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Author Topic: WB Remaking Wizard of Oz Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 11-18-2010 12:07 PM                     If they haven't cast Dorothy yet, we've got DOZENS of Judy Garland impersonators here in San Francisco who could audition for the part- - and probably do it well.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 11-18-2010 12:11 PM                     Hollywood has been remaking films for as long as there has been a Hollywood. Some remakes are better than the original, most are not. I suspect that any theatrical remake of OZ will fail. A few years ago, the SyFy channel ran a mini-series "re-imagining" of OZ called Tin Man. It did not exactly burn up the ratings. On the other hand, in 1931, WB make a private detective film called The Maltese Falcon, which was slow and boring. In 1941, WB remade The Maltese Falcon from a script that was almost word for word identical to the original, only this time it featured Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and it was a big hit.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-18-2010 02:07 PM                    I guess technically you could say that "The Wizard of Oz" from 1939 was a remake.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2010 03:09 PM                        There have been lots and lots of very successful remakes or "reboots" over the years. Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Superman (the Christopher Reeve version), and so on. So they're not ALWAYS a bad thing. Well except these days they usually are, I guess. When was the last really good remake? Probably the last really good "reboot" was The Dark Knight, or the first James Bond with Daniel Craig.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2010 03:13 PM                        The last great remake I can think of was Richard Lester's version of The Three Musketeers. And that was 37 years ago.  |  IP: Logged

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