Wicked (Part One) is a 2024 American epic musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It is the first of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, loosely based on a novel by Gregory Maguire.The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, with Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode in her feature film debut, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum in supporting roles.

Set in the Land of Oz, largely before Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, the film covers the musical's first act. It follows the student Elphaba beginning her path to becoming the Wicked Witch of the West, and her unlikely friendship with her classmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good Witch of the North.

Universal Pictures and Marc Platt, who both produced the stage musical, announced the film adaptation in 2012. After a long development and multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in 2021. The film was split in two to avoid cutting plot points and to expand the journeys and relationships between the characters. Principal photography on both films began in the year 2022 in England, but was disrupted in July 2023 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and was concluded in January 2024.

Wicked premiered at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on the 3rd of November, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 22, 2024. It has since received positive reviews right from the trailer release, with praise for direction, performances (particularly Erivo, Grande and Bailey), emotional weight, humor, production values, and faithfulness to the source material, although the runtime was criticized. 

Wicked Part Two is scheduled for November 21, 2025, a year after the first release.