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McFarlane's TWISTED LAND OF OZ Movie Still Pressing Forward?!


Merrick here...

Strangely, I was just thinking abut this project the other day. It had been a while since we'd heard anything about Todd McFarlane's efforts to build a live-action movie around his TWISTED LAND OF OZ toy line (HERE), so I assumed this had gone then way of the dinosaurs.

Guess not.

In a recent discussion with Empire, McFarlane talked about the project's status. While not exactly barreling forward, it still seems to be very much alive.

On the state of the script: They're on their second iteration right now, trying to get it into a zone that makes sense. Josh Olsen wrote a draft that didn't quite strike Warners fancy. Everyone was a little lukewarm. They wanted it more sexy! So they were going to do a rewrite and get some fresh eyes on it.

...says McFarlane HERE.

With so many WIZARD OF OZ projects swirling around (Sci Fi's recent TIN MAN, John Boorman's mysterious CG adaptation, and one or two more that escape my mind at the moment) I've long ago given up protesting further adaptations and variations of this property.

This said, in the Pantheon of the Unnecessary, TWISTED seems more interesting to me than others - although I suspect it'll be significantly diluted by Warners. But if they went bat shit crazy with it? That could be at least amusing, in a "I can't believe they did that"/"That's so fucked up, show me more!" sorta way...




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"didn't quite strike Warners fancy".....
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 3rd, 2009
11:57:55 AM
More sexy!
by ebonic_plague
Sep 3rd, 2009
11:58:21 AM
anybody who self-applies the term "twisted"
by Spandau Belly
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:00:52 PM
Spandau
by Sodomy_Joe_Shitpants
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:02:11 PM
i love prison movies
by krod
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:03:35 PM
i love prison movies
by krod
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:03:46 PM
American McGee presents
by ColtCCO
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:05:41 PM
so does Mcfarlane still have the baby grand...
by rben
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:07:17 PM
desperately unimaginative
by madCanada
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:08:09 PM
Mcfarlane sucks now
by disfigurehead
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:09:05 PM
Huh...
by The_Skook
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:12:12 PM
MORE SEXY
by mattforce7
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:18:50 PM
Needs to be more "EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!"
by crackerfarmboy
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:23:48 PM
McFarlane.....
by Series7
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:25:33 PM
I bet the meeting went like this.
by Series7
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:27:26 PM
Ooh, "twisted"!
by rev_skarekroe
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:27:54 PM
Mfarlane paid 1 million for Macs 70th HR ball, EPIC FAIL!
by ganymede3010
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:28:52 PM
not sure about this.
by Charinger
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:29:29 PM
Unless
by Gunslinger1919
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:31:23 PM
Will it be EXTREME TO THE MAX?!?
by Jonas Grumpy
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:31:26 PM
Just adapt the damn books
by joelcrary
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:36:29 PM
Where that's Spawn animated movie/new season???
by Johnno
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:36:58 PM
Somebody needs to take an inherently dark and twisted story...
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:38:52 PM
Those are certainly some beautiful designs..
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:48:21 PM
wicked
by BigTexas42
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:53:52 PM
YAWN....
by Karl Childers
Sep 3rd, 2009
12:55:47 PM
who cares when Netyri is fucking our eyeballs in 2009
by sherlock_junior
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:07:15 PM
War of Oz
by funnyhat
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:17:24 PM
Seeing that Invisible Women Ad
by Series7
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:24:39 PM
I would LOVE to see...
by Hutch822127
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:27:51 PM
Give it to Tim Burton, and make Depp as Scarecrow
by ricarleite2
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:40:09 PM
Excellent
by Kikstad
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:46:28 PM
Should be animated
by fassbinder79
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:50:05 PM
Megan Fox does Kansas
by the Green Gargantua
Sep 3rd, 2009
01:50:40 PM
todd mcfarlane is one giant HAND JOB
by robertplant
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:12:40 PM
Sasha Grey as Dorothy
by YackBacker
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:16:15 PM
SO TWISTED
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:16:39 PM
Remember that Spawn movie?
by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:20:14 PM
Nothing tops Diana Ross in THE WIZ
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:52:00 PM
Why does Todd McFarlane think people give a crap about him?
by Thanos0145
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:52:05 PM
McFarlane Versus Tim Burton
by Mr.LordBronco
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:53:04 PM
Well I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 3rd, 2009
02:56:55 PM
My favorite part of 'Spawn' was....
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 3rd, 2009
03:05:22 PM
For a moment, I thought this referred to SETH MacFarlane
by Nasty In The Pasty
Sep 3rd, 2009
03:08:33 PM
McFarlane IS a fucking asshat
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 3rd, 2009
03:34:00 PM
What's with the "dark" visions of Oz?
by Darth Busey
Sep 3rd, 2009
03:41:42 PM
its going to be like LOTR!!!
by alice 13
Sep 3rd, 2009
03:48:07 PM
@ Nerd_Rage_Retard_Strength
by sherlock_junior
Sep 3rd, 2009
03:53:20 PM
T2 is his weakest film...
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:04:33 PM
McFarlane's design
by MacReady452
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:04:55 PM
Abandon this Warner Brothers
by Don_Simpons_Head
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:23:50 PM
@ REVENGE_of_FETT
by sherlock_junior
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:28:26 PM
*edited*
by sherlock_junior
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:31:19 PM
Where were the figurines of the Witches?
by ZombieHeathLedger
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:41:48 PM
They should of made a live action version of the HBO series.
by ganymede3010
Sep 3rd, 2009
04:49:50 PM
McFarlane Ain't Got A Pot To Piss In . . .
by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon
Sep 3rd, 2009
05:08:01 PM
next dark re-invention ...
by madCanada
Sep 3rd, 2009
05:22:18 PM
Blah.
by BizarroJerry
Sep 3rd, 2009
05:44:18 PM
The scene in the Spawn movie...
by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS
Sep 3rd, 2009
05:45:30 PM
intravenus demilo
by will munny
Sep 3rd, 2009
05:46:22 PM
Same with Green Lantern comics...
by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS
Sep 3rd, 2009
05:54:08 PM
Never read a single Spawn comic...
by sith_rising
Sep 3rd, 2009
06:01:41 PM
McFarlane ruined action figure collecting...
by Jim Jam Bongs
Sep 3rd, 2009
06:27:45 PM
CAST SOPHIE HOWARD AS DOROTHY
by J-Dizzle
Sep 3rd, 2009
06:28:14 PM
An amazing Oz trilogy is just waiting to be made
by performingmonkey
Sep 3rd, 2009
06:31:04 PM
performingmonkey
by The_Skook
Sep 3rd, 2009
06:36:24 PM
To the Extreme!
by bswise
Sep 3rd, 2009
07:12:39 PM
is Oz in the public domain now or something?
by van_line
Sep 3rd, 2009
07:18:53 PM
Finish the Spawn animated series first!
by MattmanReturns
Sep 3rd, 2009
07:30:49 PM
van_line
by cyberskunk
Sep 3rd, 2009
08:04:33 PM
This Project Sucks....
by GoodTimeBobby
Sep 3rd, 2009
08:58:00 PM
Repo The Genetic Opera Part 2.
by Lutz
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:18:30 PM
WOW! This site is inhabited by a bunch
by MacReady452
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:23:55 PM
T100 time travel.
by Lutz
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:24:17 PM
...Not A Prude
by GoodTimeBobby
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:29:50 PM
Today's Parade of Mediocrity. . .
by jimmay
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:34:10 PM
Can we please get a Oz movie with Meat Glue?
by CreamCheeseAlchemist
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:34:14 PM
YES!
by Logan_1973
Sep 3rd, 2009
09:56:22 PM
This will never get made and what's wrong with you people? T2 w
by beane2099
Sep 3rd, 2009
10:05:32 PM
So, MacFarlane is a massive douchebag?
by JuanSanchez
Sep 3rd, 2009
10:50:03 PM
I bought some McFarlane toys...
by Scorchy
Sep 3rd, 2009
11:09:23 PM
Kunis/Portman girl on girl....
by PowerRing
Sep 3rd, 2009
11:09:25 PM
Good Terminator didn't give a fuck about the chips.
by veebeeyes
Sep 4th, 2009
01:06:28 AM
mcfarlane is a lousy writer
by cloudrider`
Sep 4th, 2009
01:08:35 AM
neca > mcfarlane
by cloudrider`
Sep 4th, 2009
01:27:04 AM
Why else is T2 the worst one?
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 4th, 2009
09:12:28 AM
"so prominant in the movie"
by BrandonGK
Sep 4th, 2009
12:02:45 PM
McFarlane doesn't have a clue
by Ronnie Pudding
Sep 4th, 2009
02:40:21 PM
McFarlane still around?
by Violator90
Sep 4th, 2009
07:17:39 PM
wow i didn't realize this until i read the comments, but....
by tattoodrake
Sep 5th, 2009
11:09:49 AM
Todd McFarlane is Comic industries Rob Zombie
by smackfu
Sep 6th, 2009
10:24:09 AM
Oz now in pre-production
by Moley Mole
Sep 7th, 2009
03:54:09 PM
smackfu
by tattoodrake
Sep 8th, 2009
04:02:42 AM

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