Sometimes you gotta sit back and look at some of the golden geese of films, films that you never think will be remade. Â I can’t imagine anyone thinking they are going to remake ‘The Godfather’. Â ‘Jaws’ seems like a pretty safe property. Â I thought the same about ‘The Wizard of Oz’. Â That is, until today.
John Boorman, the director behind such lighthearted classics as ‘Deliverance’, ‘Exorcist II’, and ‘The Tailor of Panama’ is set to direct a CG-animated update called ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’. Â Needless to say, this will be Boorman’s first animated film.
The screenplay was written by Boorman along with Ron Mita and Jim McClain of ‘Robots’ fame. Â Right, ’cause ‘Robots’ was the end-all be-all of great animation.
The film is scheduled for a summer 2010 release.
Source: Variety