The Wizard of Oz" may be the best-known movie of all time, and here's big news that'll make you click your heels: "Wizard" is being prequeled. Here are details on the upcoming "Oz: The Great and Powerful," with Johnny Depp starring as the Wizard.
There's some down-low industry buzz that "The Wizard of Oz" is set to return to the big screen in a remake titled "Oz: The Great and Powerful." Details so far are incredibly scarce -- all we know is that Disney bought the property, it's scheduled to start filming in June of this year and slated to hit theaters in 2013...but the major development is that Johnny Depp is set to star.
That's according to a report published Thursday. Apparently, Disney has struck a deal with Johnny Depp to play the lead -- the Wizard -- in this prequel to the original "Wizard of Oz." If all this is true, Depp's part will be huge -- check out how the film is summarized on IMDb:
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