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March 25th, 2011

Mila Kunis has landed in ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful.’

The ‘Black Swan’ star has joined James Franco in the prequel to ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ which explores how a young magician ascends to power in the mystical land.

She is set to portray the evil witch Theodora.

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February 25th, 2011

James Franco has signed on to play the title role in Disney’s ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful,’ a prequel to ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.’

The film tells the story from the Wizard’s point of view, and chronicles how he arrived in Oz and became its ruler.

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January 20th, 2011

Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to take over for Robert Downey, Jr. in the prequel to ‘The Wizard of Oz.’

‘Oz, the Great and Powerful’ tells the story of a young illusionist who flees the circus, only to have his hot air balloon caught up in a tornado that lands him in the land of Oz.

Downey was scheduled for the role but has dropped out of the project.

The wizard could now be Depp, according to THR.

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July 20th, 2010

In today’s lineup, Sandra Bullock takes action, Jim Carrey has a new movie, and Jenna Fischer has a “Survivor” wedding.

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February 10th, 2010

Spidey is going the Avatar route.

Sony plans to release its new Spider-Man movie on July 3, 2012 – in 3D.

As reported earlier, Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi, the star and director of the last three movies in the series, have been jettisoned. The studio plans to “reboot” the series with the next installment.

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January 14th, 2010

Here we go again.

Dozens of outlets are breathlessly repeating rumors that Robert Pattinson is the leading candidate to replace Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.

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December 26th, 2009

The aptly named site, OhNoTheyDidnt – actually did!

Today, the blog published an old April Fool’s Day JOKE — that Robert Pattinson was replacing Tobey Maguire in “Spider-Man” — as FACT.