The last we heard about Todd McFarlane’s THE TWISTED LAND OF OZ was back at the beginning of September, where McFarlane told us that his idea for a TWISTED LAND OF OZ film would be epic. Apparently McFarlane’s idea was for a huge film in the range of 100 Million and was just a tad too dark for Warner Brothers. Shame…
So is McFarlane’s TWISTED LAND OF OZ dead? That seems to be the case considering Pajiba just hit us all with a brand new logline for a film called OZ: THE RETURN TO EMERALD CITY. THE RETURN TO EMERALD CITY comes from a script by Josh Olson, who was also tapped with the job of penning a sequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ. What does this mean?
Well it seems the obvious answer is that Warner Bros. have decided to go with Olson’s family friendly pitch over McFarlane’s dark twisted one. Damn… It seems Olson and McFarlane have been going punch for punch over this whole thing. No offense to Olson or anything, but I would’ve much rather seen McFarlane’s take on the age-old fairytale. Mind you there’s been no official confirmation that McFarlane’s THE TWISTED LAND OF OZ is completely dead so we’ll have our fingers crossed for an update! In the meantime go ahead and check out OZ: THE RETURN TO EMERALD CITY’s synopsis below:
It’s a modern-day sequel. The story centers on Dorothy Neil, a bright and ambitious young lawyer for a prestigious law firm in Chicago. Neil is the grand-daughter of Dorothy Gale, who is now an old woman living in Kansas and telling her tales about her time in the land of Oz to a new generation of kids. However, trouble is afoot in Oz, as a new witch is destroying the magic that keeps the entire place running. While babysitting her boss’ kid, the kid and Dorothy Neil are brought back to Oz and united with the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow and tasked with killing an evil witch and restoring order in Oz.