Syfy revisits 'Wizard of Oz' with miniseries project from Timur Bekmambetov

By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Syfy is destroying the land of Oz. The cable network is developing a miniseries with "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and "Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov that revisits the mythical land from L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with an apocalyptic twist, a Syfy representative told TheWrap. The Russian filmmaker will executive produce and possibly direct the action-adventure miniseries, which follows a warrior from present day earth who is transported to the future and a post-apocalyptic Oz. ...

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