Tagrel
03-16-2004, 12:38 PM
Original Article: Muppets Head For Oz (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-tv.html?2004-03/16/10.30.tv)
ABC is readying a Muppet version of The Wizard of Oz with producers Jim Henson Productions and Fox TV Studios, Variety reported. The TV movie would likely be the first major production to emerge from Disney's deal to take control of the Muppets brand and characters, though the project was actually in the works long before the February sale was announced, the trade paper reported.
Debra Frank and Steven Hayes are writing a script, which will feature familiar Muppet characters retelling the classic Wizard of Oz story. It's possible the movie will include a human character as well, most likely Dorothy, insiders told the trade paper.
The movie will be based on the original L. Frank Baum novel The Wizard of Oz and not on the classic 1939 MGM musical.
ABC is readying a Muppet version of The Wizard of Oz with producers Jim Henson Productions and Fox TV Studios, Variety reported. The TV movie would likely be the first major production to emerge from Disney's deal to take control of the Muppets brand and characters, though the project was actually in the works long before the February sale was announced, the trade paper reported.
Debra Frank and Steven Hayes are writing a script, which will feature familiar Muppet characters retelling the classic Wizard of Oz story. It's possible the movie will include a human character as well, most likely Dorothy, insiders told the trade paper.
The movie will be based on the original L. Frank Baum novel The Wizard of Oz and not on the classic 1939 MGM musical.