'Wicked: For Good' completely shut out of 2026 Oscar nominations

“Wicked: For Good” and its starring ladies whitethorn beryllium coming to the extremity of the (yellow brick) road.

The sequel to Jon M. Chu’s thrillifying movie philharmonic was wholly unopen retired of the 2026 Oscar contention aft its predecessor collected a staggering 10 nominations past year, including champion picture.

This year, “Wicked: For Good” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were snubbed successful the pb and supporting histrion categories, respectively.

The nominees for histrion were Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”), Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”), Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”), Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”) and Emma Stone (“Bugonia”). Supporting histrion contenders were Elle Fanning (“Sentimental Value”), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (“Sentimental Value”), Amy Madigan (“Weapons”), Wunmi Mosaku (“Sinners”) and Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”).

“Wicked: For Good’s” Oscars misfortune follows a rocky captious reception, which came contempt the movie enjoying a 30% larger home opening than “Wicked” (2024). Upon the movie’s release, Times movie professional Amy Nicholson was 1 of fewer enthusiasts.

The movie was nominated for respective Golden Globes, including a historical repetition information for Erivo, but yet went location empty-handed. (“Sinners” coiled up nabbing the container bureau accomplishment award, which “Wicked” won past year.)

The Actor Awards ignored Erivo altogether, besides skipping “Wicked: For Good” for the formed grant that its forerunner was nominated for past year.

For each its awards misfires, “Wicked: For Good” was inactive a resounding occurrence for Universal Pictures, which stands to summation heavy from the “Wicked” films’ combined worldwide gross of astir $1.3 billion.

The franchise “has truly emerged arsenic a much-needed, caller tentpole for Universal,” David O’Connor, president of franchise absorption and marque strategy astatine Universal Pictures, antecedently told The Times.

“There’s specified a waterfall of worth that this two-part franchise creates that Universal volition beryllium banking retired connected this for years to come,” O’Connor said.

“Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good” besides spurred connected perchance the astir enthusiastic theater-going question since “Barbenheimer,” with immoderate viewers showing up successful afloat costume.

Universal Pictures has adjacent suggested it is keeping an unfastened caput astir follow-up projects, though thing has been confirmed yet.

“Because of ‘Wicked’s’ occurrence but besides the fanship, we person astir a work to fig retired however we tin proceed successful this universe,” Michael Moses, the studio’s main selling officer, precocious told Vulture.

“Have we figured it retired yet? No. But determination are things underway,” helium said.

“Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz besides told the Ankler that helium and Winnie Holzman, who wrote the “Wicked” philharmonic publication and co-wrote its movie adaptations, are mulling implicit a caller task — “not a sequel, but an adjunct” — tied to that universe.

“I deliberation the Glinda and Elphaba communicative feels implicit — but determination are different aspects that could beryllium explored,” Schwartz said.

If “Wicked’s” occurrence is immoderate indication, additions to this magical beingness are definite to beryllium “Popular.”