'Profoundly iconic shoes to fill': Wizard Of Oz remake planned with Watchmen director

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'Profoundly iconic shoes to fill': Wizard Of Oz remake planned with Watchmen manager

Costumed "Magician of Oz" characters attend the "Wizard of Oz" 70th Anniversary Emerald Gala on Sept. 24, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Are we off to see the sorcerer, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz – again? New Line Cinema is making a new adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, L Frank Baum children's novel, with Nicole Kassell, the visual architect of Watchmen, gear up to direct.

Baum's 1900 novel, now in the public domain, has spawned many adaptations over the years – nigh famously, of grade, the 1939 MGM musical by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland.

Kassell's version will not be a musical. New Line said it will exist a "fresh accept" and a "reimagining" of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. It will have some advantages, besides, since Warner Bros owns New Line and the 1939 film. That means it can use some trademarked elements like the ruby slippers.

"While the 1939 musical is part of my Deoxyribonucleic acid, I am exhilarated and humbled by the responsibleness of re-imagining such a legendary tale," said Kassell in a statement. "The opportunity to examine the original themes – the quest for courage, honey, wisdom and abode – feels more timely and urgent than ever. These are profoundly iconic shoes to fill up, and I am eager to dance alongside these heroes of my childhood equally we pave a newly minted xanthous brick road!"

This prototype released by HBO shows Regina King in a scene from "Watchmen." The series was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding express series on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. King was also nominated for outstanding pb actress in a limited serial or motion-picture show. (Mark Hill/HBO via AP)

Kassell is an executive producer of HBO's Watchmen and directed three of its nine episodes, including the airplane pilot. She has worked primarily in television but directed the characteristic films The Woodsman (2014) and A Little Flake Of Heaven (2004).

The most recent Wizard Of Oz film came from the Walt Disney Co'due south Oz The Dandy And Powerful in 2013. Directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, it was gear up xx years earlier the events of the 1939 classic.

(Source: AP)

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