(Theodora
is played by Mila Kunis)
Due for release in just over a month on March
8, Oz The Great and Powerful has
already become one of the most anticipated and eagerly-awaited films of 2013.
Directed by Sam Raimi, who took the helm of
the first three Spiderman films, Oz The
Great and Powerful boasts a stellar cast that includes Academy Award®
nominee James Franco (127 Hours) as
Oscar Diggs, the predestined wizard; Golden Globe® nominee Mila Kunis (Black Swan) as the tormented young witch
Theodora; Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) as Theodora’s older sister, Evanora, the
witch who rules over Emerald City; and three-time Oscar®-nominated actress
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Blue
Valentine, My Week with Marilyn) as Glinda, the Good Witch.
The new fantasy-adventure imagines the
origins of the beloved wizard character who made his debut in author L. Frank
Baum’s first book The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz. As a cinematic prequel to the book, the film explores the backstory of
the wizard character and offers a unique, original movie-going experience.
Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful follows Oscar Diggs (Franco), a
small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, who is hurled away from dusty
Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. He thinks he’s hit the jackpot - fame and
fortune are his for the taking - that is, until he meets three witches,
Theodora (Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams), who are not convinced
he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting.
Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems
facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and
who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through
illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not
only into the great and powerful wizard but into a better man as well.
Oz
The Great and Powerful releases nationwide on March
8 and will be available in Disney Digital 3D in select cinemas.
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