Sam Raimi’s film that digs into the origins of the Wizard Of Oz is due next March. And the first poster has just turned up…
Interestingly, just as The Amazing Spider-Man is opening in cinemas, Disney chooses this moment to release the first poster for one of its upcoming films, Oz The Great And Powerful. It’s interesting because Raimi was originally going to making Spider-Man 4 for Sony, having directed the previous three, but that was before the studio delayed the return of Spidey for a year, and went with Marc Webb’s reboot instead. Which came out this week.
Still, Oz The Great And Powerful, which explores the origins of the Wizard of Oz, looks really quite strong. The cast includes Mila Kunis, James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Zach Braff, and with the release of this poster, we wonder if a teaser trailer might not be too far behind….
One of the most intirguing aspects of Sam Raimi‘s Oz: The Great and Powerful has been its eye-popping aesthetic. Earlier posters and the trailer were filled with dazzling color and lush landscapes — which, okay, were more than a little reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, thanks to the involvement of production designer Robert Stromberg. But the visuals weren’t really the big problem with that movie.
The latest poster retains the same fairy tale feel, but then cranks it up way, way too high. There’s a little bit of everything here, from flying monkeys to teapot houses and a fat, happy munchkin, but the slapdash way they’re thrown together makes the poster makes it look less like a professional piece of work than a slapdash collage assembled by a hyperactive kid emulating Lisa Frank.
New ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Poster Takes the Kitchen-Sink Approach, With Hideous Results
Good gawd man... that's awful
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