James Franco Signs To Play The Wizard Of Oz
Spider-Man star and Oscars co-host James Franco has signed on to star as the Wizard in the upcoming Wizard of Oz prequel; Oz: The Great and Powerful. Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogy director Sam Raimi is attached to direct. Here’s a quick synopsis for Oz: The Great and the Powerful that I took from IMDB… This is a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum, told from the point of view of the Wizard. It tells how the Wizard arrived in Oz and how he became the ruler. The film is billed as a prequel…
Marvel Producer Says The Amazing Spider-Man Is Not A Reboot
Marvel movie producer Avi Arad has revealed that the upcoming Spider-Man movie; The Amazing Spider-Man will not simply be a reboot of the superhero franchise and wipe over Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy as first thought. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Arad, who is executive producing the new Spider-Man flick, revealed that The Amazing Spider-Man will focus on the stories that happened around Spider-Man, 1,2 and 3… “It’s not a comeback. You have to look at it this way: Do you want to know more about Spider-Man? This movie is going to tell stories that you didn’t see in movies…
