Feb 19 2010
The Most Badass Rendition of the Wizard of Oz You’ve Ever Seen
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I’m going to assume this is from DeviantArt, since where the hell else would something like this come from? Someone just ripped it to Imgur without any artist credit, which is a bummer, because I’m definitely curious to see what else they’ve done after witnessing this badass piece.
Lord knows Tim Burton will probably try to remake The Wizard of Oz someday, and I guarantee it won’t look anything like this, which gives us Batman Begins‘ Scarecrow, The Wolfman‘s Cowardly Lion, and The Iron Giant‘s Tin Man. And college coed Dorothy of course. I would pay large amounts of cash to see this come to the big screen, but please, keep Burton away.
Seriously though, I’m stunned no one has remade The Wizard of Oz by now. It would likely be a travesty yes, but I think the Hollywood money machine would see lots of dollar signs coming from a 3D CGI-live action version of the film. Expect it announced within five years. I guarantee it. We’re making goddamn Battleship and Stretch Armstrong movies now after all.
Update: Frank found the artist.
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here it is. http://coltnoble.deviantart.com/art/Wizard-of-Oz-redux-74084246
The artist certainly has talent, it is just too bad that instead of making something sensical out of the source material they went the tried and true “MORE EXTREEEEME” route.
Todd McFarlane actually has a pretty cool line of toys that reimagine the Wizard of Oz, but they’re a bit creepier than this.
The KU T-shirt is a real nice touch.
There was a recent update to The Wizard of Oz on the ScyFy channel called “Tin Man”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910812/
Tin Man was actually a pretty damn good reimagining of The Wizard of Oz…
It’s available on Netflix as an instant view for those who subscribe…
KU?!?!!?!?!?! i’m gonna go vomit in rage now.
Oh yeah, 5 years or less….you’ve called it,
They did a remake of the Wizard of Oz, it is called “The Tin Man.” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910812/) It is not a direct copy of the original, but more of a re-imagining in a semi-steampunk type of way with a more adult feel.
what is freaking problem with movies that are inspired by board games do you not have any imagination
There was another theatrical remake many years ago called “The Wiz” with Dianna Ross and Micahel Jackson…..it sucked
SYfY redid it it’s called Tin MAn
Thank you Frank.
I also wanted to see what else this artist has done and looked up the deviantart gallery of ~ColtNoble. I found that his actual name is Tim Seeley and that he has a number of published comics to his credit including a series called “Hack/Slash”.