There have been many, many, many Wizard of Oz remakes/reimaginings/sequels/alternative universes/plays/late-night-drinking-sessions-turned-into-a-sing-along-of-Wizard-of-Oz-because-your-girlfriend-was-drunk-and-said-she-wouldn’t-put-out-unless-you-sang-too-and-also-you-were-pretty-drunk-yourself-moments. However, this time Sam Raimi wants a piece of the Wicked Witch.
And who is the most wicked witch you could ever imagine, ever conjure upon the darkest of thoughts!? It’s none other than Hilary Swank.
Why Swank? Why else. She’s hot. So she’s got that kinky naughty side to her and also she’s a credible actor winning two Academy Awards.
BUT! The studios want the also hot, but obviously inferior (she has NO Academy Awards- the studios can do math!!) Michelle Williams to fill the curly toed shoes!
Raimi has walked away from a project before because of the suits interfering in his movies when push comes to shove. The last time he did so was with Spiderman 3 in which they wanted something he didn’t, and tried again in the forth Spiderman, which resulted with that project being booted and a remake/reboot of Spiderman without Raimi.
Yep movie making is a bitchy industry, man. The more reason these guys should chill out with a slice of cake. Why cake? Why not.
Seriously though, the potential Raimi Oz does have great possibilities. Expect a bizarre slapstick and horror filled journey if it gets made and Raimi doesn’t jump ship, or get thrown overboard. And if the actors chosen are the ones by Raimi then he’s going for broke and it could be an epic affair.
FYI. This will be called Oz, the Great and the Powerful. Or as MovieCake calls it- Oz 10,000: Return of the Green Witch Dude.
Ben Doran
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