Emerald City Trailer: NBC’s Gritty Wizard of Oz Series Looks Insane. L. Frank Baum’s children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has inspired countless film and theatrical adaptations, including Victor Fleming’s iconic 1. Judy Garland. Now, a dark, gritty TV series based on the world of Oz will finally the small screens early next year. The series “Emerald City” follows an older version of Dorothy Gale, played by Adria Arjona (“True Detective”), who’s transported by tornado with a K9 police dog into Oz, a land of competing realms, magic and bloodshed. The series co- stars Vincent D’Onofrio (“Full Metal Jacket”) as The Wizard, Oliver Jackson- Cohen (“Dracula”), Ana Ularu (“Outbound”), Joely Richardson (“Nip/Tuck”) and more.

Watch a trailer for the series below. READ MORE: Watch: ‘The Wizard of Oz’, As You Most Definitely Have Not Seen It Before. The series was created by Matthew Arnold, creator, director and executive produced of the first independently- produced network TV series “Siberia.” NBC originally brought on Josh Friedman (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) as a showrunner, but NBC decided not to go forward with the series due to creative differences between Friedman and the studio. NBC eventually resurrected the series and brought on David Schulner (“Do No Harm”) as showrunner. Tarsem Singh (“Self/less”) will direct all ten episodes of the first season and Shaun Cassidy (“Cold Case”) will executive produce the series. READ MORE: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ to Get IMAX 3. D Re- Release in September“Emerald City” premieres on Friday, January 6 at 9 p. Watch Online Watch No Stranger Than Love Full Movie Online Film.

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• L. Frank Baum first told the story in 1899 in his classic novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Since the book was published more than 110 years ago, one might assume.
• Back in 1910, a 13-minute silent film called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was produced. By today’s standards, it’s delightfully creepy, but 105 years ago, it was.
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum in 1900, was an instant success, which has been much homaged and parodied. It spawned many sequels.

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