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movie news | 11 Mar 2010 | 14 comments

Wizard of Oz remakes in the works...

A remake of The Wizard of Oz is tenatively in the works.

According to Scifi Wire, there are two treatments being discussed by Warner Brothers.

The first - titled Oz - is being scripted by Darren Lemke and is being housed at New Line Cinemas and produced by Temple Hill, one of the companies behind Twilight.

The second -a darker feature - is Written by Josh Olson (A History of Violenc)eand features Dorothy's granddaughter returning to fight evil.

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ssconnolly

I have no idea why they keep doing this, ruining what are arguably some of the biggest and most beloved classics in cinematic history. Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and now this. It's getting ridiculous. I hate the sound of the on titled Oz especially. I mean from the companies behind Twilight. No thanks. As for the second one, it I had to go see a Wizard of Oz remake then I want it to be written by the writer of A History of Violence.
alanhorkan

Zardoz 2?
tetsujin1979

There's quite a few Oz books, the wizard of oz is the most well known because of movie. Why not adapt one of them?
dfarre01

No to remakes....no no no
ging-grr

Why would they remake it? At least the second one that's in production is taking a different spin on it and not just a straight remake, interesting choice of script writer too, that one might be worth a look.
Jamesito

Remake = $$$$$
It's that simple folks!
phoebe

Are they going to make Wicked??? would love to see that!!!
Mr_Twist

why ?
phoebe

I would guess money!

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Originally Posted By Mr_Twist

why ?
technogoblin

i'm pretty against this, can't figure out why i'm a fan of the original but i think it's untouchable. need i mention the wiz?
alanhorkan

The big musical Wizard of Oz is the one everyone remembers but it has been remade more than a few times since then, I know for sure there was a muppet remake, and a remake with a predominently black actors. This remake seems unlikel to be a musical.

I'm as much against bad remakes as the next guy but Shakespeare wrote some classics and they deserve to be remade at least once a generation. This could be good.

The Wizard of Oz is particularly ripe for remakes since it has gone out of copyright into the public domain for all to riff and remix as they please. "Wicked" is supposed to be one particularly intesting spin on the Wizard of Oz, retelling the story from another point of view entirely.

For all their whining about copyright Hollywood loves to be able to freely plunder the public domain and at the same time buy lobbyists to campaign for even longer more draconian copyright terms so that no one can ever have the chance to do the same to their work.
Starn

Im sure Ive read about at least another two re makes of Oz in development. Hmmm wonder how they will fair if they all get realesed in the same year