Oz: The Great and Powerful Poster

Sam Raimi, the director who was dumped from the Spider-Man franchise after three very successful films, is getting ready to show us details of his next film project. He moved on to Disney to work on Oz: The Great and Powerful, which will be ramping up promotion at Comic-Con next week in San Diego. Disney has released a poster for the film to give us a taste of what’s in store from the film, and I must say, it looks rather awesome.

Beautiful and menacing all at once.

I’m interested to see what Raimi does next, and I’m a fan of the film’s star, James Franco. I’ll be keeping an eye on this one and will share any cool developments from Comic-Con (a trailer perhaps?).

The official synopsis from Disney is as follows:

Disney’s fantastical adventure Oz: The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot – fame and fortune are his for the taking – that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity – and even a bit of wizardry – Oscar transforms himself into not only the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Oz: The Great and Powerful is produced by Joe Roth and written by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire (credit not final). Grant Curtis, Philip Steuer and Palak Patel are serving as executive producers. Oz: The Great and Powerful opens in U.S. theaters on March 8, 2013.

That actually sounds pretty good to me. Are you interested in returning to the Land of Oz for another adventure? Let me know in the comments below or on Twitter!