Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful opens Friday and, so far, buzz has been generally good. The industry tracking has been even better, with some outlets projecting a near $100 million opening weekend. So it should come as no surprise that Disney has just signed Mitchell Kapner, who co-wrote the first film with David…
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Oz the Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi's first Disney film, is oddly two-faced. Here we have a director who made his name with low budget horror, who became a household name when he infused the superhero genre with his do-it-yourself, energetic visual style. And then there's Oz, a massive film that gives Raimi the most toys he's ever…
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In October 2011, I got to visit the wonderful world of Oz and watch director Sam Raimi direct his preboot (prequel/reboot) of the classic L. Frank Baum book series. I learned much on the set of Oz: The Great and Powerful. Most fascinating to me was some of the things Disney had to do satisfy legal concerns over possibly…
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In all the times I've seen The Wizard of Oz, I've never one wondered how the wizard got there. Maybe that's just me. Either way, the back story of the man behind the curtain who solves Dorothy and her friend's problems is the topic of Oz the Great and Powerful, which will be director Sam…
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In late April, we started to hear about a new tentpole brewing over at Disney. Oz, the Great and Powerful is a prequel of sorts to The Wizard of Oz, with Robert Downey, Jr. attached to star in the title role. At the time this first came up, the two directors in the running seemed…
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Update: The LA Times mentions that another director who is a top candidate for the film is Adam Shankman (Bedtime Stories). So let that temper your excitement a bit, at least for now. Guess this answers the question about what Sam Mendes is doing while EON Productions figures out the future of James Bond. While…
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