Tag Archives: L. Frank Baum

Breathing life into the beleaguered box office, Sam Raimi‘s  Oz the Great and Powerful took in an impressive $80.3 million in its North American debut. Disney and producer Joe Roth hope to launch a family-friendly franchise with Oz, which scored the top North American debut of 2013 as well as the third-best March opening of all time after …

After success with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Disney is looking to put  a Wizard of Oz prequel on the fast track with both a possible director and star  circling the project. According to Production Weekly,  Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to star as the wizard in an original …