In 2022 John Chu announced that his film adaptation of Wicked, the 2003 Broadway musical, would be split into two parts. I felt this was a mistake. The show runs 2:45 on stage with intermission and suffers from second act bloat. Plenty of songs could be cut. Fans wondered if material would be restored from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 source novel. A trailer premiered at the Super Bowl yesterday, set to the hit song “Defying Gravity.” There is dialogue from act one and act two of the stage show. How much story will the first film tell? Share your thoughts and theories below.