Warners Plans Wizard of Oz Remake
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Probably the same audience as Burton's Alice in Wonderland which ended up making a billion.
Teens/Tweens.
Whatever happened to making 'Wicked' into a movie? Wouldn't that be so much better and not stomp all over the old film the way this surely will?
Don't remind me. *shudders*
Most people are unfamiliar with the Baum books, no "alternate reality" required. Del Rey made an effort to get them into print in mass-market paperbacks back in...I think the early eighties. My mom borrowed quite a few of the earlier, illustrated hardcovers from a neighbor and read them to us when I was about four or five; her reading to us is one of my favorite memories. Pooh, "Stewart Little," and Oz.
They're going to do stuff like this forever; it will be interesting or it won't; the original version will always be available. Come on, sing along - you know the lyrics. All we need now is for someone to come in and make the one-word post: "Worried."
They're going to do stuff like this forever; it will be interesting or it won't; the original version will always be available. Come on, sing along - you know the lyrics. All we need now is for someone to come in and make the one-word post: "Worried."
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Quite frankly I'm amazed it took them this long.
Worried.
I mean, come on, wasn't Tim Burton available?
I mean, come on, wasn't Tim Burton available?
People who like horrible ideas.
And, yes, they should definitely make Wicked into a movie. I mean, that's such a no-brainer (no pun intended).
Yes, this.
Dorothy - Taylor Swift
Scarecrow - Johnny Depp
Tin Man - Jim Carey
Cowardly Lion - Jack Black
Wicked Witch of the West - Tina Fey
Glinda - Zoe Saldana
Auntie Em - Betty White
Scarecrow - Johnny Depp
Tin Man - Jim Carey
Cowardly Lion - Jack Black
Wicked Witch of the West - Tina Fey
Glinda - Zoe Saldana
Auntie Em - Betty White
Wha...? Why? Oh, right; to make money.
But really, this is just stupid. The target audience is teens? Probably.
I just wonder, 'cos I'm a 'teen', though I sort of avoid the word, it's not my thing... Anyway, I love the 1939 version, I've been watching it since I was a little kid, I've read the books, and though I could say they differ enough for someone to have another take on it, but seriously...isn't there anything else to do?
Besides, we just re-watched Singing In The Rain at home, just few days earlier we re-watched Sound Of Music, and right now I'm at my 'musical-season', so I've been talking about nothing but in school, and NOT ONE of my friends has seen almost any of these oh so very lovely classics. One of them has seen Oz and likes it though...
I'm pretty much fine with the other movies they're planning, that prequel - though I doubt it'll ever be made - and that sequel - though it'll probably never be made either, and is probably quite bad - but this re-make is just pointless.
And, I must say, as much as I like Tim Burton's other movies and Johnny Depp - who was good enough, in my opinion, - that new Alice In Wonderland really wasn't that good.
But hey, are they planning to make this one a musical, too?
And BTW, the teens - likr the ones I see in school too much - aren't going to like this if it doesn't include Kristen Stewart as Dorothy, Robert Pattinson as the Scarecrow, Zach Efron as TinMan, and some other 'very awesome' stars...
But really, this is just stupid. The target audience is teens? Probably.
I just wonder, 'cos I'm a 'teen', though I sort of avoid the word, it's not my thing... Anyway, I love the 1939 version, I've been watching it since I was a little kid, I've read the books, and though I could say they differ enough for someone to have another take on it, but seriously...isn't there anything else to do?
Besides, we just re-watched Singing In The Rain at home, just few days earlier we re-watched Sound Of Music, and right now I'm at my 'musical-season', so I've been talking about nothing but in school, and NOT ONE of my friends has seen almost any of these oh so very lovely classics. One of them has seen Oz and likes it though...
I'm pretty much fine with the other movies they're planning, that prequel - though I doubt it'll ever be made - and that sequel - though it'll probably never be made either, and is probably quite bad - but this re-make is just pointless.
And, I must say, as much as I like Tim Burton's other movies and Johnny Depp - who was good enough, in my opinion, - that new Alice In Wonderland really wasn't that good.
But hey, are they planning to make this one a musical, too?
And BTW, the teens - likr the ones I see in school too much - aren't going to like this if it doesn't include Kristen Stewart as Dorothy, Robert Pattinson as the Scarecrow, Zach Efron as TinMan, and some other 'very awesome' stars...
Whatever they do with it, without "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" it's most certainly -not- "The Wizard of Oz"...at least not as a remake of the 1939 version.
Of course, I'll most likely maintain this isn't "The Wizard of Oz" in any case.
Next they simply -must- remake Citizen Kane.
Oh wait, they did...The Social Network.
Of course, I'll most likely maintain this isn't "The Wizard of Oz" in any case.
Next they simply -must- remake Citizen Kane.
Oh wait, they did...The Social Network.
I once had to write a brief history of The Wizard of Oz in print, on stage and on screen and was surprised to discover that the 1939 classic - was a remake itself. In fact it was the fourth film version of The Wizard of Oz, and these had all been made based on the wild popularity of the stage play which premiered in 1902 and was an enormous hit on Broadway in 1903. The 1939 version borrowed liberally from the other versions, including taking the idea of the Kansas counterparts of all the fantastical characters from the 1925 film version.
Finding out all of that made me realize there's not really anything sacred about the 1939 film except that we all saw it a bazillion times on tv when we were kids. It's quite possible that a remake will be interesting.
As for making a film version of Wicked - are you talking about adapting the stage musical version or the book? 'Cause if you're talking about the book then you've really got to ask the question who's your audience? The book is tres weird - I mean there's a vivid bestiality sex scene in the middle of it. Personally I'd love to see del Toro get a hold of an adaptation of the book, but I doubt it'll ever happen.
Finding out all of that made me realize there's not really anything sacred about the 1939 film except that we all saw it a bazillion times on tv when we were kids. It's quite possible that a remake will be interesting.
As for making a film version of Wicked - are you talking about adapting the stage musical version or the book? 'Cause if you're talking about the book then you've really got to ask the question who's your audience? The book is tres weird - I mean there's a vivid bestiality sex scene in the middle of it. Personally I'd love to see del Toro get a hold of an adaptation of the book, but I doubt it'll ever happen.
Whatever they do with it, without "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" it's most certainly -not- "The Wizard of Oz"...at least not as a remake of the 1939 version.
Of course, I'll most likely maintain this isn't "The Wizard of Oz" in any case.
Next they simply -must- remake Citizen Kane.
Oh wait, they did...The Social Network.
It will probably be a rap or R&B version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I can just picture it, with Justin Bieber as the Tin Man.
As for Wicked, never saw the musical, but I loved the book. I'd think they'd have to, some scenes aside, make a movie of it based on the books, or perhaps a combination of both, because then it wouldn't really be giving credit where it's due. It would be a bit if Harry Potter were first made into a musical, and then having the movies based on the musicals rather than the books.