![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Wizard is a showman, and I suppose that is what I am as an actor," Franco writes. Disney Press is reissuing the classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a new introduction by Franco. It has spawned a flurry of Oz books, from reissues of old standards from Baum's collection to a coffee-table book celebrating the art of the new movie. Throw in an additional 17 Oz novels from Baum, and you've got a legend.Īnd now Disney's movie, Oz The Great and Powerful, starring James Franco as a small-town magician who arrives in an enchanted land in a prequel to the original story, opens March 8. Its place in history was sealed in 1939 with the Judy Garland movie, The Wizard of Oz, ever since a staple in American pop culture. In merchandise.īaum's classic about a little girl who went on a magical journey attempting to make her way home to Kansas was followed by a popular musical in 1902, which Baum adapted from his original. Frank Baum have known that when his Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in 1900 that more than a century later millions would still be making the pilgrimage to the Emerald City. Yep, skipping down that yellow brick road. ![]()
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