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‘Wizard of Oz’ CG Remake Coming in 2010

Submitted by Jeremy on Thursday, 6 November 20083 Comments

Sometimes you gotta sit back and look at some of the golden geese of films, films that you never think will be remade. I can’t imagine anyone thinking they are going to remake ‘The Godfather’. ’Jaws’ seems like a pretty safe property. I thought the same about ‘The Wizard of Oz’. 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’. 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. Right, ’cause ‘Robots’ was the end-all be-all of great animation.

The film is scheduled for a summer 2010 release.

Source: Variety

3 Comments »

scott said:

Dammit all to hell. I wanted to make a modern day remake of the wizard of oz..sorta like the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leo and Claire Danes..this effs that all up.

- 6 November 2008 at 7:15 am

lb said:

Check out Paul Sanchez’s grooving rendition of “If I only Had a Brain” and Theresa Andersson’s cover of “Over the Rainbow” on the compilation, FUNKY KIDZ. Anyone know the music supervisor?

- 28 December 2008 at 4:02 pm

Kyle said:

I think it’s a FANTASTIC idea. Anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously unaware of the original novel (which was called “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”) and, in the novel, there are so many other journeys that the characters take that weren’t even mentioned in the film. The 1939 film was and still is amazing - don’t get me wrong - but I think that, to appreciate the story that the author originally had in mind, we need a more faithful adaptation of the novel. The only thing that gets me is why Boorman is using animation for such a big project. There are so many novels that were recently done wonderfully using live-action: Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings… and this one could be wonderful, too. But, oh well. P.S. Did anyone know that, in the novel, Dorothy’s shoes are actually silver, not ruby?

- 3 January 2009 at 10:53 pm