Making Oz a Darker Place

Talk about not being in Kansas anymore - Warner Bros. is returning to Oz, but this time it's not the Technicolor haven for singing Munchkins and horses of a different color that you remember.

Todd MacFarlane, the artist who created the hellish world of Spawn, will bring his dark Oz toy line to the big screen in a new movie to be written by Josh Olson (A History of Violence).

Oz will put a new twist on L. Frank Baum's gay-favorite classic, giving us a Dorothy who takes an active role to save herself from the bizarre world she's entered. (Think of Alien's Ripley - but with pigtails, and accompanied by a snarling warthog, Toto.)

The studio is currently seeking a director for the project.