The first image of James Franco has been released in «Oz: Great and Powerful«, The new of Sam Raimi. And it has been expected since the film has been filmed for about a year, although it will not hit the bill until March 2013.
In the image you can see James Franco, protagonist of the film, characterized as Oscar Diggs, the circus magician who travels to Oz in this prequel to the 1939 classic directed by Victor Fleming.
Raimi's film will tell how Oscar Diggs, a circus magician with a dubious reputation, arrives at the Country of Oz where he believes that he will quickly find fame and fortune, although once there three witches will question his status as a wizard.
Sam Raimi has enlisted Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire as screenwriters to adapt Frank Baum's short story. As a composer he has had Danny Elfmann, a regular on Tim Burton films, and one of the best creating soundtracks for fantasy films. And in the field of special effects, he has continued with specialists who had previously been working on films such as "Drag me to hell."
Raimi has also had a cast of real luxury, in addition to the Oscar-nominated actor, James Franco as the protagonist, the film will have the nominee for a Golden Globe, Mila Kunis, the winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe, Rachel Weisz, and the three-time Oscar nominee, Golden Globe winner and two other nominees, Michelle Williams.
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