Dr. John Dorian emerges from the Scrubs of Oz. In other words, Zach Breff is going to be Frank, the loyal but under-appreciated assistant to Oz. According to Deadline, Breff is in final talks to play the role of a concealed assistant to magnetic circus conjurer who is treated as a powerful wizard after his balloon blows off track into Oz and the township want him to get rid of a Wicked Witch and bring peace.
The Oz: The Great and Powerful film is a prequel to the 1939 legendary musical The Wizard Of Oz and will see The Wizard: James Franco, the three Wicked Witches: Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, and Joey King as a China Girl is also starring.
As previously reported, Sam Raimi will direct this highly anticipated project. As you may be remember, Raimi left the Sony Pictures production of Spider-Man 4 last January and his absence from the movie leaves room for work on new Oz.
Production is aiming to start in July in Michigan. Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire penned the script. Disney releasing the 3D film March 8, 2013.
Here’s the tentative plot:
The Wizard — a snake-oil salesman posing as a magician — enters Oz via a hot-air balloon, which he uses to escape an angry husband who has found out that Oz slept with his wife. There, Oz — a fast-talking huckster who wears a velveteen frock coat — falls in love with Glinda (the Good Witch), and the two combine forces to fight the evil witches Evanora and Theodora. Theodora starts out as a good witch, but after Oz jilts her sexual advances, Evanora — the truly evil witch — convinces Theodora to become an evil witch with her and help her to rule all of Oz.
Braff will next be seen in The High Cost of Living. The drama premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival with still no release date.
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The High Cost of Living Official Trailer
Source: Deadline
