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Wicked’s Cliffhanger Ending, Explained (and What to Expect in Part Two)

Wicked tells only half a story, but we’re not exactly in the dark about what happens next.

If somehow you’ve remained unaware that the movie version of Wicked tells only half a story, you’re forgiven — the trailers have done a decent job of hiding that the film ends with a cliffhanger. The Wizard and Shiz University headmistress Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) convince Elphaba to read from the Grimmerie, the ancient book of spells, and her incantation inadvertently creates an army of flying-monkey spies. Assuming the film wants to maintain the PG rating of the first movie — and keep Elphaba less morally gray than she is in the book — we also probably won’t get her inadvertent assassination of a chef with bees (don’t ask) or her bludgeoning of an already dead Madame Morrible.

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