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News from Oz
Aug. 24th, 2007 09:13 pmAn item on the six o' clock news yesterday announced that there is to be a remake of the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz.
Why is this a news story, rather than a show business press release? Because there hasn't been a remake of The Wizard of Oz before? Evidently not.
So far I'm just muttering about the decline of news values, the silly season and who cares anyway, but then the newsreader adds that the film is to be made by Todd Mcfarlane.
What? Not this Todd McFarlane?
Yes, apparently so. And the plan is that the film will be "darker" and "edgier" than the original, more of a sequel than a remake. Right. No doubt Dorothy will find herself in a hotel in Austria, where she will meet Alice and Wendy and I wonder what might happen next...
Why is this a news story, rather than a show business press release? Because there hasn't been a remake of The Wizard of Oz before? Evidently not.
So far I'm just muttering about the decline of news values, the silly season and who cares anyway, but then the newsreader adds that the film is to be made by Todd Mcfarlane.
What? Not this Todd McFarlane?
Yes, apparently so. And the plan is that the film will be "darker" and "edgier" than the original, more of a sequel than a remake. Right. No doubt Dorothy will find herself in a hotel in Austria, where she will meet Alice and Wendy and I wonder what might happen next...
