The Wizard of Oz is an everlasting Hollywood traditional that has captured the imaginations and hearts of audiences of all ages for the final 85 years. The film’s reputation has additionally led to numerous prequels and sequel movies, retellings, and TV exhibits based mostly on the story to be produced over the many years.
Notably, Depraved, which is a prequel set to be launched later this 12 months. Nonetheless, with only a few exceptions, all of the movies (together with Depraved) and TV exhibits are based mostly on the L. Frank Baum Oz books and never the 1939 MGM movie.
Effectively, if it had been as much as Drew Barrymore, we would have truly gotten a sequel to The Wizard of Oz. In a latest interview with Us Weekly, Drew revealed that she has been making an attempt to get a sequel* titled Give up Dorothy made for the final 28 years.
In keeping with Drew, the script for Give up Dorothy was one of many first scripts she developed when she began her manufacturing firm Flower Movies in 1995, including, “I fell in love with [it]… So it feels very private to me.”
The movie was truly introduced again in 2002, and Drew was set to star in it. The plot concerned the Depraved Witch of the West truly surviving after being melted by water, escaping Oz, and coming to modern-day New York in quest of the ruby slippers — which are actually within the possession of Drew’s Dorothy, who’s the great-great-granddaughter of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.
Now, we all know this could have been a sequel to the unique film as a result of the ruby slippers should not a part of the Oz books (within the books the slippers had been silver, however MGM modified them for the film in order that they’d “pop” in Technicolor). In reality, the ruby slippers are copyrighted, so if any studio had been to make use of them in any adaption, they’d be sued.
After that announcement, the mission went dormant till 2010, when it was introduced that Drew would now direct Give up Dorothy, with a youthful actor portraying Dorothy.
Whereas in the end Give up Dorothy by no means acquired made, Drew would nonetheless prefer to make it, saying, “As a director, I’d give something to [make] that.”
Okay, now I’m curious: Would you need to see a sequel movie that adopted the Depraved Witch of the West making an attempt to get the ruby slippers again? Pontificate within the feedback beneath!
