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based on the works of L. Frank Baum [1856-1919]
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 | "100 Years of Oz: A Century of Classic Images" [1999] by John Fricke, with photography by Mark Hill & Richard Glenn Diane Publng 9½x9½ hardcover [1/99] for $30.00 Stewart, Tabori & Chang 9½x9½ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used |
'Oz' Movies & Television
L. Frank Baum's listing at Internet Movie Database
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 | "The World of Oz" silent movies DVD set [2005] includes "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" [1914] directed by J. Farrell MacDonald; "The Magic Cloak of Oz" [1914] directed by J. Farrell MacDonald; "His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz" [1914] directed by J. Farrell MacDonald; and "Wizard of Oz" [1925] co-written & directed by and starring silent comic Larry Semon B.C.I. / Eclipse B&W silent DVD [7/2005] 2 disks - out of prodn/used |
"The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays"
[Selig Polyscope Co. 1908, First National 1925]
  | The first attempt to produce films from the Oz books; a 2-hour stage show that toured successfully for two months, but the cost of each performance was more than could be paid for by full houses; Baum appeared in a white suit and interacted with live actors and with back-projected color-tinted films; content is credited as adaptations of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "John Dough and The Cherub" and "Ozma of Oz"; when First National purchased the Selig companies in 1925, they re-released this show, but whether as a duplicate live-and-film stageshow or as an all-film version is unclear; in any case, the filmed content is considered lost - only the original stageshow script and several stills exist in various archives Co-produced & co-written by and starring L. Frank Baum; co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Otis Turner; co-directed by Francis Boggs; music by Nathaniel D. Mann; featuring Frank Burns {as Scarecrow & the Rubber Bear}, George E. Wilson {as Tin Woodman Nick Chopper & the White Rabbit}, Wallace Illington {as Tik-Tok the Machine Man}, Bronson Ward Jr. {as Jack Pumpkinhead}, Paul de Dupont {as The Nome King}, Will Morrison {as Tip}, Clarence Nearing {as Prince Evring of Ev}, Sam 'Smiling' Jones {as The Wizard}, Joseph Schrode {as The Cowardly Lion / John Dough the Gingerbread Man}, Burns Wantling {as The Hungry Tiger}, Romola Remus {as Dorothy}, Maud Harrington {as Ozma}, Evelyn Judson {as Glinda the Good}, Josephine Brewster {as Mombi the Witch}, Geo. Weatherbee {as Mons. Grogande the Baker}, Tommy Dean {as Obo}, Lillian Swartz {as Hogo}, Minnie Brown {as Joko}, Tom Persons {as Hopkins}, Grace Elder {as Chick the Cherub}, Annabel Jephson {as The Island Princess}, Mrs. Bostwick {as Mme. Grogand the Baker's Wife}, William Gillespie {as Tip}, Delilah Leitzell {as Ozma}, Gladys Walton, The Yellow Hen {as herself}, and Toto {as himself}; credited Visitors at the Emerald City include: D.W. Clapperton {as Sir Rooster}, Charles W. Smith {as The Hottentot}, Daniel Heath {as The Buccaneer & Tertius an Islander}, Joe Finley {as Hans Hoch}, Dudley Burton {as A Courtier}, and Samuel Woods {as Madame Toussaud} {this film is considered lost} • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0001463/
Dorothy and The Scarecrow in Oz (1910)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0001186/
The Land of Oz (1910)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0001282/
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004457/
The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004286/
His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (Oz Film Mfg. Co. 1914)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004099/
"Wizard of Oz" silent feature [Chadwick Pictures April 1925]
 | The Land of Oz suffers under the rule of Prime Minister Kruel while the people await the return of Princess Dorothy, who arrives by tornado from Kansas with her uncle and some farmhands; original film speed was 7/fps which runs 110 minutes; later/faster videos run 65 to 85 minutes; copyrighted 2005 T.C.M. restoration runs 72 minutes • Co-written, co‑produced & directed by and starring silent comic Larry Semon; co-written by Frank Joslyn Baum & Leon Lee; also starring Dorothy Dwan, Mary Carr, Virginia Pearson, Bryant Washburn, Josef Swickard, Charles Murray, Oliver Hardy, William Hauber, William Dinus, Frank Alexander, Otto Lederer, Frederick Ko Vert, Spencer Bell, Jean Johnston
100-minute Miracle Pictures b&w DVD [2/2002] for $8.00 68-minute Grapevine Video b&w DVD [8/2016] for $14.95 also available on the 'Wizard of Oz' silent movie 4-pack {as above} B.C.I. / Eclipse B&W silent DVD [7/2005] 2 disks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [7/2011 dark upload; 1:25:00] online at YouTube watch full movie [3/2013 brighter upload; 1:33:21] online at YouTube |
"The Land of Oz, A Sequel To The Wizard of Oz" (1932)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022049/
The Wizard of Oz (1933 animated short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024779/
Oz University (1936)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028073/
The Wizard of Oz (1938)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138195/
"The Wizard of Oz" [M.G.M./Loew's Aug 1939]
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A cyclone picks up a house, a girl, and her dog Toto and transports them to the strange land of Oz, where she meets a Tin Woodsman, a Cowardly Lion, and a Scarecrow. They travel together along the Yellow Brick Road, fighting witches & flying monkeys to get to the Emerald City, where they finally confront the terrible Wizard of Oz.
Produced by Mervyn LeRoy, directed by Victor Fleming; based on the novel by L. Frank Baum; starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin & Terry {as Toto}; won Oscars for Best Music Score & Best Song, Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Color Cinematography, Best Special Effects & Best Art Direction, Juvenile Award for Judy Garland; listed on National Film Registry (1989)
Warner Collector's Edition color DVD pkg [10/2005] 3 disks for $36.99 Warner Special Edition color DVD set [10/2005] 2 disks for $19.99 Rhino/W.E.A. Special Edition soundtrack CD [9/98] for $18.98 Rhino/W.E.A. Deluxe Edition soundtrack CD [7/95] for $22.99 full credits from IMDb Judy Garland 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 red-white-and-blue 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99 |
Judy Garland & Frank Morgan 'great & powerful Oz' soundbite [38-second wav file]
many more details (posters, DVDs, books) on
"The Wizard of Oz" 1939 Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"The Wizard of Oz" [1950 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249250/
"The Wizard of Oz" episode on "Ford Star Jubilee" [1956 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0826354/
"Tales of The Wizard of Oz" [1961 TV series]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054568/
"Number 13" aka "The Magic Mushroom People of Oz" (1962)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056294/
"Return To Oz" [1964 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057453/
"The Wizard of Oz" [1964 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159835/
"The Wizard of Mars" [1965] (novels "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" & "Glinda of Oz")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059920/
"Fantasía: [1966] (novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060398/
"Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream" [1967]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440697/
"The Wizard of Oz" [1967 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062500/
"The Wonderful Land of Oz" [1969]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065223/
"Ozu no mahôtsukai" aka "The Wizard of Oz" [1970)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066196/
5 episodes of the "Jackanory" TV series [1970]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177448/
"That Girl In Wonderland" [1973 TV episode]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070786/
"Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda" [1974 TV] aka "The Wizard of The City of Emeralds"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069653/
"Journey Back To Oz" [1974]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067280/
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" [1975]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138196/
"Oz" aka "20th Century Oz" [1976]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075030/
"The Magnificent Major" [1977]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076353/
"Wiz On Down The Road" [1978]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292738/
"The Wiz" [Universal/Motown Oct 1978]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078504/
cast album & still photos on video http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135708/
based on the Broadway play [1975-79]
http://www.amazon.com/Wiz-Original-Soundtrack-1978-Film/dp/B000002P75/
http://www.amazon.com/Wiz-Super-Musical-Original-Broadway/dp/B000002I8P/
"Thanksgiving In The Land of Oz" [1980 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081293/
"The Wizard of Malta" [1981]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142991/
"The Marvelous Land of Oz" [1981 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084458/
"Under The Rainbow" [Warner Bros. / Orion Pictures July 1981]
 | The German Führer sends a midget secret agent to Culver City, California to meet with a Japanese spy. The meeting turns out to be the same weekend that The Culver Hotel [est. 1924] receives 150 'little people' working as Munchkins on the movie "The Wizard of Oz", a busload of Japanese tourists, and a paranoid Duke and his bumbling Secret Service escort.
Directed by Steve Rash; starring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, Joseph Maher, Robert Donner, Billy Barty, Mako, Cork Hubbert, Pat McCormick, Adam Arkin, Richard Stahl, Freeman King, Zelda Rubinstein & Jerry Maren
Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video color VHS [4/92] out of prodn/used 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"El Mago de Oz: Cuento de Frank Baum" [1985 TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089533/
"The Whimsical World of Oz" [1985 TV docu]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090316/
"Return To Oz" [Disney 1985] starring Fairuza Balk
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089908/
http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/
"Ozu no mahôtsukai" [1986 animated TV series]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206503/
"Ozma of Oz" [1987 animated video release]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093695/
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" [1987 animated feature]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098675/
 | "The Emerald City of Oz" animated video release [Columbia Pictures TV 1987] 90-minute fully-animated feature co-written & directed by Tim Reid; co-written by Don Arioli; based on the novel by L. Frank Baum; narrated by Margot Kidder; voice of Dorothy by Morgan Hallet Lightyear Video color DVD [6/2004] out of prodn/used Lightyear Video color VHS [8/93] for $1.88 {sic} bare credits at IMDb |
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" [animated TV series 1987-88[
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092486/
"Supêsu Ozu no bôken" aka "The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz "
[1990 animated TV mini-series] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098886/
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"The Dreamer of Oz" [N.B.C.-TV/Spelling Ent. Dec 1990] A sentimental, fictionalized version of Baum's early years, as he wrote & staged & acted in plays and devised the magical Land of Oz. • Co-produced & co-written by David Kirschner; directed by Jack Bender; co-written by Richard Matheson; original music by Lee Holdridge; starring John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Rue McClanahan, David Schramm, Charles Haid, Nancy Lenehan, Courtney Barilla, Nancy Morgan, Pat Skipper, Ed Gale, John Cameron Mitchell, Ryan Todd & Jason Ritter Percepto soundtrack CD conducted by Lee Holdridge [7/2005] out of prodn/used video/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb |
"The Hollywood Road To Oz" [1990 TV documentary]
Hosted by Charlton Heston /tt0099784/
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic" documentary [CBS-TV special Feb 1990]
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Jack Haley, Jr.; hosted by Angela Lansbury; Emmy nomination for Outstanding
Directing; available on the 2-disk & 3-disk editions above; full credits from IMDb
"Dorothy & The Wizard In Oz [1993 animated video release]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106755/
"In Search of Oz" documentary [BBC 1993, USA June 1994]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107201/
"We're Off To See The Munchkins" [indep video docu 1993]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108527/
"Oz" [Japan animated video release 1994]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105084/
"The Magic Book of Oz" [indep video release 1994]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110431/companycredits
"Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda" aka "The Wizard of the City of Emeralds"
[Russia 1994 part-animated feature]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111641/
"The Wizard of Oz In Concert: Dreams Come True" [TBS 1995]
Hosted by Alfre Woodard; starring Jackson Browne, Roger Daltrey, Natalie Cole, Joel Grey, Jewel Kilcher
(as Dorothy}, Nathan Lane, Debra Winger, Lucie Arnaz, Ry Cooder, Dr. John & James Waller (as Toto}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114964/
 | "Oz: The American Fairyland" documentary [indep video release June 1997] Co-directed by Gayle O'Neal & Leonard A. Swann, Jr.; narrated by Lee Lively; interviewees include illustrator Evelyn Copelman, authority Michael Patrick Hearn, granddaughter Ozma Baum Mantele, Oz author Rachel Cosgrove Payes, illustrator Charles Santore, Oz author Jay Scarfone & authority William Stillman Inner Visions Group color VHS [9/97] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb |
"Lion of Oz" [2000] /tt0120733/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Oz
based on "Lion of Oz and The Badge of Courage" [1995] by Roger S. Baum
"The Land of Oz" [Hallmark Ent. 2000 TV] /tt0170138/
"Twister: A Musical Catastrophe" [2000 video release]
Written, directed & edited by and starring Ken Kesey [1935-2001]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111522/
"Lost In Oz" TV movie [2000] /tt0173573/
Co-produced & co-written by Michael Katleman, Tim Burton & Trey Callaway; directed by Michael Katleman;
starring Christine Lakin, Samantha Nagel, Scott L. Schwartz
"Lost In Oz" 45-minute TV movie [WB-TV 2002] /tt0309176/
Directed by Mick Garris; co-produced & written by David Hayter; starring Melissa George, Colin Egglesfield,
Mia Sara, Sandra Allen {as Brianna & Patchwork Girl) & Lynn Whitfield
"The Patchwork Girl of Oz" [2005 animated TV] /tt0345776/
"The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" [Fox TV/ABC-TV/Henson May 2005]
 | Dorothy lives in a trailer park in Kansas; a tornado whisks her & Toto away to Oz, where it lands on the Wicked Witch . . . • Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher; co-written by Debra Frank & Steve L. Hayes; starring Ashanti {as Dorothy Gale}, David Alan Grier (as Uncle Henry}, Queen Latifah {as Auntie Em}, and Muppets characters Pepe the Prawn {as Toto}, Miss Piggy {as Wicked Witch of The West}, Kermit the Frog {as Scarecrow}, The Great Gonzo {as Tin Thing}, and Fozzie {as Cowardly Lion}; cameo by Quentin Tarantino
Buena Vista Home Ent. color DVD [8/2005] for $9.99 Buena Vista Home Video color VHS [8/2005] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch promo for DVD [1:30] at IMDb |
"Apocalypse Oz" [indep 2006]
 | Dorothy Willard, Amerasian offspring of the Vietnam War, takes a dream mission to 'terminate' a rene-gade US Army colonel codenamed 'The Wizard' • 30-minute action/fantasy short written & directed by Ben Telford; writing credits refence "Wizard of Oz" (L. Frank Baum), "Apocalypse Now" (Joseph Conrad, Michael Herr, John Milius); won Audience Award at Filmstock Intl Film Festival
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb watch official trailer [8/2014 upload; 1:15] online at Vimeo |
"Tin Man" six-hour mini-series
[SciFi Channel Dec 2007]
 | Billed as a 'twisted' version of Baum's Oz tales; an ordinary girl named D.G. suddenly arrives on the Outer Zone {i.e. Oz} and finds that evil Azkadellia has cast a spell over the magical realm; D.G. enlists the aid of half-brained eccentric Glitch, kindly-but-cowardly beast Raw, and heart-broken former lawman Cain in seeking the fabled Mystic Man who lives at the end of the Old Road.
Directed by Nick Willing; starring Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, Raoul Trujillo, Callum Keith Rennie, Richard Dreyfuss, Blu Mankuma & Karin Konoval
R.H.I. Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2010] 4+ hours on 2 disks for $14.99 Halmi Ent. Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [3/2008] 4+ hours on 2 disks for $7.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash} • SciFi Channel non-Flash site |
"The Yellow Brick Road And Beyond" [Passport Intl. Feb 2009]
 | 50-minute color documentary film written & directed by Troy Szebin; narrated by Steve Stoliar; interviewees include Rob Marshall, Joan Leslie, Beverly D'Angelo, Allan Arkush, John Kendrick, Joel Grey, Oz historian Carlos Larkin, Tommy Tune, and several Munchkins; with archive footage of Judy Garland, Mervyn LeRoy, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney, Donald Saddler, Buddy Ebsen, Ray Bolger, Margaret Hamilton, W.C. Fields, Jack Paar, Clark Gable, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Nipsey Russell & Bert Lahr
Passport Intl. color DVD [2/2009] for $12.98 full credits at IMDb • watch [50:23] free online at SnagFilms |
 | "The Tin Woodman of Oz" independent video [2009] Hash, Inc. of Vancouver, Washington State sells animation software called Animation:Master; in 2009 they organized a worldwide collaboration of their users to make a 90-minute version of Baum's 1918 book "The Tin Woodman of Oz" (nick-named 'TWO'); the film seems not to be for sale anywhere, but is uploaded to Hash, Inc.'s YouTube Channel in eleven parts. Produced by Martin Hash • full credits at IMDb watch 5/2010 official trailer [1:39] online at YouTube watch all eleven parts [1/2009 upload] online at YouTube |
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"The Tin Woodman of Oz" [book #12 = 1918] by L. Frank Baum, Illustrated by John R. Neill Subtitle: A Faithful Story of The Astonishing Adventure Undertaken By The Tin Woodman, Assisted By Woot The Wanderer, The Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, The Rainbow's Daughter • A wandering Gillikin boy named Woot asks the Tin Man, reigning Emperor of the Winkie Kingdom, how he came to be made of tin. After his tale is told, Scarecrow advises Tin Man to search for his lost love and fulfill his promise to her, and even ask her to join him as Empress of Winkieland. They set out and have many exciting and dangerous adventures before they discover a surpise that leaves everyone truly astounded. Kindle Edition from Eltanin Publng [3/2014] for $1.99 {sic} HarperCollins Books of Wonder 9x6¾ hardcover [5/99] for $22.61 Rand McNally & Co. 9¼x6¼ pb [1918] long out of print/used Reilly & Britton 9½x6¾ hardcover [5/1918] long out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia • fully-illustrated original 1918 edition in etext format at Project Gutenberg Disneyland Records recording [1969], read by actors Ginny Tyler and Ron Howard free online audio with slide show [1/2015 upload; 48:54] at YouTube |
"Wicked: The Musical" [Universal for 2012?]
Announced 7/2010: Universal Pictures is planning to make a feature film
version of the hit Broadway musical •
latest info at IMDb
"Wicked" [ABC-TV for 2012?]
Announced 1/2011: non-musical project based on the book, as an eight-hour miniseries for ABC-TV;
exec produced by Salma Hayek & partner Jose Tamez & scriptor Erik Jendresen, and starring Salma Hayek
"Oz, The Great & Powerful"
[Disney release March 2013]
Announced 4/2010: screenplay by Mitchell Kapner about the backstory of the Wizard; director Sam Raimi
finally signed on 10/2010; Robert Downey, Jr. is no longer set to play the young Wizard, nor is Johnny Depp;
latest candidate is James Franco (2/2011), along with Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz & Mila Kunis (5/2011)
latest info on IMDb •
official movie site •
watch 7/2012 trailer [1:50] at IMDb
"Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" animated feature film
[Clarius Ent. May 2014?]
 | Working title 'Dorothy of Oz'; Dorothy returns to Kansas from Oz to find her hometown destroyed by the tornado and the people moving away. Then she is transported back to Oz to find that that land is in decay and her friends Lion, Tin Man & Scarecrow are missing. Dorothy's new journey teams her with a bossy China Doll, a soldier made of marshmallow, Wiser The Owl, and a Tugboat – against the evil Jester. Directed by Will Finn & Dan St. Pierre; based on the 1989 book; music by Bryan Adams; voice actors include Lea Michele {as Dorothy}, Jim Belushi {as Lion}, Dan Aykroyd {as Scarecrow}, Kelsey Grammer {as Tin Man}, Oliver Platt, Megan Hilty, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Stewart & Martin Short {as Jester}
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [2:21] at YouTube "Dorothy of Oz" YA novel [1989] by {great grandson} Roger S. Baum Kindle Edition from Toto Too, Inc. [10/2010] for $2.99 HarperCollins 9x7½ hardcover [10/89] for $20.33 |
 | "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" video game for 3DS [ages 7 & up; 2014] Game Mill Ent. video game for Nintendo 3DS [4/2014] for $28.99 |
"Oz: The Return To Emerald City" 
[planned for release in 2013?]
A 'twisted take' on "The Wizard of Oz" by Josh Olsen; script sold in 2007;
to be produced by Todd McFarlane; latest info on IMDb
"Surrender Dorothy"
[Warner Bros. for 2013? release]
 | The great-granddaughter of Dorothy Gale has to find the red slippers to prevent the Wicked Witch of the West from ruling both Oz and Earth. Deal announced May 2010 by Warner; Drew Barrymore's Flower Films will resurrect the 2002 script by Zach Helm
latest info on IMDb |
"Oz 3-D" animated feature film in 3-D
[planned for release in 2013?]
Announced 4/2011: Gigapix Studios picked up the U.S. rights to the Canadian 3-D feature to be animated
at Starz Animation of Toronto; the $20 million picture, based on the classic “Wizard of Oz” book,
will be directed by Starz Animation’s Rob Silvestri • not yet listed on IMDb
"Oz Wars" [Vanguard Films for 2013? release]
Announced 12/2010: A CGI/stop-motion feature; a contemporary Dorothy and Oz are caught up in
a whirlwind of warrior witches, black magic, martial arts & monsters; to be directed by Mike Johnson;
written by Rob Moreland & Athena Gam • latest info at IMDb
sequel to "Oz, The Great & Powerful" [Disney 2014?]
Announced 3/2013: Mitchell Kapner is hired to write a script, which would continue the adventures of Oz, played by James Franco
"Warriors of Oz" cable series [SyFy Channel 2014?]
Announced 7/2013: Miniseries following a warrior from present-day Earth who is transported to a post-apocalyptic future Oz where he teams up with
three other warriors - Heartless, Brainless, and Coward - in order to defeat the evil Wizard who has enslaved the land; to be produced by
Universal Cable Productions and exec-produced by creator Timur Bekmambetov • not yet listed at IMDb
"Lost In Oz" animated webcast series [Amazon Studios June 2015]
 | 13-episode half-hour animated TV series directed by Paul Stodolny; co-produced & co-written by Abram Makowka and Darin & Jared Mark; voices of Landry Bender {as Dorothy}, Nika Futterman, Jorge Diaz, Chris Cox, Alexander Polinsky, Allison Mack, Stephen Stanton; won 3 Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Children's Animated Program
Amazon Instant Video [6/2015] watch FREE with Amazon Prime full credits at IMDb • watch 6/2017 official trailer [1:58] online at YouTube |
"Emerald City" TV series [Universal/NBC-TV Jan-March 2017]
 | received a 10-episode order from NBC in April 2015; two-episode debut premiered in January 2017; first season concluded in March 2017; N.B.C. canceled the series in May 2017; filmed in Spain, Hungary, Croatia; modern girl hides from a tornado in a police car, which lands on the Red Witch of the East . . . • Developed by Matthew Arnold & Josh Friedman; directed by Tarsem Singh; starring Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu, Gerran Howell, Jordan Loughran, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mido Hamada, Isabel Lucas, Joely Richardson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Roxy Sternberg, Vahid Gold, Stefanie Martini, Rebeka Rea, David Calder; DVD/Blu-ray includes short film "Oz Reimagined: The Making of Emerald City"
Complete Season: Universal Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2017] 3 disks for $34.42 Complete Season: Universal Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [7/2017] 3 disks for $24.99 series credits at IMDb • official series website • series entry at Wikipedia watch 11/2016 official trailer [2:27] online at YouTube |
"{Fantastic} Journey To Oz" [Russia April 2017, U.K. March 2018]
original title "Urfin Dzhyus i Ego Derevyannye Soldaty (Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers)"
 | Produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio & C.T.B. in Saint Petersburg, Russia; the cunning & wicked Urfin Jus decides to take over the Emerald City with his wooden soldiers, rename it Urfinville, and become ruler of the Wonderful Land of Oz; but then Elly shows up and teams with the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Woodsman . . . • Co-produced & adaptated by Aleksandr Boyarskiy; co-directed by Fyodor Dmitriev, Darina Shmidt & Vladimir Toropchin; based on the 1963 children's novel of Aleksandr Volkov [1891-1977]; English adaptation by Jeffrey Hylton & Joe Vitale
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 10/2016 official English-language trailer [1:56] online at YouTube |
Oz Links
"Wizard of Oz' portal at Wikipedia
The International Wizard of Oz Club [est. 1957 by Justin Schiller]
Oz Museum [est. 2004] in Wamego, Kansas
'Museum of Oz' & 4-D Experience at South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, SC
Oz Con Intl.'s Winkie Con [June-July 2017 = #53]
International L. Frank Baum & All Things Oz Historical Foundation [est. 1990] in Chittenango, NY
Oz-stravaganza Festival [June 2018 = #41] in Chittenango, NY
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