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New Clip From Oz The Great And Powerful Vs. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

It’s beginning to be a thing Franco, this monkey business.

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Witch Vs. Witch And The Magic Bubble Wall – Two Clips From Oz The Great And Powerful

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

James Franco has a guilty conscience and Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis share a tense, witchy exchange.

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Oz The Great And Powerful’s Find Your Way To Oz Clip-Promo-Trailer Thing

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This magic bubble transit system looks almost as cool as a monorail.

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Oz The Great And Powerful Superbowl Spot

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This film has lots of ingredients I like – including that lush colour design.

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Full Triptych Poster For Oz The Great And Powerful Plus Some New Pics

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Mila Kunis appears to be in two places at once and all of James Francos friends are rather short.

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First Look At Sam Raimi’s Wicked Witch Of The West

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

She’s a mean, green pointy hat wearing machine.

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Kickstart From The Heart: Stitch, Woe Is Oz and Leaving Megalopolis

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool’s  Kickstarter Correspondent, Shawn Demumbrum has lead three Kickstarter campaigns to launch comic books, two successfully funded and one that wasn’t.  Each week he will point out some of the unique Kickstarter projects that wouldn’t normally be published by …

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First Teaser Poster For Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great And Powerful Hits Some Iconic Beats

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Oz The Great and Powerful doesn’t tell the story of Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but the backstory. Unlike Wicked, with focused on one of the Witches, Sam Raimi’s new film fills out the story of the huckster who …

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Oz Comic Con Pros And Cons – And The World’s Easiest Avengers Trivia Quiz

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Vicki Isitt writes for Bleeding Cool. The past weekend marked Oz Comic Con’s second go at a convention, after its success in Adelaide last year, and marked the second comic convention of the year in Australia, after Supanova back in …

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Oz Comic-Con Is Coming, Bleeding Cool Are Going (And So Is Stan Lee)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

We’re just warning you.

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First Look At Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great And Powerful

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Sam Raimi prequelises The Wizard of Oz with one of the best screenwriters in the business.

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Is One Of Sam Raimi’s Flying Monkeys Of Oz Entering A World Of Pain? UPDATE

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The Flying Monkeys of Oz are hideous beasts of terror. No wonder that Sam Raimi has found space for them in his Wizard prequel, Oz The Great and Powerful. Our first looked at one of these winged nightmares has been …

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Abigail Spencer Off To Kansas To Join Sam Raimi’s Oz

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Kate Atherton

The filming of Sam Raimi‘s prequel to the Wizard of Oz, Oz: The Great and Powerful, is about to get underway this month in Michigan. There is still time, just, for casting. Abigail Spencer (Madmen) has just been hired, says …

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Rachel Weisz Set To Play Wicked Witch In Sam Raimi’s Oz

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

It looks like the Hilary Swank vs. Michelle Williams casting showdown has been resolved… by offering the role to Rachel Weisz. As I understand it, she’s taking the chief evil witch role of Evanora in Sam Raimi’s prequel picture, Oz The …

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Sam Raimi And Disney Fancy Different Actresses For Oz The Great And Powerful

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Yes, it’s just like that Joel Edgerton Bourne Surpemacy story (for what it came to be worth). Indeed, it’s something I imagine happens in Hollywood on an almost daily basis. Sam Raimi is said to be at loggerheads with Disney …

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Mila Kunis Opts For Raimi’s Oz Over Akira, Convinces James Franco To Sign

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Though she was wanted and desired for a lead role in the Americanised, live-action Akira, Mila Kunis has instead opted to sign up as the Wicked Witch of the West in Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great and Powerful. Or, perhaps …

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Johnny Depp Decides Not To Enter Sam Raimi’s Oz, James Franco Is Next In Line

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Before Sam Raimi and David Lindsay-Abaire came on to rework the project, Robert Downey Jr. was attached to star in Oz the Great and Powerful, taking on the role of a travelling huckster who gets carried off to the land …

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Sam Raimi Definitely Off To Oz, Gets Great Writer To Repave Yellow Brick Road

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

From the specific wording, it doesn’t sound like there’s any ink on the contract yet but Sam Raimi must have shaken hands with Rich Ross or made a pinky promise or similar because Deadline are reporting: The studio [Disney] has received a …

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