Oz

Oz would be a 2027 live-action/animated fantasy musical film directed by Rob Marshall, with an screenplay by David Magee and John DeLuca from a story by Magee, while Marshall would produce the film alongside Marc Platt and Christopher DeFaria. Produced by the Warner Animation Group and Marc Platt Productions, the film would be based on the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and would star Skai Jackson and Anika Noni Rose in live-action roles, while Lupita Nyong'o, Tessa Thompson, Cristela Alonso, Oprah Winfrey, and Tress MacNeille would provide their voices for the film. Kris Bowers would compose the score for the film, while the songs for the film epuld be written by Bowers and Glenn Slater.

Development on a live-action/animated hybrid film based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz would begin in early 2023, with Marshall set to direct and Platt set to produce. Magee would join as a writer in mid-2023, while DeFaria would join as a co-producer in late 2023. DeLuca would join the film as co-writer in early 2024, alongside Jackson and Noni Rose as its live-action stars. Nyong'o, Thompson, and Alonso would join the film in mid-2024, while MacNeille and Winfrey would join the cast in late 2024.

Filming would begin in February 2025, and would end in June 2025, taking place mostly at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, througth some scenes would be filmed in location at Kansas. Animation would begin in July 2025, and would last approximately 2 years due to the film's extensive use of traditionally-animated characters and settings. Marshall would draw inspiration from elements of the original book while working on the film, and would avoid watching the 1939 film adaptation in order to "make a film that stood on its own".

Oz would be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in July 25, 2027, and would become a critical and commercial success, with critics praising the film for its direction, screenplay, performances (particularly Jackson, Nyong'o, MacNeille, Alonso, and Thompson's), animation, production values, musical numbers, visual effects, and score. The film would earn 998 million dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 130 million dollars. Oz would earn three Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song, as well as an Academy Award nomimation for Best Visual Effects.