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Dakota Fanning to star in The Wizard Of Oz sequel?
indian express ^ | Monday , Aug 24, 2009 at 1219 hrs

Posted on 08/24/2009 5:15:17 AM PDT by Perdogg

Dakota Fanning may play the lead in a sequel to The Wizard Of Oz, it has emerged.

According to reports, the 15-year-old is being tipped to take the lead in a follow-up to the classic 1939 movie that shot Judy Garland to fame, reports Contactmusic.

The original film was based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The film's producer, Basil Iwanyk, says, "It will be set in the present day and feature Dorothy's granddaughter."

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To: Terabitten

There’s a difference, tho’, between men and women in that regard. Men can procreate and remain potent starting from the time they enter puberty until — theoretically at least — they keel over dead at age 100 or so.

That isn’t so with women: their risks of having children increase after they reach age 30. And eventually they can’t.

It’s less common to have a 40-year-old woman bear children than it is to have a 40 year old man siring them. Admittedly this is less true today than it once was.


41 posted on 08/24/2009 6:25:30 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter; Terabitten

Here is a perfectly logical scenario:

Dorothy has a SON in 1954 at the age of 25.

Her son has a daughter in 2000 at the age of 46, he is presumable at least 10 years older than his wife.


42 posted on 08/24/2009 6:30:33 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee; Terabitten

(APPLAUSE!!!)

Bravo and touche! I concede the point. Well done.


43 posted on 08/24/2009 6:33:05 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Thanks. It certainly wouldn’t work if the granddaughter was the daughter of Dorothy’s daughter, but if she is the daughter of Dorothy’s son it works perfectly.


44 posted on 08/24/2009 6:37:20 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: ozark hilljilly

Sorry :-)

But the chicken, the wheelers, even the gump were so much better in their respective books! Return to Oz was cobbled together from several different storylines.


45 posted on 08/24/2009 6:37:26 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (It takes a viking to raze a village!)
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To: silverleaf
Aunty Em as child abuser?

You mean "Aunty Em as "Bible Thumping" child abuser?" don't you? She runs away to escape the hell of living under God's word. /sarcasm (but might not be far from the truth)
46 posted on 08/24/2009 6:40:15 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Perdogg

47 posted on 08/24/2009 6:40:17 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Welcome to the Revolution.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
Anything to erase the abomination of ‘Return to Oz’...

That wasn't a bad flick...my kids must have watched it a dozen times....

48 posted on 08/24/2009 6:45:18 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: LongElegantLegs
Return to Oz was cobbled together from several different storylines.

Oh, I know- read the books as a kid/young adult. But I enjoyed it anyway and felt it was truer in some sense than the revere "original" Judy Garland film (which strayed wildly from the book!)I especially liked how they strived to keep the look of the original book illustrations of the characters-Tik-Tok was marvelous!(and pre-CG, to boot!)

50 posted on 08/24/2009 6:59:21 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly (Change you can believe in...Revolution you must pay for.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
Frank Baum wrote MANY sequels to the Wizard of Oz, why don’t they just try making one of those?

My dad had a library of books when I was young and there were several Frank Baum books, along with Edgar Rice Buroughs, old "Little Big Books" and the original Grimms Fairy Tails. If someone wanted to make a scary horror film, they should get a copy of the original Grimm's Brothers fairy tails and base a movie on one of them.

51 posted on 08/24/2009 7:04:25 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: BlueLancer

Tin Man was good. Stood on it’s own but honored the original.


52 posted on 08/24/2009 7:23:25 AM PDT by FreeAgent
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To: Caesar Soze
But who remembers the other versions?

Not many.

53 posted on 08/24/2009 7:26:42 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
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To: BlueLancer

I liked Tin Man, but the Dorothy actress irritated me to no end.


54 posted on 08/24/2009 7:53:50 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: ozark hilljilly
Aesthetically speaking, it was a beautiful movie; that's very true.
55 posted on 08/24/2009 8:03:55 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (It takes a viking to raze a village!)
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To: LongElegantLegs
Frank Baum wrote MANY sequels to the Wizard of Oz, why don’t they just try making one of those?

Short answer: Great characters, lousy plots.

56 posted on 08/24/2009 8:06:42 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep
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To: Perdogg
The film's producer, Basil Iwanyk, says, "It will be set in the present day and feature Dorothy's granddaughter."

Unfortunately, Basil, in the later Oz books Dorothy moved to Oz.

A much better idea would be to make a movie based on one of the other Oz books -- Ozma of Oz being a particularly fine choice.

57 posted on 08/24/2009 8:07:13 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Perdogg
This is a great idea. It's a sequel, not a remake.

BTW - totally agree with your tagline.

58 posted on 08/24/2009 9:31:10 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

They’re perfectly suited for movies. Visually interesting, no complicated interaction, and everything get neatly wrapped up in under 200 pages.

I’d love to see the Glass Cat in CGI...


59 posted on 08/24/2009 10:24:08 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (It takes a viking to raze a village!)
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To: All

well, at least it’s not a movie version of the horrible “Wicked”...


60 posted on 08/24/2009 10:25:58 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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