Wicked (2024) first announced it would be split into two films in April 2022, with composer Stephen Schwartz explaining: "The truth is we tried for some time to make it one movie (which) required us to cut or omit things we wanted to include that we believe fans of the show and story will appreciate." He added, "We found it very difficult to get past 'Defying Gravity' without a break. That song is written specifically to bring a curtain down, and any scene that follows it without a break just seemed hugely anti-climactic."
The monkey that stole Glinda's pink jacket is wearing it when Madame Morrible is talking to the citizens of Oz.
Fiyero's eyes change color when he sings that he's seeing Elphaba "through different eyes."
Glinda's purplish-blue dress, which she first wears in "Thank Goodness," is an homage to both Billie Burke's pink Glinda gown from The Wizard of Oz and the blue dress worn by Glinda in the stage version of Wicked.
Fiyero's horse is the same horse Jonathan Bailey rode as Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton Season 2.