Oz The Great and Powerful

Oz: The Great and Powerful is a 2013 American 3D fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi. The film is adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and is a prequel to both the novel and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The film will be released by Walt Disney Pictures in traditional 2D, as well as in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats.

Plot
When Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Cast

 * James Franco as Oscar Diggs/The Wizard of Oz
 * Mila Kunis as Theodora
 * Michelle Williams as Glinda
 * Rachel Weisz as Evanora
 * Zach Braff as Frank/Finley
 * Joey King as China Girl
 * Abigail Spencer as Mrs. Hamilton
 * Ted Raimi as Skeptic/Tinker
 * Bruce Campbell as Gore, the Dark Wizard
 * Tony Cox as Knuck
 * Tim Holmes as The Strong Man
 * Martin Klebba as Nikko
 * Abigail Spencer as May
 * Bill Cobbs as Master Tinker

Production
Before Sam Raimi signed on to direct the film, directors Sam Mendes[[ and [[Adam Shankman were also reported to be top candidates. In June 2011, Danny Elfman was chosen to compose the score for Oz: The Great and Powerful. This comes after Elfman and Raimi had a falling out over Spider-Man 2 (2004) and declaring that the two would never again work together.

The script was written by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire with Joe Roth serving as a producer. In an interview, director Sam Raimi stated that Kapner used information about the Wizard from L. Frank Baum's books, but the film will also "nod lovingly" to the 1939 classic film. According to a reporter for Deadline Hollywood, Disney wanted to reduce the film's production budget to about $200 million.

Robert Downey, Jr. was Raimi's first choice for the part of Oz. When Downey declined, Johnny Depp was linked to the role of Oz with Tim Burton attached to direct, which would've made their ninth collaboration. By the end of February 2011, James Franco was in final negotiations to star in this film. This is the first time that Franco and Raimi have worked together following the conclusion of the Spider-Man trilogy. While he will work with Franco, Raimi will be joined by his actor brother Ted Raimi, who appeared on TV and film and played Joxer on Xena, and Bruce Campbell, who did the Evil Dead films and on TV played Autolycus on Xena and Hercules and a dragoon hero on Jack of All Trades.

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