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Does Wicked have a post-credits scene?

Is there a post-credit scene after Wicked?

It’s time to head back to Oz for the film adaptation of the Broadway hit Wicked.

The long-awaited film is now playing in theaters, leaving fans of the musical and Wizard of Oz lore in general excited to see Elphaba and Glinda’s origin story on the big screen.

However, should you hang out during the credits to see if there’s one last scene before the lights come up?

Not this time around. While there is technically a post-credit movie waiting for you next November when the second half of Wicked hits theaters, there is not any extra scene at the end of this first installment.

If you want to stick around and hear the end credits music, that’s fine and dandy. Just don’t expect a tease for the second film or an extra scene.

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For the love of Oz, please do not sing the Wicked songs when you go see the movie

You will not be popular if you sing Wicked songs during the movie.

Something Wicked this way…sings?

Rather than just recline in the comfy theater seat, eat some Goobers and soak in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked, The New York Times reports that some Wicked fans are treating early screenings of the film as their personal sing-along space.

Oh yes. People are going to a movie theater, a place where thousands of public announcement videos have aired before movies to encourage you to please just shut up for two hours and enjoy the show, and belting out their favorite Wicked songs as if they’re auditioning for a community playhouse.

As much as rampant cell phone use and idle chatter are heinous crimes in the filmgoing space, loudly singing a Broadway tune around other people who have absolutely no desire to hear your voice is a cardinal sin of going to the movies. It is a gross violation of a sacred space. It is just flat-out wrong.

Sure, historically, people have sang songs in theaters in the past. That’s typically reserved for midnight movies like The Rocky Horror Picture Show or specifically designated sing-along screenings.

Hearing a theater major loudly belt “Popular” right next to you while you’re just trying to drink your Diet Coke and enjoy the IMAX movie you paid good money for is like having someone blow cigarette smoke in your face while you’re trying to enjoy a nice steak dinner.

If it’s really that important to you to sing Wicked songs loudly with strangers, Universal will be offering sing-along screenings starting this Christmas. It’s then when you can dress like your favorite Wicked character and sing all the songs you want in a public space with other people without driving the rest of us bonkers.

For the love of Oz, please don’t do it before then. This is going to be one of the most packed houses this holiday season at the movies, and there are a lot of people who just want to hear trained professionals sing the songs. No disrespect, but if you’re getting such an outrageous itch to sing the Wicked songs loudly at the movies, you’re probably not a trained professional.

Just wait until Christmas to open your pipes and sing at the movies. We all pay a good amount for the movie ticket, and we all deserve the decency to enjoy the movie in silence. If you defy that silence and use the movies as your personal audience to sing, you deserve to be splashed with water.

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Do Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth make a Wicked cameo in the movie?

We have the answer.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE WICKED MOVIE! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON’T WANT SOMETHING SPOILED.

Ready?

OK.

The Wicked movie is here and we’re so pumped as we get to watch Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo perform in the highly-anticipated Broadway adaptation.

But if you’re wondering if the original Elphaba and Glinda will appear in the movie? We have an answer about Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.

MORE WICKED: The most stunning photos from the red carpet

Yes, they do appear! They’re in the One Short Day scene, and they sing, at least according to this clip I found:

There you have it.

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Why the Wicked movie only covers Act 1 of Broadway show

Here’s why the highly-anticipated Wicked movie is set to cover just the first half of the story.

Broadway fans have been clamoring for years for a film adaptation of the extremely popular musical Wicked and finally, that dream is set to become a reality on Friday.

Wicked, staring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, tells the story behind The Wizard of Oz before Dorothy Gale’s arrival on the scene. The show, and soon to be movie, follows Elphaba before she becomes the Wicked Witch of the West and her friendship with Glinda the Good Witch during their time at school.

While Wicked the movie may clock in at over two hours and 40 minutes — approximately the same run time as the musical — fans will have to wait until next year for the second part of the story, as the 2024 film will cover just Act 1 of the show. The decision is a controversial one, but was seemingly made so nothing major was cut from the final product.

Plus, according to director Jon M. Chu, trying to follow up the climactic showstopper “Defying Gravity” that ends Act 1 was an exercise in futility.

“The truth is we tried for some time to make it one movie, even if it had to be one very long movie. But we kept running into two problems. The first is that even as a very long single movie, it required us cutting or omitting things that we wanted to include and that we think fans of the show and the story will appreciate.

Secondly, we found it very difficult to get past ‘Defying Gravity’ without a break. That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and whatever scene to follow it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic. So, for these two reasons, plus the excitement of doing something that’s never been done before with a musical, we have decided to do two movies.

Of course, when it’s all done, if it doesn’t work that way, we’ll have to figure something out. But we strongly believe that this is what’s best for our story, our show, and our fans.”

So, now you know!

Seahawks save their season, upset the 49ers 20-17

Seahawks save their season, upset the 49ers 20-17

In honor of the new Wicked movie coming out, let me be the first among the 12th Man to take after the Munchkins and declare “ding dong the witch is dead!” Of course, this is in regards to the Seattle Seahawks finally snapping their six-game losing streak to the San Francisco 49ers. On Sunday, the Seahawks claimed their first win over the Niners since December 5th of the 2021 season with a triumphant 20-17 victory.

It has been an incredibly frustrating two and a half years for Seattle in this rivalry, as San Francisco has had their number for far too long as of late. But in Week 11, the Seahawks finally struck back. This was not just a great moral victory, it may have actually saved Seattle’s season.

As of now, the Seahawks, 49ers and Rams are all tied in the NFC West with identical 5-5 records. The Rams won earlier on Sunday, improving to 5-5, which put extra pressure on Seattle to avoid falling to 4-6 and perhaps watching their playoff hopes fly too far out of reach.

The Seahawks were down only 7-6 at halftime, their most competitive first half against the Niners since the 2022 Wild Card game. Things seemed to be on the verge of spiraling out of control when Geno Smith threw his league-leading 11th interception on third down of Seattle’s opening drive of the third quarter. Thankfully, the Seahawks defense held the Niners to only a field goal.

Actually, Mike Macdonald’s defense was the story of the game for Seattle. Showing incredible improvement in the Rams game from Week 9, the Hawks carried it over in a massive way to Week 11. In the first meeting, the Niners had 358 yards of offense and scored 36 points. On Sunday, they were held to 277 and only 17 points. Actually, it is the first time since December 2018 that Seattle kept the 49ers under 20 points in any game.

The Seahawks’ defense gave their offense, which had struggled all day long, one final opportunity. Trailing 17-13, Geno Smith and Co. had their shot at redemption. Their shot to end this streak and rewrite the narrative on the season. It was a shot they took and landed, as Smith engineered an 11-play, 80 yard drive which was capped off by this 13-yard scramble to the end zone.

Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco are all technically tied, but due to the worst divisional record among the three, the Niners now currently occupy last place in the NFC West. Of course, with these teams all being so tight, anything can happen week to week. But the fact the Seahawks are in the mix and not climbing from the basement is nothing short of a monumental victory in the long run.

So sing loudly, 12’s. The witch is dead. At least, for now.

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Ariana Grande and Jimmy Fallon hilariously re-enacted an infamous The Wizard of Oz meme

“She came down in a bubble, Doug!”

Wicked hits theaters next week, and anticipation is wildly high for Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of the popular (see what we did there?) musical. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo lead a star-studded cast that includes the likes of Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum.

Grande joined late night host Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on Thursday night, and the duo decided to recreate an absolutely iconic Wizard of Oz related meme before the show for social media.

In the clip, Grande and Fallon brought the 2018 argument to life, flawlessly delivering lines like “You’re going to look at me and tell me that I’m wrong?” and “She wore a crown, and she came down in a bubble, Doug!”

Absolute perfection.

The Mattel Wicked dolls packaging controversy involving an NSFW website, explained

Oops.

Welcome to FTW Explains: A guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have seen some stuff about Mattel’s Wicked dolls and a printing error and you may be wondering what’s up with that. We’ve got you covered.

That’s right, the movie adaptation of the hit musical Wicked is coming to theaters, and of course you know that means that with it comes all the merch and swag and whatnot.

Except there was a bit of an error recently with printing something on Mattel’s version of the dolls from the movies. We’ll explain:

What’s this now about the Wicked Mattel dolls?

Mattel — which makes Barbie and other dolls — manufactured dolls based on the characters played by Cynthia Erivo, Arian Grande, Johnathan Bailey and so on.

As part of the marketing, they printed directions to the movie’s website if buyers wanted to learn more.

OK, that seems fairly innocuous.

Well, sure. Except … they didn’t direct folks to the correct movie website.

Oh really? Where did Mattel send everybody instead?

We here at For The Win are a family website, so we can’t say. But it wasn’t www.wickedmovie.com. And it was a very NSFW site.

Oh dear.

Yup. From TODAY:

In a statement to TODAY.com, Mattel confirmed the mislabeling. The toy company said it “was made aware of a misprint on the packaging of the Mattel Wicked collection dolls, primarily sold in the U.S., which intended to direct consumers to the official WickedMovie.com landing page.”

“We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this,” Mattel said.

The company also included a message to parents who have already purchased the item.

“Parents are advised that the misprinted, incorrect website is not appropriate for children. Consumers who already have the product are advised to discard the product packaging or obscure the link and may contact Mattel Customer Service for further information,” Mattel said in the statement.

Oops.

Hey, it happens!

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An iconic internet meme was reborn thanks to the trailer for Wicked during the 2024 Super Bowl

SHE WORE A CROWN AND CAME DOWN IN A BUBBLE, DOUG.

During the first half of the 2024 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, the first trailer for the upcoming movie Wicked hit the airwaves. It was a gorgeous trailer, ramping up the excitement for the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-led musical.

MORE: Ben Affleck’s brilliant Dunkin’ Donuts Super Bowl 58 ad with Tom Brady inspired lots of love (and jokes).

It also reminded everyone of one of the absolute best memes to ever hit the internet. It’s simple: just two grown men arguing about whether or not Glinda from The Wizard of Oz (and the Wicked books) was a princess.

Once you’ve heard “She wore a crown and came down in a bubble, Doug,” shouted, you’ll never forget it. And quickly the internet all made the same joke.