A Wizard of Oz prequel is now in the works at Disney. The Wizard of Oz prequel will be directed by Sam Raimi, and could have Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. The news of a Wizard of Oz prequel coming soon is pretty exciting, and could end up revealing quite a few stories from the original text. The Wizard of Oz prequel will be called Oz, The Great and Powerful, and appears to be coming straight from original Frank Baum text. Some might not realize that Baum wrote 14 books surrounding the Wizard of Oz world quite some time ago, and this could flesh out some of the other stories about characters that generations have come to love in the 1939 theatrical release of The Wizard of Oz.
Sam Raimi is set to direct the film, and is already planning to meet with Robert Downey Jr. about starring in the lead role. Attaching Downey Jr. to the movie could elevate it right away, and he seems like the type of character actor that could do really well with something like this. The story of this film will be about the Wizard himself, who is transported to Oz through a tornado of his own, and appears to be the Wizard that the people of Oz have been waiting for. We already know the real story behind his persona, in that he is just a circus huckster, who suddenly gets put in a position of remarkable power. Oz, The Great and Powerful will allow for the story before Dorothy came along, and present yet another interesting look at the Wizard of Oz mythology.
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