Earlier this week, we ran an excerpt from MTV Splash Page editor Rick Marshall's interview with Todd McFarlane. In the article, the McFarlane discusses what some of the plans are for adapting his "Twisted Land of Oz" toy line into a feature film. He also mentions a writer, "A History of Violence" scribe Josh Olson, who turned in a script that McFarlane wasn't satisfied with. Well there's more to the story, and Olson has kindly taken some time out to share his side of the story.
My name is Josh Olson, and I am the screenwriter who wrote the script for the Warner Brothers "Oz" project. I read MTV's interview with Todd McFarlane yesterday, and just wanted to clear up some confusing misunderstandings.
I was never hired to write anything based on "The Twisted Land of Oz."
The project I pitched to Warner Brothers was based entirely on my own ideas,...
My name is Josh Olson, and I am the screenwriter who wrote the script for the Warner Brothers "Oz" project. I read MTV's interview with Todd McFarlane yesterday, and just wanted to clear up some confusing misunderstandings.
I was never hired to write anything based on "The Twisted Land of Oz."
The project I pitched to Warner Brothers was based entirely on my own ideas,...
- 10/1/2009
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
This week, fans get to celebrate almost a century of "The Wizard of Oz" with a 70th Anniversary DVD/Blu-ray release of the 1939 film. It's fitting then that we have some exclusive new information to share with you on the screen adaptation of Todd McFarlane's "The Twisted Land of Oz" toy line.
MTV Splash Page editor Rick Marshall spoke to the man himself recently, and he was more than happy to delve into the project's genesis, some basic story elements and what the future holds. There's new stuff in here, things you haven't heard yet. The short version: this ain't your granddaddy's "Wizard of Oz." "Spawn" creator McFarlane has some dark ideas kicking around in his head, and they mesh very well with the inherently creepy qualities of "Oz."
Just coming to the point we're at today has been quite a ride for McFarlane. The "Twisted" line of toys...
MTV Splash Page editor Rick Marshall spoke to the man himself recently, and he was more than happy to delve into the project's genesis, some basic story elements and what the future holds. There's new stuff in here, things you haven't heard yet. The short version: this ain't your granddaddy's "Wizard of Oz." "Spawn" creator McFarlane has some dark ideas kicking around in his head, and they mesh very well with the inherently creepy qualities of "Oz."
Just coming to the point we're at today has been quite a ride for McFarlane. The "Twisted" line of toys...
- 9/29/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
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