Syfy, in its search for new miniseries to produce, is backtracking a little bit by hooking up with director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) to bring about a new version of The Wizard of Oz. I say backtracking because this miniseries would be a modern reimaginging of the classic story; much like Tin Man was when it first aired back in 2007 on the same channel (to be fair, it wasn’t called Syfy back then, so maybe that part of history no longer applies). Maybe nobody cares that this has, sort of, been done before; it’s happening regardless.
The miniseries, called Warriors of Oz, will be a fantasy-action retelling of The Wizard of Oz, following a warrior from present day Earth who is transported to the post-apocalyptic future of Oz. According to Deadline, he teams up with three other warriors – Heartless, Brainless, and Coward – and must defeat the evil Wizard,...
The miniseries, called Warriors of Oz, will be a fantasy-action retelling of The Wizard of Oz, following a warrior from present day Earth who is transported to the post-apocalyptic future of Oz. According to Deadline, he teams up with three other warriors – Heartless, Brainless, and Coward – and must defeat the evil Wizard,...
- 7/24/2013
- by Brody Gibson
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