Plot Details Surface For Sam Raimi’s ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’
In all the times I’ve seenThe 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 ofOz the Great and Powerful, which will be directorSam Raimi’snext project. Besides the fact thatRobert Downey Jr.is rumored to be attached to play the lead, we haven’t heard much about the film except that it’s a prequel to the 1939 classic and will be about the wizard coming to Oz. Well, a more detailed plot description has found its way online and I’m confident in saying this is not what anyone had in mind. Read it after the jump.
Pajiba’s sourceThe Hollywood Cog describes the plot follows. Be aware, if this is accurate, it is definitely consideredSPOILERS.
Being as it’s the prequel to one of, if not the, most revered family films of all time, I’m frankly surprised to hear about all the sex that’s potentially in the movie. Not that I’m offended by it, I’m just confused about how it’s going to be marketed. If it’s a darker take on the L. Frank BaumOzbooks, that’s cool, but pegging it toThe Wizard of Ozseems like you are going a much broader audience.
However, that description of the the wizard, or Oz, whatever you want to call him, as a “fast-talking huckster” is still in line with what waspreviously reportedaboutMitchell Kapner’sscript, mainly that “the wizard is a charlatan who’s part of a traveling circus but goes on a similar odyssey as Dorothy when he mysteriously lands in Oz.” Maybe that story wasn’t dark enough and the current rewrite byDavid Lindsay-Abaireis just to take the film deeper down the hole.
So, if you read all the way down here, you might as well give us your thoughts. What do you think about this sexualized version ofThe Wizard of Oz? To me, it sounds more like it’s in Sam Mendes' wheel house, who was originally being looked at, rather than Sam Raimi. Still, Raimi has been known to surprise us with all types of different fare. Either way, this plot description has me totally baffled as to what this movie is going to be. Any thoughts?
