Wicked movie director Jon M Chu has explained why some elements of The Wizard of Oz prequel don't match up. The film tells the story of how multiple characters from Dorothy Gale's iconic adventure in Oz came to be the way they are, but for those whose only reference point is the 1939 film, some things don't make sense.

I grew up watching The Wizard of Oz; I played it on repeat as a little kid. However, I hadn’t revisited it until after I saw Wicked in theaters right before its premiere on the

Chu teased that "there is interaction and some crossover" with Dorothy in the sequel Dorothy might soon meet the witches of Oz in the next Wicked film. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bring down the house as Elphaba and Glinda in the new movie musical,