Wizard of Oz remake

Originally posted by jaden101
i believe it's not going to be a remake of the old film but rather a retelling of the book...if i remember right, its not going to be a musical but actually quite a dark film

gay. saying they're going to do a movie off of the book is just another way to say "REMAKE!" and it being dark? what the hell, i mean give me a break.

i would prefer someone who looks something like judy garland, with the same outfit (kinda)

if ok to everything else being changed

except for Toto

I've never read the books, so I wouldn't know how dark it is

Originally posted by forumcrew
Kristen Bell does musical theater acting is why I choose her.

I'd love to see (or make) a well-done adaption of the book Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Great dark novel about the 'other side of the story'. Splendid book, kinda totally rocks the traditional WOZ.

I'm not in for a remake of the orginal, it's too great.

if there were an adaption of wicked, it would be a musical, like the broadway show

which was kickass beyond kickass

Totally unnessesary, the original was a true classic and doesnt need any remake.

Just saw the Trailer from Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and WOW, wouldn't it be cool if he could do a remake of "The Wizard of Oz" with Johnny Depp as Scarecrow 😎

alice-in-wonderland-movie-trailer.blogspot.com

I doubt that this movie will get made but if it does. I'd like to see del Toro Direct it.

iiiiiiiiiiiick. the wizard of oz ['39 movie, and l frank baum's original series] have inspired some more of the greatest musical stage work and literature. "wicked" has turned into a trio of books, with more coming...

it really wouldn't be much different from '39 if makers say "we're coming straight off the book." i have three originally published versions of other novels in the oz series, and it's so completely innocent and contain not very much slapdashery for cinema. when '39 added what it did - the flying monkeys, making dorothy '16' although garland was in her early twenties, leaving out an entire number ['the jitterbug'] - those changes were quite actually needed to take a rather blah book and turn it into something entertaining. the books read like a picture book, and "dangerous situations" always have a very easy solution. so... yeah.

i djust don't think it would be very good.

they did make a modern day-wizard of oz - "The Wiz" with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson - i would recommend that film to anyone who wants to see a different side.
it's just good.

oh yes, and don't forget the muppet version. she had the same dress - dinermacized, and still had a dog - which i think was actually the rat... i don't fully remember. my point is that big cinema wizard of ozes are past their prime.

get idina menzel and kirsten chenoweth back together and make Wicked!, though.

Nah, I could see Guillermo Del Toro making a dark sick version of Wiz O' Oz. They'd have to give him full creative control though. I'd go see it.

really? You don't think he could find a balance on the lighter side of fantasy? I think his playfulness comes through in Hellboy. Btw...,noice steak knife.

Originally posted by allofyousuckkk
This would make so much money.....

I would rather they stopped with the bad remakes, but the right director could do wonders to this. I love the Wizard of Oz but the way the colors are drives me up the wall. I want to kill!!!!AHHH

Anyway, back to a remake, it should be done......

Only if Tim Burton does it