Oz The Great And Powerful May 2026

(2013) is a fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi that serves as a spiritual prequel to L. Frank Baum’s classic Oz books and the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz . Set 20 years before Dorothy's arrival, the story explains how a small-time circus magician named Oscar Diggs became the legendary Wizard of Oz . The Plot

: In 1905 Kansas, Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is a charming but deceitful magician who flees a traveling circus in a hot air balloon during a tornado. He is transported to the vibrant Land of Oz, where inhabitants believe he is the prophesied wizard who will save them from evil. Oz The Great And Powerful

: Evanora manipulates the heartbroken Theodora into eating a cursed apple, transforming her into the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West . To defeat them, Oscar uses his skills as an illusionist and inventor—rather than actual magic—to stage a grand display that frightens the sisters away. (2013) is a fantasy adventure film directed by