Drew Barrymore Has Wanted To Make A Wizard Of Oz Sequel For 28 Years

The Sorcerer of Ouncesis a long-lasting Hollywood vintage that has captured the imaginations and hearts of audiences of every age for the extreme 85 years. The film’s reputation has additionally resulted in numerous prequels and sequel movies, retellings, and TV presentations in keeping with the tale to be produced over the a long time.

Significantly, Sinful, which is a prequel i’m ready to be exempted upcoming this day. On the other hand, with only a few exceptions, all of the movies (together with Sinful) and TV presentations are in keeping with the L. Frank Baum Ouncesbooks and no longer the 1939 MGM movie.

Neatly, if it had been as much as Drew Barrymore, we may have in reality gotten a sequel to The Sorcerer of Ounces. In a up to date interview with Us Weekly, Drew seen that she has been seeking to get a sequel* titled Give up Dorothy made for the extreme 28 years.

In step with Drew, the script for Give up Dorothy was once one of the most first scripts she advanced when she began her manufacturing corporate Flower Movies in 1995, including, “I fell in love with [it]… So it feels very personal to me.”

The movie was once in reality introduced again in 2002, and Drew was once i’m ready to superstar in it. The plot concerned the Sinful Witch of the West in reality surviving next being melted by way of aqua, escaping Ounces, and coming to modern day Unused York on the lookout for the ruby slippers — which are actually within the ownership of Drew’s Dorothy, who’s the great-great-granddaughter of Dorothy from The Sorcerer of Ounces.

Now, we all know this is able to had been a sequel to the latest film for the reason that ruby slippers don’t seem to be a part of the Ouncesbooks (within the books the slippers had been silver, however MGM modified them for the film in order that they’d “pop” in Technicolor). In reality, the ruby slippers are copyrighted, so if any studio had been to significance them in any adaption, they’d be sued.

Nearest that announcement, the venture went dormant till 2010, when it was once introduced that Drew would now direct Give up Dorothy, with a more youthful actor portraying Dorothy.

Week in the long run Give up Dorothy by no means were given made, Drew would nonetheless love to produce it, announcing, “As a director, I would give anything to [make] that.”

K, now I’m curious: Would you need to peer a sequel movie that adopted the Sinful Witch of the West seeking to get the ruby slippers again? Tone off within the feedback under!