Yet another Oz movie

This time with Drew Barrymore.

May 19, 2010 at 6:07PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Drew in 2006
Drew in 2006 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The plot:

This makes a total of 42 Oz movies in development, not including Eddie Murphy's rumored "The Donkey from Shrek Goes to Oz and Makes Pop-Culture References," which is budgeted at $567 million. (Kidding.) But we're still looking at a welter of Oz in the next few years. It's a pity they couldn't be merged somehow into a coherent series, like "Lord of the Rings," which has orcs, and "Sex and the City," which has orcs in nice shoes. (Both have flying monkeys.)

The title does not answer a childhood question: either Dorothy should surrender herself, or the citizens of the Emerald City should surrender her. A COMMA WOULD HELP.

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