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Is Dakota Fanning Going to Oz?

Source: Star Pulse

Star Pulse is reporting that 15 year old sensation Dakota Fanning (Charlotte's Web, War of the Worlds) is in talks to star in a sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Producer Basil Iwanyk says, "It will be set in the present day and feature Dorothy's granddaughter."

The 1939 original - based on the 1900 children's book 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' - was nominated for six Academy Awards, won two (for Best Original Song and Score) and has become one of the most beloved films in the history of cinema.

The Tinseltown classic has since been adapted by Sidney Lumet in his lackluster 1978 film The Wiz (which starred Michael Jackson and Diana Ross) and as a sequel in 1985's Return to Oz.

Though details are scarce, Co-producer Todd McFarlane adds, "You've still got Dorothy trapped in an odd place, but she's much closer to the Ripley character from Alien than a helpless singing girl."

Interesting? Strange? Sacrilege? What do you think?

UPDATE: Empire caught up with McFarlane, who debunked the Dakota Fanning casting rumors:

I haven't heard that. If we just do a sugary sweet Dorothy that everybody has seen over and over for 50 years, as far as I'm concerned, that's too obvious. I'm happy to go with whoever will get the most people in the seats, but sometimes that can change from month to month.

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Comment by Tifa-the-Strange on August 26, 2009 at 9:33am: I really don't know what to think about this.
I like the old movie and sort of liked Return to Oz.
I'm curious of what they're going to do here, since you now have Dorothy as a Grandmother.
But what I really want to see is Wicked turned into a kick ass movie with a few of the songs from the Musical, since that is where I knew about the book before having any knowledge that it existed. I want to see Elphaba rocking out during Defy Gravity :D

Comment by Rose Nolan on August 26, 2009 at 2:42am: This movie didn't need a sequal but that's hollywood

Comment by D Dubya on August 26, 2009 at 12:53am: Soooooo....we're getting a CGI remake of the Wizard of Oz....and the SEQUEL to it??

Ugh, just leave the ol wiz alone already!!!

Comment by rocco burntire on August 25, 2009 at 10:54pm: I am guessing it will be like a watered down pans labyrinth...but they will throw in a lot of fight and action sequences for no good reason ....so it will probably be utter shit in the long run ...as far as mcfarlane he has big time execution problems when it comes to film so I doubt it will turn out any different then a big pile of gizmo caca...too bad because I like the dakota girl she is a decent actress

Comment by Grievous501 on August 25, 2009 at 5:16pm: TODD MCFARLANE ? just stick with spawn dude not this.

Comment by R. O. L. on August 25, 2009 at 2:20pm: "You've still got Dorothy trapped in an odd place, but she's much closer to the Ripley character from Alien than a helpless singing girl."

I do not know what to expect... something tells me it will be bad.

Comment by Cameron Coyle on August 25, 2009 at 2:20pm: Hollywood deserves a big kick in the f*cking ass. So many goddamn sequels and remakes and shit, back then there were like just barley any sequels at all! Almost none! Almost no remakes either! WHY CAN'T HOLLYWOOD COME UP WITH SOMETHING ORIGINAL AND TRY TO STOP MAKING SO MANY SEQUELS AND REMAKES?! Another thing that busts my balls is there are so many f*cking comic book movies. And a lot of them suck (some are good Spider man, The Dark knight, iron man etc.) but *sigh*...hollywood have ran out of ideas.