My own kids are now just approaching the age where we are beginning to take them to the movies and 2012 may be to them what 1977 was for me. We took them to see their first movie a few weeks ago, The Lorax, which as an animated thrill-ride of a musical based on the classic Dr. Seuss tale. I'm very excited about another animated musical that is coming out this summer, DOROTHY OF OZ. I am definitely going to take my kids to see this movie which takes off where the classic 1939 Wizard of Oz movie featuring Judy Garland left off. DOROTHY OF OZ will feature the voices of some pretty well known actors including Martin Short (currently the voice of PBS "Cat in the Hat") as the new villain The Jester, James Belushi as the Lion, Dan Aykroyd as the Scarecrow, Kelsey Grammer as the Tin Man and GLEE's Lea Michele as Dorothy. The movie will also feature the talents of one of my favorite actors, Patrick Stewart from Star Trek as a new character, a talking boat named Tugg.
In DOROTHYOF OZ, Dorothy Gail has returned to her hometown in Kansas and is helping her
Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and their neighbors repair the damage from the tornado
that destroyed their community. While
she and Toto are back in the great plains of Kansas, a new villain called The
Jester has emerged and stolen the now-dead evil Witch of the West's magic wand which he
is now using to turn the inhabitants of OZ into "puppets" that he can
control. The Scare Crow, Tin Man, and
Lion summon Dorothy and Toto back to OZ and the old gang reunites for a new
adventure to take on and stop The Jester's evil ways. The
movie is based on a book of the same name by Roger Stanton Baum who is the
great grandson of L. Frank Baum, who wrote the original Wonderful Wizard of Oz
book. CLICK HERE for more information about Stanton Baum and his OZ themed
books: www.tototooinc.com
To kick-off publicity for this new movie, IDW PUBLISHING is publishing a four-part DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL comic book that introduces the new character The Jester and serves as a preclude between the Wizard of Oz and the new movie. Dorothy of Oz Prequel #1 went on sale this week (March 28) and all four comics will be bundled together as a hard cover book this fall. It is available at local comic book stores or you can buy a digital version online. This movie originally caught my eye when I was provided with a publicity comic that contained a few pages of advance artwork design samples to promote this upcoming DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL series from IDW PUBLISHING to give my twin 3 year olds and they have been awe-struck by the stunning graphics.
If you are looking for a comic book with great eye-popping art and a family-friendly story and content, I highly recommend you check out IDW Publishing's DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL comics. Promoting comic prequels seems for new movies, tv shows, and video games as I've recently seen it done for Avengers, Falling Skies, & Dragon Age but hopefully in addition to doing a prequel promo IDW will consider also doing a comic version of the movie like the ones I collected as a kid for the Star Wars & Indiana Jones trilogies. Our family would definitely buy it and I will also be picking up their DOROTHY OF OZPREQUEL series for my kids.
For more information
about this upcoming movie, visit the official website www.dorothyofoz.com , their facebook page www.facebook.com/dorothyofozthemovie or
twitter @DorothyOfOzFilm
[DISCLAIMER: I was provided with a free 8 page comic of sample art for the Dorothy of Oz Prequel comic book series by IDW PUBLISHING. The opinions and views posted in this blog are my own honest opinons]
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