‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ Sequel Won’t Involve Dorothy
Posted on Monday, March 11th, 2013 by Russ Fischer
The land of Oz is a big, varied place, with all manner of strange denizens around whom to build a story. But there are only a dozen or so characters that are recognizable to broad audiences who have never read L. Frank Baum’s novels: Oz, the witches, Dorothy, her companions in The Wizard of Oz, maybe Princess Ozma and a few others.
So it’s easy to guess that a sequel to Sam Raimi‘s film Oz the Great and Powerful would jump forward to involve Dorothy in some way, perhaps even effectively rebooting The Wizard of Oz and circling around any effort Warner Bros. (rights holder to the 1939 film) might put into motion.
But producer Joe Roth says the Great and Powerful sequel “would absolutely not” involve Dorothy. Read More »
