Deschanel Joins Cumming on the Yellow Brick Road

Romeo has reported that Alan Cumming is producing and co-starring in Tin Man, a miniseries with a decidedly modern take on The Wizard of Oz, for the Sci Fi Channel.

But Cumming - who will play Glitch, a man who appears to be missing, ahem, half a brain - won't be alone on his quest to see the wizard.

Zooey Deschanel (Elf, Almost Famous) will star as DG, a young woman yanked out of her normal life and plopped into the Outer Zone (or O.Z.), a marvelous place plagued by dark magic.

Also joining the cast are Richard Dreyfuss (as "Mystic Man") and, as evil sorceress Azkadellia, Kathleen Robertson, whose queer film credentials include Splendor and Psycho Beach Party.

Shooting began in March with a plan to premiere the miniseries in December.