Golden Globe Award winner Drew Barrymore will direct the movie “Surrender Dorothy,” a “loose sequel” to the vintage 1939 movie musical “The Wizard of Oz,” according to London’s Guardian. Barrymore has been developing the undertaking for years, and at one point seemed set to play Dorothy’s great-great-granddaughter, who learns to make use of the ruby slippers’ energy whilst the Wicked Witch rapidly returns to take over Oz and the earth. It was once uncertain if Barrymore will nonetheless take the role.
“Surrender Dorothy” is one in all 5 “Oz” movies which were suggested as being in development recently, following the large box-office luck of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.” The movies include “Oz the Great and Powerful,” a Disney venture that may show how the Wizard came to Oz (and has been rumored to be directed through Cabaret and “American Beauty”’s Sam Mendes and famous person Robert Downey, Jr.). There isn’t any word on whether or not the film model of Broadway’s Wicked, the musical prequel to the story, has moved past the discussion stage.Barrymore gained a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for taking part in “Little Edie” Beale in the HBO television adaptation of the documentary “Grey Gardens.” She lately made her film directorial debut with “Whip It,” during which she additionally appeared. Other credits include “50 First Dates,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Donnie Darko,” “Never Been Kissed,” “Ever After,” “The Wedding Singer,” “Scream,” “Boys at the Side,” “Irreconcilable Differences” and “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.”