James Cameronknown as the “King of the World” for his ability to turn any film he directed into a hit, was also on the verge of becoming the “King of Oz.” The three-time Oscar winner revealed this He almost directed the musical adaptation of evil.
The conversation arose when the director mentioned that films should be like that “It totally happened” On the podcast The City with Matt Bellone. “Let’s say the kind of movies I like to watch Sand dunes Or even evilCameron explained. “I almost did evil in the past. I really love history. Wizard of Oz It’s one of my favorite movies. “This happened 15 years ago.”
The director confirmed this in 2010 He met with Universal Pictures to adapt the 1995 book by Gregory Maguire, which became a popular Broadway musical in 2003. However, Cameron said that “I couldn’t find the song” For this reason, he rejected the project, although he does not rule out directing a musical in the future.
But he wasn’t so bad at rejecting pink and green and opting for navy blue. Avatar (2009), with its sequel Avatar: Water Sensation (2023), still Highest grossing films In the history of cinema, it collected 2.923 million and 2.343 million dollars worldwide, respectively. After several delays, the third part will arrive on December 19 of this year. Avatar: Fire and AshesWhich is likely to repeat the success of its predecessors.
The first movie of evil It was released last year and starred Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo And finally directed by John M. ChuBut in addition to the director and screenwriter of the film “Titanic” there were other previous nominees. Actress Whoopi Goldberg He also tried to transfer it to the big screen before it reached theaters, such as Demi Moore, Claire Danes, Salma Hayek, Laurie Metcalfe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Emma Thompson, and Nicole Kidman.
Later, before it reaches theaters, the story It was made into a Broadway musical Tony Award winner Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, with Idina Menzel as Elphaba and Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda.
Newly released part two Villain: L good The story of the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda, the Good (Great) Witch, concludes. Years after meeting for the first time At Chase University and share a life-changing encounter with the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum).
Although Cameron is not present behind the scenes, it is the sequel to the film adaptation He had his first national appearance50 million dollars and 226 million worldwide. There will always be a question about what would have happened if the Canadian had been part of Oz and I couldn’t have expanded the world of Pandora any further.