For Grande, the project will mark her latest collaboration with Chu, after teaming up with the filmmaker on Wicked (2024) and its upcoming sequel, Wicked: For Good, which lands in cinemas on 21 November 2025.

Two movies based on classic Dr. Seuss books are in production, the first additions to a successful Suess film catalog since 2018.

A harsh reality of life? You can work hard to win, but still end up losing. That reality is one Amanda Seyfried is quite familiar with after her pursuit of the role of Glinda in Wicked. According to the Jennifer’s Body actress,

Over the last several years, Ariana has been filming the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Wicked, in which she plays Glinda the Good Witch. The conversation she shared seems to imply she and her Nonna had obviously discussed the themes of the film together.

Milo Manheim is a huge fan of Ethan Slater and Ariana Grande, but it was the former who left him more starstruck. In an exclusive episode of this week’s PEOPLE in 10, the 24-year-old Zombies actor and executive producer gushed over what it was like meeting the couple and Wicked costars.