Warner Bros. to film new version of The Wizard of Oz to recreate fantasy classic

Last year, New Line announced the development of a new film based on The Wizard of Oz, directed by Nicole Castle. Recently, Warner Bros. also announced that it would make a new version of The Wizard of Oz, with Kenya Barris, the screenwriter of The Witches, as the director and screenwriter of the film. This will be a modern version of the film that reshapes the fantasy classic.

We all know the story of the 1939 film, but Barris is keeping secret details about the creation of what will be a modern reinvention of the iconic musical.

The fairy tale "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by American author Lyman Frank Baum was published in 1900 and tells the story of farm girl Dorothy and her pet dog Toto's adventures in the magical land of Oz after they are swept away from their home in Kansas by a tornado. Baum later created 13 spin-off books, and the series has been made into musicals and movies many times.

The 1939 version of "The Wizard of Oz", starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger and others, received multiple Oscar nominations at the time and won the Best Original Score and Original Song awards.

It is worth mentioning that in 1978, The Wizard of Oz was adapted into a film again, this time as a fantasy adventure musical. Michael Jackson played the role of the Scarecrow in the film. Can you tell?