The Wizard of the Emerald City (Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного города) is an upcoming Russian fantasy film adapted from the 1939 novel The Wizard of the Emerald City.
Plot[]
In a distant city lives a girl named Ellie. One day, the evil sorceress Gingema, in order to destroy humanity, conjured up a hurricane that carried Ellie and her dog Totoshka to the land of the Munchkins. To return home, Ellie, together with her friends - the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion - sets off along the yellow brick road to the Emerald City in search of the Wizard, who will fulfill their cherished wishes.[1]
Cast[1][]
- Ekaterina Chervova - Ellie
- Denis Vlasenko (voice acting) - Totoshka
- Yuri Kolokolnikov - Tin Woodman
- Evgeniy Chumak - Scarecrow
- Arthur Vakha (voice acting) - The Cowardly Lion
- Svetlana Hodchenkova - Bastinda
- Vasilina Makovtseva - Gingema
- Dmitry Chebotarev - Urfin Jus
- Sergey Epishev - Cannibal
- Yana Sexte (voice acting) - Ramina, the Queen of the Field Mice
- Egor Koreshkov - Ellie's father
- Sofia Lebedeva - Ellie's mother
- Alexandra Bogdanova - Villina
Production[1][]
Plans to create a new adaptation of The Wizard of the Emerald City emerged no later than April 2022, when the film project was presented to the Russian Minister of Culture.[2] Igor Voloshin became the director, and Central Partnership was engaged in production in partnership with Pyotr Anurov's Kinoslovo company. The project received state funding.[3]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Translated from the Russian Wikipedia
- ↑ В 2024 году выйдет фильм по «Волшебнику Изумрудного города» on Мир фантастики. Archived on December 7, 2022.
- ↑ Юра Борисов станет Пушкиным! А что еще представили Фонду кино и какие проекты получили финансирование? on Кинопоиск. Archived on October 24, 2022.