{"id":27051,"date":"2013-03-09T20:54:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T01:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=27051"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:43:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:43:58","slug":"raimi-says-he-doesnt-want-to-direct-oz-prequel-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/09\/raimi-says-he-doesnt-want-to-direct-oz-prequel-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Raimi Says He Doesn’t Want To Direct OZ Prequel Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SamRaimi\"<\/a>Sam Raimi’s Oz, The Great And Powerful<\/strong> is well on its way to make somewhere in the amount of $70 to $75 million dollars this weekend, and so Disney is already starting to gear up for a sequel to their Wizard Of Oz<\/em> prequel. The studio has already asked<\/a> original Oz<\/strong> screenwriter Mitchell Kapner to begin developing a script featuring the further adventures of Kansas circus magician Oscar Diggs in the magical land of Oz set before another Kansas resident’s notable trip there.<\/p>\n

But director Raimi won’t be one of those making the return trip. In an interview with Bleeding Cool<\/a>, Raimi stated that he was quiet happy with turning the reins of a follow up film over to another director. (Warning, spoilers ahead.)<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t planned on directing the sequel. I did leave some loose ends for another director if they want to make the picture. I tried to make it a complete ending, so that the audience would be fulfilled, but I also let Evenora and Theodora get away.<\/p>\n

I was attracted to this story but I don\u2019t think the second one would have the thing I would need to get me interested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now it does seem that Raimi is leaving himself an out clause there at the end in case Kapner manages to come up with a story that piques his interest. So maybe he’ll change his mind if he has a meeting with Kapner or likes what he reads once a first draft is turned in. But until then transpires, I think we can count him out for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No second trip over the rainbow for the director.<\/div>\n

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