5 must-watch musical fantasy movies on OTT for a dreamlike adventure before Ariana Grande-Cynthia Erivo’s Wicked For Good releases
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Wicked: For Good, the sequel to the 2024 Oscar-winning Wicked, is coming to tell the rest of the story of Glinda and Elphaba, the conclusion of their friendship, their past, and more dramatic events in the next chapter of the musical fantasy drama. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are leaving no stone untunred to promote their movie that’s coming to cinemas this November 21, 2025. While you wait to watch Wicked: For Good, let’s find out some more similar musical adventure flicks with OTTplay Premium that will take you on a dreamland.
Musical fantasy flicks with adventure:
This 2014 flick has an ensemble cast like Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Chris Pine and Lilla Crawford. Into The Woods is adapted from Stephen Sondheim’s 1987 namesake Broadway musical. The story focuses on a childless couple as they embark to a jungle to lift a curse placed by a witch. To break the curse they must retrieve four items: a white cow, a blood-red cape, corn-yellow hair, and a gold slipper.
Starring Emma Watson, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans, this 2017 movie follows the story of a young and beautiful village woman who embarks on a journey to save her father from a deadly creature that has locked him in a dungeon. Things takes a turn when the woman learns that the creature is actually a human prince who has been cursed to become a beast. Eventually, the woman and the beast fall in love.
Julie Andrews’ this 1964 movie is adapted on P L Travers’ 1934 namesake novel, and long later got a sequel in 2018 titled–Mary Poppins Returns, starring Emily Blunt. The story follows a nanny who’s a magician, arrives at the Banks family to take care of their two children, in the early 20th century London. She uses her abilities to take the children on an fantasy adventure to reconnect them with their parents who are extremely busy with their works.
Starring Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart and Cameron Boyce, this 2015 musical flick follows a group of teenage children of four notorious villains, who are given a chance to attend school in the kingdom of Auradon, where they must choose between their parents’ wicked paths or make their own good destinies. Auradon is a place where all the Disney heroes reside. The villains are Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar and Cruella de Vil.
While Will Smith portays the Genie, his master Aladdin is played by Mena Massoud, and Naomi Scott plays Jasmine. This 2019 musical drama is the live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1992 namesake animated movie. The story is based on the popular Middle-Eastern folktale of Aladdin and Genie. The movie focuses on a street-smart thief Aladdin, who finds a magic lamp and releases the Genie. He uses Genie’s power to become a prince and marry the love of his life, Princess Jasmine.
FAQs:
Q. Will Wicked: For Good be darker?
A. In December 2024, Chu revealed that the film will have a much darker tone compared to the first film, and that the character of Dorothy Gale will have a more prominent role compared to the musical’s second act.
Q. What is the deeper message of Wicked?
A. Wicked explores friendship and trust as the underlying themes, as well as prejudice and tolerance. It shows that what may appear wicked or good to some may actually be the reverse.
Q. How does Elphaba go from good to bad?
A. What seems to get ignored is the root of Elphaba’s supposed wickedness: her horror at the mistreatment of animals and her determination to free them.
Q. When to release Wicked: For Good?
A. Wicked: For Good is coming to cinemas in India on November 21, 2025.
