’s off to see the wizard. Universal closed its blockbuster CinemaCon panel on Wednesday with the world premiere of the first trailer for Wicked: For Good. The sequel picks up some time after the events of the first film,

At CinemaCon, once split over theatrical windows and the siren song of streaming, Hollywood studios finally seem convinced that they need a solid theatrical business.