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First Look At James Franco In OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

A French promo poster of some sort has surface online via The James Franco Forever Tumblr and it offers up our first look at...er, James Franco in a top hat with a hot air balloon beside him! However, it also features the official logo for the film, so hit the jump to check it out!

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By Josh Wilding - 6/21/2012
Bleeding Cool has come across the following promo image via The James Franco Forever Tumblr. While it's not exactly revealing, it does offer us our first official look at James Franco (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) in Oz: The Great and Powerful as well as the logo for the Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) directed film. Whether or not this promo image will resemble the first official theatrical poster remains to be seen, but more details about the movie are expected to be revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con next month.





"Oz The Great and Powerful" imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.


STARRING:

James Franco as Oscar Diggs/Oz
Mila Kunis as Theodora
Michelle Williams as Glinda the Good Witch
Rachel Weisz as Evanora
Zach Braff as Frank and Finley
Joey King as China Girl
Abigail Spencer as Mrs. Hamilton
Ted Raimi as Skeptic/Tinker
Tony Cox as Knuck
Tim Holmes as The Strong Man

RELEASE DATE: March 8th, 2013.
Source: Bleeding Cool
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TheAlexLynch - 6/21/2012, 9:56 AM
I don't know what to expect but Franco looks good.
bane187 - 6/21/2012, 10:05 AM
Meh
nowtheresaBATman - 6/21/2012, 10:11 AM
Saul looks like Saul. Only w/ a top hat. :)
sansClaymore - 6/21/2012, 10:32 AM
the quest for the unicorn sword!!!
Fogs - 6/21/2012, 10:33 AM
Hollywood just don't have original scripts anymore. That's ridiculous.
HelaGood - 6/21/2012, 10:54 AM
w...t...f...
Intothepoop - 6/21/2012, 10:57 AM
is he ever going to lose that goatee?

anyway, hopefully this one is good. I like Raimi, and at least we won't have to see Dorothy, this is just like another way of telling Wicked.
santoanderson - 6/21/2012, 11:00 AM
Dude always looks stoned. I don't get how this guy is an A-lister.
rmf1979 - 6/21/2012, 11:04 AM
Looks RAD!!
Vafrous - 6/21/2012, 11:11 AM
He's a great actor...but he's voice can be so damn annoying sometimes.
thewonderer - 6/21/2012, 11:18 AM
@vafrous

OMG I completely agree.

His voice, good god, its like the words overlap somehow.
Daveman - 6/21/2012, 11:24 AM
it's not french
IronSpider101 - 6/21/2012, 11:35 AM
I'm always down for a Raimi flick, Spider-Man or not.

This seems like an odd choice, but I'll see it if he's doing it.
nowtheresaBATman - 6/21/2012, 11:38 AM
@BossWalsh
lol Saul says theres nothing wrong w/ being stoned even if Hurrican season is over ;)
Scabsallover - 6/21/2012, 11:41 AM
I'll give it a chance.


*Unrelated: go see "Moonrise Kingdom", it's going to get the Best Picture nomination at the Aacademy Awards for sure. Saw it yesterday. Go in with absolutely zero expectations!!! You'll thank me.
StormLoganSummers - 6/21/2012, 11:54 AM
Loving the originality from Hollywood these days
UncleJimmy - 6/21/2012, 12:12 PM
Franco is such a shit actor.
TheBurnSays - 6/21/2012, 12:26 PM
Nop! Not french... not one bit.
LennyBG - 6/21/2012, 1:29 PM
One of my favourite actors, i don't get how u don't get he is an A listactor... dude has charisma and charm and he's funny as hell love him.
TheSoulEater - 6/21/2012, 2:07 PM
Dapper
Fabs - 6/21/2012, 2:29 PM
Since when is a French poster in Italian?!
StormLoganSummers - 6/21/2012, 2:51 PM
The line under the poster says "Discover how it all began" in Italian, not French, as is the rest of the poster.
laughterman26 - 6/21/2012, 4:34 PM
does this have any relation to the wizard of oz
GUNSMITH - 6/21/2012, 5:19 PM
HE HAD TO BE LIKE A MAGICIAN AND THEN GOING TO OZ HE BECAME AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THAT..IT HAS A COOL STORY IDEA, LETS SEE WHERE RAIMI TAKES IT.
mgeoff88 - 6/21/2012, 5:35 PM
It has a great cast and the synopsis sounds intriguing.
TheAbomination - 6/21/2012, 6:56 PM
Whatever. I stopped taking James Franco seriously as an actor a long time ago. But, I guess I'll wait for a trailer before writing this one off.
TrueRedBlue - 6/21/2012, 8:00 PM
"I DIDN'T KILL YOUR FATHER, HARRY!"
TheSoulEater - 6/30/2012, 6:07 AM
curious to say the least

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