{"id":46368,"date":"2022-08-15T22:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wizard-of-oz-remake-lands-director-kenya-barris\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:14:43","slug":"wizard-of-oz-remake-lands-director-kenya-barris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wizard-of-oz-remake-lands-director-kenya-barris\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wizard of Oz&#8217; Remake Lands Director Kenya Barris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kenya Barris is taking the yellow brick road to Oz for Warner Bros.&#8217;  upcoming \u201cWizard of Oz\u201d remake.<\/p>\n<p>The creator of \u201cBlack-ish\u201d is set to write and direct the reimagining, which is completely separate from New Line&#8217;s previously announced retelling of \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d  New Line&#8217;s version will be directed by Nicole Kassell (\u201cWatchmen\u201d) and is described as \u201cfresh take\u201d on Dorothy and the Land of Oz.  Any specifics about Barris&#8217;s version have been kept under wraps.<\/p>\n<p>Both projects are based on L. Frank Baum&#8217;s beloved book \u201cThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz,\u201d which has been retold on the big and small screen many times over the years, the most famous being the classic 1939 musical starring Judy Garland.  It follows a Kansas farm girl named Dorothy who is swept away by a tornado and finds herself \u2014 and her dog Toto \u2014 in the colorful Land of Oz.<\/p>\n<p>Before he&#8217;s off to see the Wizard, Barris is completing production on his first feature film, \u201cYou People,\u201d for Netflix.  The story, from a screenplay Barris wrote with Jonah Hill, centers on a new couple and their families as they reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.  The ensemble cast includes Hill, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nia Long.<\/p>\n<p>Barris is also writing a remake of the 1992 sports comedy \u201cWhite Men Can&#8217;t Jump,\u201d with rapper Jack Harlow on board to play the role that Woody Harrelson portrayed in the original film.  The multi-hyphenate is best known for creating the ABC sitcom \u201cBlack-ish\u201d and its two spinoffs, \u201cGrown-ish\u201d and \u201cMixed-ish.\u201d  On the film front, Barris penned the screenplay to \u201cGirls Trip\u201d and Warner Bros.&#8217;  2019 remake of \u201cShaft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deadline was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya Barris is taking the yellow brick road to Oz for Warner Bros.&#8217; upcoming \u201cWizard of Oz\u201d remake. The creator of \u201cBlack-ish\u201d is set to write and direct the reimagining, which is completely separate from New Line&#8217;s previously announced retelling of \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d New Line&#8217;s version will be directed by Nicole Kassell (\u201cWatchmen\u201d) &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wizard-of-oz-remake-lands-director-kenya-barris\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Wizard of Oz&#8217; Remake Lands Director Kenya Barris<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46863,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wizard-of-oz-is-back-the-classic-1939-movie-starring-judy-garland-will-be-reimagined\/","url_meta":{"origin":46368,"position":0},"title":"Wizard Of Oz is back!  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