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Created by Jared Davis on April 11, 2006, 7:11 pm

Let's face it: fantasy movies are popular once again. It started with movies like "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" and is continuing with "Chronicles of Narnia" and other films. They think there are no fantasy franchises left, but they are mistaken. Many famous fantasy writers have long since died and most of their work is public domain meaning anyone could make a film of it and completely ignore copyright issues!

One major piece of fantasy work in the public domain is L. Frank Baum's books, including his entire series of Oz books and stories. If properly treated, a new film version of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" could be successful.

I've already begun to work on a screenplay for a new "Wizard of Oz", and have a very nice first draft finished. I'd like to send it to a film company, but first need to let them know that people want to see OZ on the big screen again and done very well this time.

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49 A week ago    luke failla: I support this petition.
48 4 weeks ago    brian lindley: I support this petition.
47 15 Aug 2008 - 22:38    Evan Wall: I support this petition.
46 29 Jul 2008 - 4:43    john currier : I support this petition.
45 27 May 2008 - 3:50    Denise : YEs, sounds like a good petition :)
44 27 May 2008 - 3:48    Lisa : I support this! Good luck :)
43 22 May 2008 - 19:52    michael batorski :
42 26 Apr 2008 - 22:21    Dennis Anfuso : Any of Baum's books, especially the Patchwork Girl of Oz, would make an excellent new movie
41 21 Apr 2008 - 15:55    James Morrison : I would love to see a new OZ movie as long as it was exactly like the original Baum book. Following his story perfectly including all of the dialog. I would love to see all of the Baum Oz books made into movies as long as they were exactly like the book. Even animated movies would be great somethine well done by Pixar would be awesome. Even a cartoon would be good as long as it followed the books exactly. I have no interest at all in a movie that isnt just like the books.
40 6 Mar 2008 - 15:09    Jamie Switzer : We definately need more Oz stories in this day and age!
39 6 Dec 2007 - 20:14    Catherine Harris : Leave the legend of The Wizard of Oz as just that - a true legend. Attempting to re make it will be blasphemy
38 5 Dec 2007 - 1:06    Kyle : I hope its closer to the book than the orginal!
37 25 Nov 2007 - 8:12    Rikki : Bring Oz Back!!
36 12 Nov 2007 - 7:21    Aaron :
35 3 Nov 2007 - 17:59    Justin : great idea
34 29 Oct 2007 - 5:07    shawnee mora :
33 7 Sep 2007 - 2:16    Alex : All I wanted is for Paris Hilton to be Dorothy in the new movie, because Paris has a dog named Tinkerbell who could be a good Toto to her.
32 15 Jul 2007 - 22:18    John Reyes :
31 9 Jul 2007 - 21:14    Melvin L. Hadley : Do it. We need a true adaptation of the story!
30 11 Jun 2007 - 18:37    Jesse : I love the Oz books nearly to the point of obsession, but I dispise the original Judy Garland version because of it's inability to stay true to the book. I would love to see a faithful Oz movie I could really get into!
29 21 May 2007 - 7:59    Sean M. : yes yes YES!!! Must be done! Jared, u really are a dedicated oz fan!!! (oh, this is a different Sean than the one below!!!)
28 19 May 2007 - 20:02    Justin : I would love to see a new Oz film. It is not as popular to children as it once was. They are more into the modern stuff, you know. I would love to see the movie made like it was written. It was written as a story about a little girl who finds herself in an alienated world that seems nice, but is full of danger. New technology can help this movie very well. Peter Pan was wonderfully done, and I think Wizard of Oz would be even better. But I think an unknown should be Dorothy. I wouldn't want to see it with Dakota Fanning, or Johnny Depp. It would get too commercial-ized that way. But Any way, I hope this film happens.
27 12 Feb 2007 - 7:24    mike kelly : i coulddn't agree more. a new oz film for this generation would be amazing. I feel that we are at a time where would could get the mvoie done right, with more of a harry potter feel to it.
26 6 Feb 2007 - 13:41    David : I would like to see a new Wizard of Oz as long as it was well done with some of the old songs and more true to the original storyline
25 13 Jan 2007 - 22:27    alex of oz : It has been my dream for a few years now, to make it as a hollywood film-maker for the sole purpose of making an Oz film series. I have been in love with the world since I was a child, and I know it can be done as a stylized period-type fantasy. I'm sick of all these adaptions of the musical, and various poorly made cartoons. Return to Oz was fantastic, but not true enough.
24 13 Dec 2006 - 8:31    Tricia :
23 1 Dec 2006 - 14:56    Caleb : A non-musical true to the original book movie would be cool.
22 29 Nov 2006 - 9:48    Abster : i too think that there should be a new oz film. its been to long since the last one. this time it should have a realistic theme to it and i want to be a part of it because i have tons of ideas. i have been writing my own small oz stories since i was about 13 years old, and i would appriciate it if people could respond to me and let me know if i should have a publisher look at it or not because i have had others that have read it that they were good and should be published. but i need more outside opinions. so lets help eachother out guys. thanks
21 29 Nov 2006 - 9:48    Abster : i too think that there should be a new oz film. its been to long since the last one. this time it should have a realistic theme to it and i want to be a part of it because i have tons of ideas. i have been writing my own small oz stories since i was about 13 years old, and i would appriciate it if people could respond to me and let me know if i should have a publisher look at it or not because i have had others that have read it that they were good and should be published. but i need more outside opinions. so lets help eachother out guys. thanks
20 10 Nov 2006 - 7:33    Cynthia : because I believe now is the right time for a new oz movie. It would be great if it could just be given to the right director and screenwriter (maybe the same as the Harry Potter movies). It would likely be very successful with the use of today's special effects, animatronics, and perhaps CGI. Though there are some things in the original book and its sequels that just wouldn't work for today's audiances and some changes will likely need to be done along with it.
19 10 Oct 2006 - 3:29    Sean : Wonderful Wizard of Oz needs to be re-done. Return to Oz was wonderful, an Oz gem. They should definatly do it in a 1900's style, not 1939, not a musical and just...YES IN EVERY SINGLE WAY!
18 24 Aug 2006 - 2:29    Peter Heimsoth : I support this petition because as delightful as the MGM musical is, it has done a lot of damage to people's perceptions of Oz in general and Dorothy in particular (and don't even get me started on this wretched thing called "Wicked"). It's time to set the record straight and for people to hear the "true" story. Baum's book, as written, has stood firm as the most famous American children's story for over a century, and now that moviemaking technology had finally caught up with the Royal Historian's imagination, it's high time Baum's Oz (which hitherto has been most closely reproduced in 1985's "Return to Oz") becomes as familiar as the MGM version.
17 17 Aug 2006 - 23:01    Sebastian : I think it is not only a wonderful idea to have a new "wizard of oz", but it is an ETHICAL idea, for no one can be so stupid as to not know that there ever was a book
16 15 Aug 2006 - 22:47    Aaron Pacentine : because this would really take the entertainment industry by storm...and professionally look very good even to Warner Borthers. Baum's books even more so "THE WIZARD OF OZ" need to be brought back to the screen in a LIVE action movie, with a tornado, everything!! -Aaron Pacentine, videosforfamily.com
15 26 Jun 2006 - 6:01    Sam Antony Milazzo : It has been OVER 100 Years since the original book was first published in 1900 (it's now mid-2006) and still we haven't had a major feature-length FAITHFUL motion-picture adaptation of the orginal story. There SHOULD be a new movie based on the book focusing only on L. Frank Baum's writing of the adventures of little (6 yr old) Dorothy and Toto, paying homage to other previous Oz films and NOT MGM - therefore having no singing characters or MGM repeats - AT ALL!!! I would love to see 'Away to the South' filmed at last!! With a proper cast!
14 12 Jun 2006 - 8:14    Aaron Solomon Adelman : I want to see L. Frank Baum's characters accurately portrayed on the big screen!
13 10 Jun 2006 - 0:36    Corina Hoaglund : I would love to see a new OZ movie-I loved that "Dreamer Of Oz"-Life of L. Frank Baum in 1990 movie. I hope it happens soon! :)
12 9 Jun 2006 - 10:08    Scott : I think this needs to be done in due course. The MGM version is very problematic as an adaptation, as popular and enjoyable as it is. My Suggestions: By L. Frank Baum: The Magical Monarch of Mo: David Cronenberg 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Scott Reynolds Dot and Tot of Merryland: Martha Coolidge The Master Key: Shekhar Kapur The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus: Sally Potter The Enchanted Island of Yew: Terry Gilliam 2. The Marvelous Land of Oz: Julie Taymor Queen Zixi of Ix: W.D. Richter John Dough and the Cherub: Martin Scorsese 3. Ozma of Oz: Agnès Varda 4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz: Sam Raimi 5. The Road to Oz: Hark Tsui 6. The Emerald City of Oz: Alfonso Cuarón The Sea Fairies: Michael Oblowitz Sky Island: Charles Sturridge 7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz: George Clooney 8. Tik-Tok of Oz: Jean-Luc Godard 9. The Scarecrow of Oz: Peter Greenaway 10. Rinkitink in Oz: Peter Jackson 11. The Lost Princess of Oz: David Lynch 12. The Tin Woodman of Oz: Scott Andrew Hutchins 13. The Magic of Oz: Christophe Gans 14. Glinda of Oz: Jean-Pierre Jeunet By Ruth Plumly Thompson 15. The Royal Book of Oz: Kar-Wai Wong 16. Kabumpo in Oz: Steve Barron 17. The Cowardly Lion of Oz: Tim Burton 18. Grampa in Oz: Anthony Minghella 19. The Lost King of Oz: Gillian Armstrong 20. The Hungry Tiger of Oz: Walter Salles 21. The Gnome King of Oz: John Woo 22. The Giant Horse of Oz: Michel Gondry 23. Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz: Neil Jordan 24. The Yellow Knight of Oz: Francis Ford Coppola 25. Pirates in Oz: Peter Weir 26. The Purple Prince of Oz: Joel Coen 27. Ojo in Oz: Willard Carroll 28. Speedy in Oz: Steven Spielberg 29. The Wishing Horse of Oz: M. Night Shyamalan 30. Captain Salt in Oz: Julie Dash 31. Handy Mandy in Oz: Jane Campion 32. The Silver Princess in Oz: Spike Lee 33. Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz: Joe Johnston By John R. Neill: 34. The Wonder City of Oz: Michael Moore 35. The Scalawagons of Oz: John Sayles 36. Lu
11 9 Jun 2006 - 8:17    Charlie Richards :
10 9 Jun 2006 - 6:08    Karyl Carlson :
9 9 Jun 2006 - 0:12    Marin Xiques :
8 9 Jun 2006 - 0:09    Chris Dulabone : I would love to see more good Oz on the big screen. Disney's "Return to Oz" was great for Oz fans, but the general movie-going public wouldn't get it.
7 7 Jun 2006 - 22:27    Joe Bongiorno :
6 7 Jun 2006 - 21:36    blair frodelius : We need a REAL Oz film.
5 7 Jun 2006 - 18:54    Marcus D. Mebes : Definitely! Now's the time for Oz to come to the big screen... and be done PROPERLY!
4 15 May 2006 - 10:50    darrell spradlyn : I would love to see a whole series of Oz movies! People just don't realize how good the books get after the Wizard of Oz. sadly several books would have to be skipped or combined i'm sure, but at least do the major ones by Baum, wizard,land, ozma,road,emerald city, and then maybe the more darker ones like magic and glinda. The world was ready for narnia and Middle earth, I say it's ready for OZ!!!!
3 13 Apr 2006 - 23:54    Jared Davis : I support this petition. Even if they don't want to use my screenplay, I'd still like them to know that there is interest in a new Oz film.
2 12 Apr 2006 - 10:03    PsychoScream : I don't support any petition written by a loser.
1 12 Apr 2006 - 0:11    Mark Haas : I support this petition, regardless of the authorship of whatever screenplay might be selected. The point is: bring OZ back to the big screen.
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