How time passes ! It’s been almost three decades since Drew Barrymore had a fixed idea: to make a sequel to the Wizard of Oz. And the fact is that the project, titled Surrender Dorothyalmost succeeded two or three times before falling into oblivion.
“ Surrender Dorothy is the script that I’ve been trying to get made for, I’m not kidding you, 28 years,” said the actress during an interview with Us Weekly. “When we started Flower Films (his production company), it was one of the first scripts that I fell in love with and that we developed. So it’s very personal for me. As a director, I would give anything to do it. »
Surrender Drew
The film was first announced in 2002, with Drew Barrymore starring. In the scenario of Surrender Dorothy (Give yourself back, Dorothy” or “Give us back Dorothy”), the Wicked Witch of the West, who survived the events of the original film, manages to escape from Oz to land in the real world and more precisely At New York.
There, she sets out in search of the power of the ruby shoes which are in the possession of Dorothy’s great-great-granddaughter and who, also baptized Dorothy, was to be played by Drew Barrymore.
A cursed project
Abandoned, the project was relaunched in 2010 with Drew Barrymore directing, who had just made her debut behind the camera with Bliss. A new false start for Surrender Dorothy.
The project should unfortunately remain on the shelf for some time, since Hollywood has for the moment focused on the adaptation of Wickeda two-part film to be discovered at the end of the year starring Ariana Grande, the theatrical version of which has been a hit on Broadway for over twenty years.
