Amen... I remember my grandparents saying "Why can't they just leave well enough alone?" I think i have to agree here. How could you EVER remake this movie without making a disaster of it? For some reason beyond my understanding, these directors, producers and actors think they're actually making a good movie? Don't they even watch it after they film it? That might be a good idea. And what MORON picked those choices to play those characters?????

Now see this is what's wrong with message board posts. The article was a fun "what-if," not reporting on an actual re-make. Of course investing 15 seconds to read the 4 sentence article might have been too much to expect.

I vote for Jessica Simpson in the "re-make" of Paige's post!

It might suck, but maybe some people would prefer the newer version.


I'd think Rachel McAdams should play Dorothy

John Voight the wizard

Jack Black the lion

and Meryl Streep would make an awesome witch, she was perfect in the movie Devil Wears Prada.

They have no new ideas, so they want to go back and butcher the classics

where the heck is DDL under scarecrow?

the only choice I didn't like was for Dorothy, I think Drew Barrymore would be perfect.She's more apt to portray an innocent child as Dorothy was.

I agree...there are some things that just should NOT be messed with...Casablanca, The Sound of Music, THE WIZARD OF OZ...there is just no good way to reproduce these classics...period!!

I feel a Broadway Star would be great for Dorothy, I have seen Laura Osnes perform the part, she would be awesome.

THANK YOU! You can't make a great movie better and I hate it that they are even trying. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

they arent re-making The Wizard of Oz... they said very clearly, on this 70th anniversary, it got them thinking IF IT WERE re-cast, who to pick.

it is called a FANTASY. read with comprehension, people, and save your time on complaining

You got it Paige! No remake or set of characters could ever best the original, so why bother? Leave this film and its' characters alone. Just another waste of an article as well! Who cares!

I totally agree with you. I really hate that they find the need to try and remake a classic. Why fix it if it isnt broken? and chances are they are probably going to ruin it.
I will kill something if Miley cyrus was actually chosen. I just wish they would make something new.

This IS Truly HILARIOUS!!! As Eric and maybe two others have said - THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL!!! At least 90% of you have not read the article you're posting on, you breathlessly spell out your beef with "today's hollywood." [T.V.s aglow in the background no doubt], and also have a "personal" list of who would be best in certain roles. Illiterate AND hypocritical! Brutal combo....

I agree. No one in today's acting world comes close to Judy Garland or any of the other actors. Many things happened during the casting of the original that brought these stars together to make this classic. The only actor that was chosen from the first for his part was Bert Lahr, the Lion. Buddy Ebsen was originally chosen for the scarecrow, but switched with Ray Bolger upon Bolger's request because that was the part he had dreamed of playing. All of the oddities that occurred brought together a phenominal cast that could never be replicated. Don't insult Oz fans by even suggesting such a thing.

I don't think that they should remake one of the greatest films evermade. If they remade it, it would ruin the film.

Will Smith? OMG, that would be halorius

Disgusting - the choices for Dorothy make me want to puke (dont get me wrong, these are great people in their own venues) - there is no other Dorothy....some people were born to play (mysteriously) certain movie parts - and Judy Garland was born to play Dorothy. Period! If there were any wholesome young female singers today - Hollywood would be making classics.....which explains why there are no movie classics being made today.

You took the words right out of my mouth! They continue to mess with success and copy the past. I'm sick of it.

its good that i am not the only one who thinks hollywood is messed up for that reason!