Overview

• Gina Matthews created the series and will produce it under her Little Engine banner for Prime Video.
• Dorothy is described as a contemporary, music-infused YA retelling drawn from L. Frank Baum’s books, using the Yellow Brick Road as a metaphor for young adults’ choices.
• Non-writing executive producers include Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Lee Metzger, Grant Scharbo, and Patrick Moran.
• Matthews, Stefani, Shelton, Scharbo, and Moran issued statements expressing enthusiasm for reinventing the property.
• Coverage notes the development follows renewed audience interest in Oz-related stories, with comparisons drawn to the attention around Wicked.