Sam Raimi‘s Oz the Great and Powerful

[SaltSlasher]

Yeah Sam's non-horror isnt that great. I love spider-man, just not the 3 spider-man movies he made.

I watched Evil Dead the other day on Netflix, and it is such a classic. I would just love to see Raimi's work on another horror again! I know it ain't the 80s but the themes, plots and style is still boss in my book of radness.

I have mix emotions, cause Raimi's only work that he has written is Evil Dead, and then has these bombs like the screenplay for spider-man 3, then a hand full of whatevers. Yeah he produced but his only great work is the Evil Dead and Drag me, and Evil Dead 1 n 2 were that much different and three was a bomb. Besides for that I wouldn't call him a great Director, Writer or Actor.

I mean look at romero, he has written several masterpieces with only one bad script(survival of the dead). Were talking the "Night, Dawn, n Day's of's", Kinghrider, Martin, The Crazies x2, Creepshow 1n2, and directed all of them to.

[The Villain]

The Possession sounds interesting which is Raimi produced.

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Bruce Campbell is full of big announcements this summer. First, he confirmed that a remake of Evil Dead is officially in the works. (With Diablo Cody on board to help write the script no less.) And now, the actor has just tweeted that he will work with his long-time collaborator Sam Raimi once again in Oz: The Great and Powerful.

Just an hour ago, the actor Tweeted that he would definitely be featured in Raimi’s prequel to the 1939 classic:

“I. Am. In. Oz. Sam Raimi refuses to tell me what character I will portray. Just know that the role is PIVOTAL.”

Campbell joins James Franco (who will play the title character) as well as Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz, who will play the three witches.

Walt Disney Pictures has given the mega-budgeted movie a March 8, 2013 release date.

Cambell has worked with Raimi, whom he met in high school, on a number of projects including the Evil Dead series, the Spider-Man series, Darkman and The Quick and the Dead.

[leezuki]

i rekon sam raimi will do fantastic job with oz, i just cant wait to see his style on this movie, will it be dark and creepy or family musical like the original ?

[ferretchucker]

I agree on the Alice in Wonderland, front. It takes a lot more than lowering the saturation and making everyone pale to make something truly creepy. I'm looking forward to this, but I'm not ecstatic. I too want to see another horror from Raimi - he's one of the last great tailors of original horrors..

[ChronoGrl]

So I just saw a trailer for Oz: The Great and Powerful (to be released next year) and somehow it escaped me that it's being directed by our beloved Mr. Raimi.



The trailer is visually stunning and quite EPIC but I am skeptical because:

• Disney
• Produced by the same company that did Burton's Alice and Wonderland, which I thought was pretty but ultimately without substance

I'm intrigued, though. It's the kind of thing that I would like to see succeed as I do enjoy a good fantasy movie (and my Dad read the Oz books to me when I was a wee lass so of course there's the nostalgia element too).

Thoughts? Reactions?

I'd prefer that Raimi go back to his horror roots, but I hope this is enjoyable.

[hammerfan]

I like the look of the preview. I think it'll be good.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

I like the look of the preview. I think it'll be good.

Yea, I feel the same way.

I believe more in this one than i do in the Evil Dead remake. Not saying that Evil Dead looks bad by any means, i'm just saying Oz looks more memorable. :)

[Ice Pik]

I'm just glad they didn't decide to go with the Tim Burton/johnny Depp thing again.

Might be good. They just need to stay true to the books and the original movie.