it looks like the wizard of oz is getting a glee-ful twist. an all new animated sequel is in the works for the classic story and lead character dorothy gale is getting a modern makeover. the character judy garland made famous will be voiced by lea michele, aka glee's rachel in dorothy of oz. the story will follow dorothy as she returns to oz the day after she gets home to kansas. after finding her little kansas town completely different from when she left it, she returns to oz in hopes of finding a way of setting things right back in the real world. problem is she gets to oz and - guess what? - it's a hot mess too. classic characters the scarecrow, the tin man and the (now formerly cowardly) lion are all back, this time voiced by dan aykrod, kelsey grammar and jim belushi, respectively. sounds like a pretty good cast. martin short will voice the film's new villian, the jester. the movie will feature a bunch of new music, too. if it didn't, that would be a big waste of lea. the film isn't set to come out until sometime in 2011 or 2012, but it sounds like it's a good attempt at updating a classic. but it could also be, like its settings, a hot mess. this is only one of five or so projects in the works as oz updates. the other big project is being worked on at drew barrymore's production company (flower films) and would follow dorothy's granddaughter's journey through the emerald city.
oh and i realized today i've been mis-numbering my posts for a while now. don't know how that happened.
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