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Wizard of Oz TV show Announced! (Or rather re-announced?)

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I've heard of shows that have been canceled, and then uncanceled due to either loud enough fan support or last minute deals going through. I've also heard of shows that got canceled before a single episode was aired. (This happened to the show Hieroglyph , just this past year.) But I'm not sure if both of these things have ever happened to the same show before now. A while back, the land of Oz seemed to be everywhere. Disney had released a fairly successful prequel movie about the Wizard first arriving, Oz characters were showing up on Once Upon a Time , and there were no less than three (count 'em three) Wizard of Oz themed TV shows in development at the same time. One of those shows was Emerald City on NBC. Emerald City was described as a Game of Thrones style interpretation of the land of Oz (i.e. NBC would like some of that GoT success) that would cover events not only from the original Wizard of Oz book, but its thirteen sequels as well. Last January, NBC order...

The Disney Live Action Remake Saga

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It's Live action Remake mania over at the House of Mouse. It seems like you can't go one day without Disney announcing another live action version of one of their classic movies is now in development. With the success of Alice in Wonderland from Tim Burton (financial success at least) as well as last year's Maleficent and this year's Cinderella, Disney looks to be remaking their entire animation lineup in live action form as quickly as possible.   So for those who can't keep track, here's a quick rundown of every movie that's currently in development. The Jungle Book April 15th 2016 Ok so this one is really quite interesting.  See most people view Alice in Wonderland as the movie that really kicked off this whole live action remake trend. And it did, but it wasn't the first time that Disney remade their classic cartoons as live action movies. They did the same thing in the 90s, most famously with 101 Dalmatians but also with The Jungle Book. Twi...