DIsney just released the first trailer of OZ, The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, and to be released iMarch 8, 2013. The movie is a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), 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 (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), 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.
After watching the trailer, i instantly thought: "oh-oh this one seems to be a good one!" and i have a very good feeling on this movie. Not only because it is the great Sam Raimi who is behind the camera, but simply because i think they probably finally succeeded to create a new OZ movie which finds back the magic of the first one, and i thought it was impossible, or at least i was very doubtful. James Franco and Michelle Williams along with others actors will be fine if not excellent and now i can't wait to see the movie!
That said, i also can't wait to see how successful OZ, the Great and Powerful will be. Why? Because, of how the movie will be successful or not probably depends the OZ land project designed by WDI Imagineer Tony Baxter which is envisioned for the back of Disneyland's Frontierland. It's part of the big projects for Disneyland, along with the Tomorrowland expansion revealed by Al Lutz recently. As far as i know this OZ land has not received the green light yet but apparently Tony Baxter was seen recently walking in the park with Bob Iger, and if you want my feeling they were not meeting in Disneyland to discuss the quality of Disneyland popcorn!
So, let's wait and see for this OZ land, and in the meantime have a look at the trailer below, as well at an interview of James Franco. Afterwhat you're very welcome to let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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The trailer is great! I think that this movie is a really promising one!
ReplyDeleteThe actors are very good, and I love Sam Raimi's movies, from the Evil Dead trilogy to the Spider Man trilogy, and other great ones like Drag Me to Hell and DarkMan.
The storyline is a very interesting and original one and those are three very hot witches!
I don't think anyone's interested in seeing an oz land in disneyland
ReplyDeleteOh I smell a flop...what a shame. Tony Baxter is going to build a version behind Frontierland. Perhaps Toontown will be toon history or better yet, it will replace the subs and Autopia. I hope not.
ReplyDeleteRWR
I liked the movie trailer, but I don't know about OZ in Disneyland.
ReplyDeleteEven if they build an OZ there, it won't be where Autopia and the subs are, at least I hope not, because it has nothing to do with Tomorrowland.
Reading the link, I think that Innovations should have gone a long time ago. Autopia is not the most exciting attraction and occupies an enormous space, but it's an iconic opening day attraction, so if it goes it means that nothing is sacred anymore! And the subs, they are nice, but I don't have much love for them now that it is themed after Nemo, but I still love to watch the lagoon and the subs, especially while arriving on the monorail, it's very nostalgic to me, but it also occupies an enormous space.
Well, I wouldn't like to see the subs and Autopia go, but it might be worth it if they build really good new attractions, with a Tomorrowland theme, of course, in their place.