Having been absent from the director's chair since 2009's Drag Me to Hell, Sam Raimi returns to cinemas this year as he reunites with Spider-Man star James Franco for Oz the Great and Powerful, a prequel to L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film which explores the origin of the eponymous wizard."When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, 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 (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle 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 of Oz but into a better man as well."
Also featuring in the cast of Oz the Great and Powerful are Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King and Tony Cox.
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Oz the Great and Powerful is set for release on March 8th.