is an enduring Hollywood classic that has captured the imaginations and hearts of audiences of all ages for the last 85 years. The movie's popularity has also led to countless prequels and sequel films, retellings, and TV shows based on the story to be produced over the decades. Notably, , which is a prequel set to be released later this year.
However, with , all the films (including ) and TV shows are based on the L. Frank Baum books and not the 1939 MGM film. Well, if it were up to , we might have actually gotten a sequel to .
In a recent interview with , Drew revealed that she has been trying to get a sequel* titled made for the last 28 years. According to Drew, the script for was one of the first scripts she developed when she started her production company in 1995, adding, "I fell in love with [it]..
. So it feels very personal to me." The film was actually back in 2002, and Drew was set to star in it.
The plot involved the Wicked Witch of the West actually surviving after being melted by water, escaping Oz, and coming to modern-day New York in search of the Ruby Slippers — which are now in the possession of Drew's Dorothy, who is the great-great-grandaughter of Dorothy from . Now, we know this would have been a sequel to the original movie because the Ruby Slippers are not part of the books (in the books the slippers were silver, but MGM changed them for the movie so that they would "pop" in Technicolor). In fact, the Ruby Slippers are , so if any studio were to use th.
