Oz: The Great and Powerful Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful wizard—and just maybe into a better man as well.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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 but into a better man as well.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Oz: The Great and Powerful.

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  James Franco

  ... Oz

  This is the End, The Pineapple Express

• 
  Mila Kunis

  ... Theodorah / Evil Witch

  Bad Moms, The Book of Eli

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  Michelle Williams

  ... Glinda / Good Witch

  The Greatest Showman, Venom

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  Rachel Weisz

  ... Evanora / Evil Witch

  My Cousin Rachel, Definitely, Maybe

• 
  Joey King

  ... China Girl

  Despicable Me 4, The In Between

• 
  Abigail Spencer

  ... Assistant to Oz

  This Means War, This Is Where I Leave You

• B
  Bruce Campbell

  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Woods

Crew Behind the Film

The Oz: The Great and Powerful behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Sam Raimi last directed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Drag Me to Hell. The film's writer Mitchell Kapner last wrote The Whole Ten Yards and Oz: The Great and Powerful 2.

Director

Sam Raimi

Screenwriters

Mitchell Kapner
David Lindsay-Abaire

Producer

Joe Roth

Production Details

What we know about the Oz: The Great and Powerful movie production.

Key Facts

• GRAMMY® Award–winning superstar Mariah Carey has recorded the song, "Almost Home,"
• There are over 3,000 props used in "Oz The Great and Powerful," with 1400 of them manufactured specifically for the film. These do not include the 5000 coins Prop master Russell Bobbitt had made especially to fill Oz's treasure chest. One side of the coin is stamped with an image of the Yellow Brick Road and on the other side there is an image of author L. Frank Baum.
• James Franco, who plays Oscar Diggs (aka Oz), had to learn magic tricks in order to accurately portray his small-time, circus magician character. He came to set two weeks early so he could work with Las Vegas magician Lance Burton. Working every day, Franco learned tricks involving doves and fire as well as how to pull objects out of hats and how to make things levitate.
• The fantasy world of Oz The Great and Powerful was brought to life by Academy Award®–winning production designer Robert Stromberg. In all, Stromberg designed 24 full sets plus several partial sets, bringing the total to around 30. Stromberg created such iconic sets as the famed Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City, all freshly designed and imagined, along with such highly anticipated, new designs as the witch's Throne Room, the Whimsie Woods (where Oz meets Theodora), the Dark Forest, which introduces Glinda the good witch in the story, and China Town, whose inhabitants are made up entirely of porcelain.
• Imagines the origins of the Wizard of Oz's wizard, who debuted in author L. Frank Baum's first book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Baum, who wrote 14 novels between 1900-1920, all set in the fantasyland he so vividly created, never fully portrayed the wizard's background. Oz The Great and Powerful is a cinematic prequel to Baum's books.

Production Updates for Oz: The Great and Powerful

Jan 2013

Completed

Changed Oz: The Great and Powerful movie production status. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Jul 2012

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jul 2011

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Feb 2011

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Set to start shooting July 2011.

Feb 2011

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Hope to start production in the second half of 2011.

Oct 2010

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Jun 2010

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Mar 2010

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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