A Wizard of Oz Remake? Boo!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nicole-Kassell-Will-Direct-Remake-of-THE-WIZARD-OF-OZ-20210209

A friend told me a couple of weeks ago that I was prone to hyperbole... Fine, but this is still pointless sacrilege messing with perfection. There's been enough other properties - good ones like Wicked, and terrible ones like Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return that have further explored the world without besmirching the memory of a true classic and perfect film.

We mustn’t forget this one.

1. You don't have to see it.

2. Heaven forbid someone gets introduced to a story in a different way than you did.

The movie is not a remake of the Judy Garland film, it's a new adaptation of the original book, but since it's produced by WB they can use copyrighted iconography like the ruby slippers.

Besides, the original film WAS a very less-than-faithful adaptation of the original Broadway "Wizard of Oz," keeping next to nothing. Imagine if the Wicked film comes out and they've cut all the songs and replaced them with a new score in "modern" trap style. Many of the characters are gone, it's just Elphaba, Galinda and the Wizard plus a bunch of new people. There's a five-second random shot of people disco dancing as the only shoutout to the Ozdust Ballroom in the original musical. That's how purists of the original Broadway Wizard of Oz would have felt about the classic film, which tossed out almost everything and then slipped in a random shot of some old-timey sailors as a nod to the "Baffin's Bay" sequence in the original musical.

darquegk said: "The movie is not a remake of the Judy Garland film, it's a new adaptation of the original book, but since it's produced by WB they can use copyrighted iconography like the ruby slippers.

Besides, the original film WAS a very less-than-faithful adaptation of the original Broadway "Wizard of Oz," keeping next to nothing. Imagine if the Wicked film comes out and they've cut all the songs and replaced them with a new score in "modern" trap style. Many of the characters are gone, it's just Elphaba, Galinda and the Wizard plus a bunch of new people. There's a five-second random shot of people disco dancing as the only shoutout to the Ozdust Ballroom in the original musical. That's how purists of the original Broadway Wizard of Oz would have felt about the classic film, which tossed out almost everything and then slipped in a random shot of some old-timey sailors as a nod to the "Baffin's Bay" sequence in the original musical."

Marc Platt is co producing both projects

The 1939 classic was the ninth(!) movie made based on the Oz series, and the fourth based on the same story. Chill. 

jlindsey865 said: "Agreed.

The way the article is written makes it confusing. The title makes it sound like a remake of the 1939 film while the article itself presents the film as an adaptation of the novel."

It’s so weird... guess they’re going the click-bait route. Every article I’ve seen about it has a similar headline. 

darquegk said: "The movie is not a remake of the Judy Garland film, it's a new adaptation of the original book, but since it's produced by WB they can use copyrighted iconography like the ruby slippers.

Besides, the original film WAS a very less-than-faithful adaptation of the original Broadway "Wizard of Oz," keeping next to nothing. Imagine if the Wicked film comes out and they've cut all the songs and replaced them with a new score in "modern" trap style. Many of the characters are gone, it's just Elphaba, Galinda and the Wizard plus a bunch of new people. There's a five-second random shot of people disco dancing as the only shoutout to the Ozdust Ballroom in the original musical. That's how purists of the original Broadway Wizard of Oz would have felt about the classic film, which tossed out almost everything and then slipped in a random shot of some old-timey sailors as a nod to the "Baffin's Bay" sequence in the original musical."

The 1939 film was not remotely an "adaptation" of the 1902 Chicago/1903 Broadway show. Yeah, they swiped Glinda making it snow to counteract the power of the poppies, but that project did not start with an idea of doing a film of the show, nor, to my knowledge were rights to that version ever purchased by MGM  (or any film company).