![]() ![]() SyFy and the Russian director of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter are teaming up to make a post-apocalyptic Wizard of Oz miniseries in which Dorothy is a man who is armed to the teeth and hellbent on taking down the despotic wizard who rules the land. PERSON MAKING PITCH: It is exactly like Game of Thrones. LIFETIME EXEC: Because I’d really like it if it were like Game of Thrones. LIFETIME EXEC: So it’s like Game of Thrones? Yeah, to, like, the oldest and most dangerous parts of Oz. PERSON MAKING PITCH: So, like, there’s the Yellow Brick Road, right? But there were also red bricks. To recap: The Wizard of Oz is now The Matrix. But when another young woman from Kansas is swept up in a tornado and magically dropped into this war-torn Oz, our hero discovers a revolutionary underground of witches and enchanted beings only to learn that she is destined to lead their people in the fight to reclaim Oz from a power-hungry Dorothy’s ruthless clutches. In reality, the magically-ever-youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, presiding over a now fascist fairyland with her perfectly manicured iron fist and the help of her henchmen – the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. It is a revisionist take on the classic tale set in present day, 80 years after Dorothy Gale supposedly came home. This one is based on an upcoming young adult novel. All we know is that it’s a dark, Game of Thrones-style reimagining that will draw its inspiration from all 14 books in L. There’s not much out there about this one yet. I’m kind of hoping Dorothy is a doctor at a hospital and the Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow are all sassy med students studying under her. It is set in New York, and is “inspired by the characters and themes” from the movie. That is the lesson here.Īnyway, here is a quick guide to the projects currently in development.ĭorothy is a medical drama from the people who brought you Elementary. That honor, as it usually does, goes to SyFy, who has turned Dorothy into a man and made her a warrior. (If all of this results in Dorothy having sex with the lion while the Tin Man burns the scarecrow alive, I will be very disturbed.) And, somehow, neither of those are the most outlandish of the bunch. Try to guess if at least two of them invoke Game of Thrones in their descriptions. As of this posting, there are currently five different adaptations of the 1939 film in development. Next year marks the 75th anniversary of The Wizard Of Oz, and television executives all over California are freaking right the hell out about it. ![]()
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