James Franco will play the young wizard in Oz The Great and Powerful, a feature film from Walt Disney Pictures that began production on July 25th 2011, directed by Sam Raimi. Oz The Great and Powerful is a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum, with a script co-written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner. The story is told from the point of view of the Wizard, telling how the Wizard arrived in Oz and how he became the ruler. The all-star cast of the film includes Zach Braff as Franco’s assistant, Mila Kunis as the witch Theodora, Rachel Weisz as Kunis’ sister Evanora and Michelle Williams as Glinda the Good Witch. The film is due to be released through Disney Studios Motion Pictures on March 8th, 2013. When Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician is blown off course from Kansas to the land of Oz, he thinks he has made the big time. Then he meets three witches who don’t think he is the great wizard everyone has been expecting. Finding out who is good and who is bad helps Oscar Diggs become the great and powerful Wizard of Oz
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Wizard of Oz Prequel – Oz The Great And Powerful
http://wizardofozlondon.co.uk/364/wizard-of-oz-prequel-oz-the-great-and-powerful/
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July 28 2011, 12:58pm | Comments »
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Chicago - New Roxy announced
http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/chicago-new-roxy-announced.html
Michelle Williams is Chicago’s new Roxy New Chicago star Michelle Williams Michelle Williams (ex-Destiny’s Child) is to make her West End stage debut starring as Roxie Hart in Chicago. The US singer will appear at London’s Cambridge Theatre from July 13 until August 22. Michelle first made her name with Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland in Destiny’s Child. She released a solo album in 2002. She made her stage debut in the title role in the musical Aida on Broadway . She has also played Shug Avery in the musical of The Color Purple, in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Michelle got very good reviews for her performance in the tour and I think it bodes very well for her time in Chicago. Here she is at the 2006 Tony’s with the rest of the cast. (BTW doesn’t this sound like a great musical. I’d love to see it come here!)
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May 26 2009, 10:48am | Comments »
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