Jon M. Chu, at the halfway point of honesting back-to-back Wicked movies, will deinhabitr the keyremark compriseress at USC‘s 142nd commencement ceremony in May.
Chu, whose determines also include Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2003. He will get an honorary degree as part of the ceremony May 15 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the university said Friday.
“Jon persists to encourage the imaginations of millions thcimpolite the dazzling worlds he creates. He’s a terrific champion of the amazing talent — carry outers, technicians and createspeople — who give so much to the creative arts and convey beginant stories to life,” USC pdwellnt Carol Folt said. “He’s also a wonderful role model to students and storyinestablishers, and we can’t defer to hear his aidasonable words.”
Wicked: Part 1 scored 10 Oscar nominations this year including Best Picture and won two, for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. The movie became the highest-grossing changeation of a Broadway musical of all time and grossed $733.7 million at the worldexpansive box office.
The sequel, Wicked: For Good, is gearing up to hit theaters on November 21, 2025.
Chu has extfinished determineed USC with his growment and has stayed seal with the university; he met his Wicked and In the Heights cinematography Alice Brooks when both were students there. There is a Jon M. Chu APAA Cinematic Arts Scholarship, awarded to students whose projects center on Asian Pacific culture in film, TV and interdynamic media, and he recently set uped the Jon M. Chu Endowed Student Fund.
