Overview
- Appian Way, Verdi Productions and Danny Strong Productions are producing the feature, with Tom Donahue directing.
- Donahue will incorporate never-before-seen or heard footage and audio to probe how the film was made during the studio era.
- Reenactment filming is currently underway in Rhode Island.
- CreativeChaos vmg’s Ilan Arboleda is producing alongside Jennifer Davisson, Phillip Watson, Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr. and Paul Luba, with Taylor DiGilio and Sera Verdi as executive producers.
- The project is slated for a 2026 release as interest in Oz grows with an AI-enhanced Sphere screening and the release of Wicked: For Good.