Before Wicked, Jon M. Chu wowed with Crazy Rich Asians, the first all-Asian modern rom-com, and In the Heights, a vibrant Latino Broadway hit.

For a guy who’s spent the last several years of his life taking a well-known pop culture artifact and breaking it into two distinct parts, Jon M. Chu sure does have a lot of contempt for calling films “Part Two.

Jon M. Chu shares what audiences can expect with “Wicked: For Good”: “You’re not just going to cry, you’re going to melt into the ground. If you love (Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s) performances in movie one, just wait for what they do in this movie.” pic.twitter.com/dTdAl2Lj6T

Wicked mania is still in full swing. The film is currently racking it up at the box office, critics are praising it, our own official Wicked review gave it a perfect 5/5, and just as the hype starts to die down,

During production on 2021’s In The Heights, the musical’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and the film’s director Jon M. Chu became close friends. The two are powerhouses in the movie industry, so it’s little surprise that they’ve both had huge films come out at the tail end of the 2024 release schedule.

“ Wicked: Part Two’s” official title, “Wicked: For Good,” prompted some mixed reactions online when it was first revealed in December. Director Jon M. Chu, however, believes the title of the second installment has certainly been changed for the better.

Despite any dialogue changes, Wicked has really been embraced by fans and even people who’ve never seen or heard the Broadway production’s music. One of CinemaBlend’s writers even said he liked the movie more than the Broadway play after catching two versions of the live event in the past.

In a longform video, "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu interview each other about the film and transforming Elphaba.

Jon M. Chu's Wicked is one of the biggest success stories from 2024. In today's world, where musicals are a rarity, this splashy blockbuster won over the audience and the critics alike.

Director Jon M. Chu says Britney Spears will be 'very involved' in his cinematic adaptation of the iconic pop star's memoir, 'The Woman In Me.'

Wicked': Inside the 20-year journey from stage to screen. A production history with Marc Platt, Winnie Holzman, and Jon M. Chu.

The Jon M. Chu film starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande only won one award but it was at the center of fun moments during Sunday's show.