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Poster for Fred R. Hamlin's 1902 musical extravaganza, the first major theatrical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum. Since its first publication in 1900, it has been adapted many times by L. Frank Baum and others: for film, television, theatre, books, comics, games, and other media.

Baum was responsible for many early adaptations, including the 1902 musical The Wizard of Oz, which was an enormous success on Broadway. The casting of comedians Fred Stone as the Scarecrow and David C. Montgomery as the Tin Woodman was especially praised. Baum featured the two characters in his second Oz book, The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), with the hopes of turning that into a stage play as well, with Stone and Montgomery in the lead roles. When the two actors declined to participate, Baum rewrote the story as The Woggle-Bug in 1905, which was a critical and commercial failure.

Following this, Baum was responsible for several more adaptations of the Oz series. His 1906 multimedia presentation, The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, toured for two months. A further musical, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, was staged in 1913. Baum also began a short-lived film company, The Oz Manufacturing Company, and released three short films, beginning with The Patchwork Girl of Oz in 1914.

The most celebrated adaptation of the Oz books is the 1939 MGM musical starring Judy Garland, which has been hailed as the most-seen film in movie history. Other notable film adaptations include The Wiz (1978), Return to Oz (1985), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). Another notable production is the 2003 Broadway and West End musical Wicked, based on the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.

Visual arts

Film

Name Format Original Release Date Short summary
The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays Live action September 24, 1908 Multimedia presentation made by L. Frank Baum which featured the young silent film actress Romola Remus.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Live action March 24, 1910 15-minute 1910 film, based on the 1902 stage musical, directed by Otis Turner, and may have featured Bebe Daniels as Dorothy. It was followed by three now-lost films also directed by Turner: Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz, The Land of Oz, and John Dough and the Cherub, based on another Baum novel of the same name.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz Live action September 28, 1914 This is an adaptation produced by Baum's live-action motion picture company, The Oz Film Manufacturing Company. It follows the adventures of Ojo, Unc Nunkie, and Patchwork Girl in their quest for the ingredients needed for a magic potion. The film is partially lost due to a missing scene early in the film.
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz Live action September 28, 1914 This is an adaptation by Baum via the Oz Film Manufacturing Company that became the basis for the book The Scarecrow of Oz.
The Magic Cloak of Oz Live action September 28, 1914 Another 1914 adaptation in the series produced by Baum himself via The Oz Film Manufacturing Company. It follows the story of Fluff, the unhappiest person in Oz, and a magic cloak fairies devised for him to grant her one wish.
The Wizard of Oz Live action April 13, 1925 Directed by Larry Semon in collaboration with Frank Joslyn Baum and featuring a young Oliver Hardy.
The Wizard of Oz Animation June 19, 1933 Animated short film directed by Ted Eshbaugh.
The Wizard of Oz Live action August 25, 1939 The famous 1939 musical film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton, and Frank Morgan. It is the story's best-known adaptation and the version about which most cultural references to the story are based.
The Wizard of Oz Live action 1967 A black and white Soviet adaptation. While borrowing some elements from Alexander Volkov's retelling, it is considered an adaptation of Baum's book and is titled accordingly
The Wonderful Land of Oz Live action October 31, 1969 A low-budget children's film adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz directed by Barry Mahon.
Journey Back to Oz Animation December 14, 1972 Begun in 1962, finished in 1971 and eventually released between 1972 and 1974. It features Liza Minnelli, the daughter of Judy Garland, as the voice of Dorothy.
The Wiz Live action October 24, 1978 Directed by Sidney Lumet starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, based on the Broadway musical of the same name.
The Wizard of Oz Animation July 1, 1982 Anime adaptation of the story produced by Toho in 1982 and directed by Fumihiko Takayama, with music by Joe Hisaishi. The English version of the movie stars Aileen Quinn as the voice of Dorothy and Lorne Greene as the Wizard. Original songs are sung by Aileen Quinn in the English version, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Allen Byrnes. In the U.S., it was released on video and syndicated to local television stations.
World Famous Fairy Tale Series Animation February 1983 Anime series of short films produced by Toei Animation.
Return to Oz Live action June 21, 1985 A 1985 film by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Walter Murch and starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy.
Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz Animation November 18, 1987 Direct-to video animated film produced by Kushner-Locke.
W krainie czarnoksiężnika Oza Animation c. 1988 Polish series of theatrical shorts adapting The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz, produced by Se-ma-for and starring Ilona Kuśmierska [] as voice of the Dorothy and Piotr Fronczewski as the voice of Scarecrow.
The Wizard of Oz Animation 1991 Direct-to-video animated film produced by American Film Investment Corporation.
Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz Animation August 23, 2011 This is a Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film which first appeared on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2011. It was followed by a sequel, Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz, released June 21, 2016.
Oz the Great and Powerful Live action March 8, 2013 2013 film by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis.
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Animation May 9, 2014 American-Indian 3D animated musical adaptation of Dorothy of Oz by Roger S. Baum and stars Lea Michele.
Guardians of Oz Animation April 10, 2015 Mexican-Indian 3D computer-animated adventure film directed by Alberto Mar. It features an original story and new characters.
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Animation June 21, 2016 Direct-to-video film, sequel to Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz.
The Steam Engines of Oz Animation June 5, 2018 Canadian Animated film directed by Sean O'Reilly which is produced by Arcana Studio. It tells the story of Oz a hundred years later and features new characters as well as old ones.
Wicked Live action November 22, 2024 Epic musical fantasy film inspired by characters from the book, it is the first of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, loosely based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire.

Related films

Name Format Original Release Date Short summary
The Wizard of Mars Live action 1965 Low budget science fiction film takeoff of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz co-written and directed by stage magician David L. Hewitt.
Fantasía... 3 Anthology 1966 A Spanish anthology film using a portion of Baum's original novel in one of its sequences.
Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde Live action 1971 A Turkish film directed by Tunç Başaran and known to bootleggers as "The Turkish Wizard of Oz".
Oz Live action July 29, 1976 Australian rock musical film, also known as Oz – A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie or 20th Century Oz.
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz Live action June 21, 1984 Brazilian parody of Wizard of the Oz.
Mamo, czy kury potrafią mówić? Live action/Animation July 10, 1998 Polish loose adaptation of Ozma of Oz produced by Se-ma-for and starring Leon Niemczyk as voice of Awidor.
Apocalypse Oz Live action 2006 short film parody of The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now.
After the Wizard Live action July 2, 2011 Independent film as a modern-day semi-sequel to the story.
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz Live action February 17, 2012 Edited together out of the 2011 miniseries Witches of Oz (see below under "Television"). The film version removed about an hour of footage and updated the visual effects.
OzLand Live action September 4, 2014 Independent fantasy/sci-fi drama film inspired by characters and events from the book, which plays a crucial role.

Theatre

In addition to his books, Baum also wrote Oz-related stage plays: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1901) with music by Paul Tietjens and Nathaniel D. Mann, The Wizard of Oz (1902) (music by Tietjens et al.; with jokes by Glen MacDonough), The Woggle-Bug (1905) with music by Frederick Chapin, The Rainbow's Daughter, or The Magnet of Love (February 1909) with music by Manuel Klein, revised in April 1909 as Ozma of Oz, and ultimately produced, with music by Louis F. Gottschalk as The Tik-Tok Man of Oz. Also in 1909, he wrote a play called The Girl from Oz. The manuscript is held in the archives at Syracuse University, but apparently its relation to Oz is little more than nominal (it is also known as The Girl from Tomorrow and was later adapted for radio by Frank Joslyn Baum), as is also the case with the short story, "The Littlest Giant", a rather brutal tale designated in two lines to be in the Gillikin country of Oz. With Gottschalk writing the music, he wrote an unproduced stage version of The Patchwork Girl of Oz in November 1913, that was developed into the film scenario.

Name Lyrics by Premiere date Short summary
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Unpublished
(written in 1901) 		A stage play closely based on the novel, featuring songs with music by Paul Tietjens.
The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
W. W. Denslow 		June 16, 1902 This was the first musical version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz produced by L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow (with music by composer Paul Tietjens) in Chicago in 1902 and moved to New York in 1903. It used many of the same characters, and was aimed more at adult audiences. It had a long, successful run on Broadway. Baum added numerous political references to the script, mentioning President Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Mark Hanna, and John D. Rockefeller by name. Many existing songs that had nothing to do with the story were interpolated.
The Woggle-Bug L. Frank Baum
Arthur Gillespie 		June 18, 1905 A stage musical based on The Marvelous Land of Oz, with music by Frederic Chapin. Reviews praised only Chapin and the show never opened on Broadway. It was also panned as a rehash rather than a sequel to "The Wizard of Oz".
The Rainbow's Daughter, or The Magnet of Love L. Frank Baum Never produced
(written in 1909) 		A stage musical, music by Manuel Klein, based on Ozma of Oz and The Road to Oz.
Ozma of Oz L. Frank Baum Never produced
(written in 1909) 		A revised draft of The Rainbow's Daughter.
The Girl from Oz L. Frank Baum Never produced
(written in 1909) 		While this is a play by Baum, the connection to Oz is reported as minimal. Held in the L. Frank Baum Papers at Syracuse University; later adapted for radio as The Girl of Tomorrow by Frank Joslyn Baum.
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz L. Frank Baum
Oliver Morosco 		March 31, 1913 The final version of The Rainbow's Daughter, now with music by Louis F. Gottschalk, as produced by Oliver Morosco. Morosco and Victor Schertzinger interpolated two songs of their own, but the production was not a big enough success for Morosco to want to move it to New York.
The Wizard of Oz Yip Harburg 1942 This musical uses songs from the 1939 film. It was adapted by Frank Gabrielson for the St. Louis Municipal Opera. The piece continues to receive frequent revivals.
The Wiz Charlie Smalls
Zachary Walzer
Luther Vandross 		October 21, 1974 The musical exclusively features African American actors with music and lyrics are by Charlie Smalls. Stephanie Mills starred as Dorothy in the original Broadway cast. The production won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Musical. Geoffrey Holder directed a 1984 Broadway revival, which also featured Mills as Dorothy.
The Wizard of Oz Yip Harburg 1987 An adaptation by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company based on the novel and 1939 film, which hews more closely to the film's screenplay than the 1942 version. This show ran through 1989 and continues to be frequently revived and toured.
The Wizard of A.I.D.S. Un­known 1987 An adaptation of the Oz story which serves as an AIDS education tool.
The Wizard of Oz on Ice Un­known 1995 A Kenneth Feld production that toured from 1995 to 1999, based on the film and was choreographed by Robin Cousins. It featured a pre-recorded soundtrack with the voice of Laurena Wilkerson as Dorothy and narration by Bobby McFerrin. It toured nationally and internationally and was broadcast in 1996 with Oksana Baiul skating as Dorothy and Victor Petrenko as the Scarecrow, with Bobby McFerrin both narrating and appearing as the Wizard. Shanice was the prerecorded voice of Dorothy in the TV broadcast.
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True Un­known November 22, 1995 This was a concert performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation at Lincoln Center, featuring celebrity actors such as Jewel as Dorothy, Jackson Browne as the Scarecrow, Roger Daltrey as the Tin Man, Nathan Lane as the Lion, and Joel Grey as the Wizard (a role he later reprised in Wicked). The production also featured Debra Winger, Natalie Cole, and Lucie Arnaz.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz James P. Doyle
Joe Cascone 		October 27, 2000 Premiering in Toronto in 2000, this musical was revived in 2002, 2010 and again in 2017.
Wicked Stephen Schwartz June 10, 2003 This Broadway and West End musical is based on the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. Universal Pictures had bought film rights to the 1995 novel when composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz convinced the company to adapt the novel into a musical instead. Schwartz wrote Wicked's music and lyrics and it premiered on Broadway in October 2003.
The Wizard of Oz Yip Harburg
Tim Rice 		March 1, 2011 West End musical, building on the 1939 film songs and script with new material by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It began previews on February 7, 2011 and officially opened on March 1. Danielle Hope, of the BBC television Series Over the Rainbow, appeared as Dorothy. Michael Crawford plays the role of the Wizard.
The Woodsman James Ortiz
Edward W. Hardy
Jennifer Loring 		2012 Off-Broadway play with minimal dialog and bunraku puppetry retelling the origin story of the Tin Woodsman. A pro-shot was released on BroadwayHD in 2016.

Television

Many of the television programs cited in this list are not strict adaptions of The Wizard of Oz; rather, they have reinterpreted aspects of the book, such as characters and plot, to create sequels, prequels or side-plots, which are inspired by Baum's original text. This section does not include single episodes from a larger unrelated series.

Name Format Start date End date Short summary
Tales of the Wizard of Oz Animated series September 1, 1961 December 1961 Animated series of short episodes based on the Oz characters from the book.
Return to Oz Special February 9, 1964 — Animated television special sequel-remake of the 1939 film, based on the artistic renderings of the characters in the 1961 animated series.
Off to See the Wizard Anthology 1967 1968 A 1967 television anthology series which showcased then-recent MGM family films. The Oz characters appeared in animated segments.
Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi Anthology May 3, 1978 May 24, 1978 An anime television anthology, has a four 10-minute episodes adaptation.
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz Special November 15, 1980 — Animated television Thanksgiving special. Retitled Dorothy in the Land of Oz in future airings.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Animated series October 6, 1986 September 28, 1987 This anime adaptation consists of 52 episodes and follows the story of Dorothy and her adventures in Oz with the Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion, and Scarecrow. It continues on to the story of Ozma and Mombi, and follows the events in other Oz books. In 1987, HBO purchased the rights to the series and edited together key episodes of the series into a series of movies, which aired as a television mini-series. Production for the English version was done by the Canadian studio Cinar.
The Wizard of Oz Animated series September 8, 1990 December 28, 1990 An animated series based on the 1939 film, was broadcast on ABC during the 1990–1991 TV season. The cartoon featured Dorothy returning to Oz, reuniting with her four friends, and journeying through the magical realm in an attempt to rescue the Wizard from a resurrected Witch of the West.
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz Animated series October 5, 1992 April 4, 1993 Japanese anime series involving Dorothy and her friends in a futuristic setting, traveling the "Galaxy of Oz". It was truncated to 76 minutes and dubbed for the American release.
World Fairy Tale Series Anthology September 29, 1995 — Anime television anthology produced by Toei Animation, has half-hour adaptation.
The Oz Kids Animated series October 1, 1996 February 18, 1997 Animated series by Paramount Pictures and Hyperion Pictures featuring the children of the original characters.
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Television film May 20, 2005 — Starring Ashanti, Queen Latifah and The Muppets. Miss Piggy plays all of the witches, Pepe plays Toto, Kermit plays the Scarecrow, Gonzo plays the Tin Man, and Fozzie plays the Lion.
Tin Man Miniseries December 2, 2007 December 4, 2007 Three-part miniseries released on the Sci-fi Channel by RHI Entertainment. The miniseries, directed by Nick Willing and starring Zooey Deschanel, Richard Dreyfuss, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Neal McDonough, and Kathleen Robertson, is a re-imagined future version of The Wizard of Oz. The heroine, D.G., is a descendant of Dorothy Gale. Other humans, called "Slippers" by the people of Oz, have visited Oz since Gale's fateful adventure.
Witches of Oz Miniseries 2012 — Television mini-series directed by Leigh Scott, based on the novels The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Ozma of Oz, The Road to Oz, and The Magic of Oz by Baum.
Lost in Oz Animated series June 26, 2015 June 8, 2018 On June 26, 2015, Amazon Video released an original 24-minute pilot for an animated series, Lost in Oz. On November 2, 2016, it was re-released with additional content under the title Lost in Oz: Extended Adventure. The two seasons series aired on August 4, 2017.
The Wiz Live! Special December 3, 2015 — Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, it is a performance of a new adaptation of the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, a soul/R&B reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The performance aired live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York.
Emerald City Television series January 6, 2017 March 3, 2017 Created by Matthew Arnold for 10 episodes. In August 2014, it was reported that NBC would not be proceeding with the series. In April 2015, NBC reversed course and announced that the series would move forward under the leadership of executive producer and writer David Schulner.
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Animated series June 29, 2017 July 31, 2020 Animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It was released in June 2017 for Boomerang's SVOD service. Clips of the series were revealed in the Boomerang upfront for 2017.

Music videos

The following are strictly limited to Wizard of Oz themed imagery:

Artist Song name Release date Short summary
Nirvana Heart-Shaped Box August 30, 1993 Nirvana's video makes extensive use of symbolism, much of which touches on Oz themes and imagery. The bulk of the video takes place in a field of fake poppies. The video also shows a stand of 'spooky' trees, and a pointed hat sinking into a puddle, which bear a resemblance to the 1939 film. Additionally, there are multiple shots of a man suspended in a crucified position from a rough cross and adorned with ravens in a manner more suggestive of a scarecrow.
Blues Traveler Run-Around February 28, 1995 The music video for "Run-Around" has a Wizard of Oz motif, with Blues Traveler playing behind a curtain in a nightclub while a young, "hip" and more "photogenic" group appears to be playing the song.
Sara Evans Born to Fly June 26, 2000 Sara Evans stars as Dorothy in her music video "Born to Fly".
De La Soul Oooh. July 10, 2000 The music video shows the "Land of Oooh", which is heavily based on the Land of Oz.
Toy-Box Wizard of Oz July 28, 2001 Romantic song about a girl finding her true love (her "Wizard") who welcomes her to the "Land of Oz".
The Good Life Heartbroke September 11, 2007 The music video has characters from The Wizard of Oz going to a pastry/ice cream shop. There are two versions to this video; a "nice" version and a "mean" version. In the "nice" version the characters pretend to rob the shop but then purchase treats. In the "mean" version they violently rob the store, but the Scarecrow does not make it on time due to a flat tire and the would-be robbers get arrested.
The Black Eyed Peas Imma Be Rocking That Body January 12, 2010 The music video is claimed to be the futuristic version of The Wizard of Oz.
Tech N9ne He's A Mental Giant May 4, 2011 This song follows the plot to the Wizard of Oz with darker imagery.
Naughty Boy La la la May 13, 2013 The music video featuring Sam Smith shows a young boy traveling around a city meeting characters resembling the Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow.

Written works

Main article: List of Oz books

Comics

The Wizard of Oz (Dell Comics, June 1956). Cover art by Mel Crawford.

Games

  • The Wonderful Game of Oz, a board game published in 1921 by Parker Brothers.
  • The Wizard of Oz, a 1985 illustrated text adventure game for Apple II, Commodore 64 and DOS systems, which combined elements of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz. It was published by Windham Classics, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software.
  • The Wizard of Oz, a 1993 video game for the Super NES, based on the 1939 film.
  • The Yellow Brick Road (イエロー ・ブリツク ・ロード) trilogy, a multiplatform adventure RPG series developed in Japan by SYNERGY.
  • Wizard of Land Oz (Волшебник страны Оз), a 1997 ZX Spectrum adventure game by Famous Faces Factory.
  • Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip, a Japanese game which is a spin-off of The Legend of Zelda series. It features Tingle teaming up with a tin woman, a scarecrow and a cowardly lion to cross the land. Released in 2009.
  • Emerald City Confidential, a point-and-click adventure game developed by Wadjet Eye Games and published by casual game portal PlayFirst. Released in 2009.
  • RIZ-ZOAWD, a Japanese role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS, released in the US as The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road. Released in 2008.
  • The Wizard of Oz, a coin pusher game found in video arcades.
  • Wizard of Oz Slots game found in Casinos. The game is a five-reel video slot machine with bonus feature rounds, produced by WMS (Williams Gaming). Released in 2013.
  • The Card Game of Oz, a 2014 game created by James C. O'Connor under his Orion's Bell label. The game is based on the original books. Series 1, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was released in May 2014. Series 2, The Marvelous Land of Oz, was released in August 2014 as an expansion.
  • The crossover-genre video game Lego Dimensions features a world based on the 1939 film.
  • The mobile game Oz: Broken Kingdom Is based on the world of Oz and takes place after the original story.
  • In Sherlock: Hidden Match-3 Cases, a mobile video game published in 2020 by G5 Entertainment, one of the featured books is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Other media

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  • In September 1933, The Wizard of Oz debuted on the NBC radio network, sponsored by General Foods Corporation. It presented dramatizations of episodes from the book.
  • In 1967, The Seekers recorded "Emerald City", with lyrics about a visit there, set to the melody of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".
  • Ray Bolger recorded an audio adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. This was the first in a series of four audiotapes, The Oz Audio Collection, recorded by Bolger and issued by Caedmon Audio from 1976 to 1983.
  • Todd McFarlane created a sinister toy series called Twisted Land of Oz that portrays all of the characters as more sinister (such as the monster Toto) and adult oriented (BDSM Dorothy).
  • The rock band Aerosmith put some original audios from the 1939 movie and Steven Tyler's voice repeating some quotes of the characters in the song "The Farm" in the album Nine Lives from 1997.
  • The musical group America released the song "Tin Man" in 1974, with the enigmatic line; "And Oz never did give nothin' to the Tin Man, that he didn't already have." The song was the first single released from their album Holiday and became a top ten hit.
  • German Power Metal band Blind Guardian made use of the story of the Wizard of Oz in the title track of their 1995 studio album Imaginations From the Other Side.
  • Walt Disney originally wanted to make an animated version of The Wizard Of Oz to serve as the follow-up to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but the film rights were bought by Samuel Goldwyn, who originally intended to make it as a standard musical comedy, with Eddie Cantor as his star. However, Goldwyn ended up selling the rights to MGM.
  • The Felice Brothers wrote a song called "Don't Wake the Scarecrow" which features several references to The Wizard of Oz.
  • American McGee's Oz was a darkly, twisted series of figurines based on Baum's original Wizard of Oz characters. This series was released before McFarlane's, and was supposed to help McGee launch a franchise around this interpretation.
  • Stargate SG-1 has several verbal references to The Wizard of Oz, including Colonel Jack O'Neill calling Samantha Carter "Dorothy" when she defeated one of the show's villains.
  • The band Scissor Sisters released a song on their self-titled album called "Return to Oz", referencing the sequel.
  • The John Boorman film Zardoz derives its title from the Wizard of Oz (The WiZARD of OZ).
  • Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a clear reference to The Wizard of Oz.
  • The Wiyos's album Twist is an original song cycle loosely based on The Wizard of Oz.
  • Ray Bradbury's short story "The Exiles" mentions the Emerald City and its inhabitants existing alongside other famous literary characters and locales on a Martian colony.
  • Big Finish Productions made a full-cast audio drama adaptation of the novel, adapted by Marc Platt.
  • Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz is the sequel to Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz and is a Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film.
  • AIEC Wizard of Oz is a short film parody of The Wizard of Oz starring characters from the Adventure In Epic's Chat web series.
  • Edward W. Hardy released a cast album entitled The Woodsman (Original Off-Broadway Solo Recording)
  • "Straight Outta Oz" is a studio album and original musical written and produced by Todrick Hall. It is based on the Wizard of Oz whilst being a semi-autobiographical account of his rise to fame in Los Angeles (Oz). The trailer for the album was first released on May 13, 2016. Todrick has released the musical in the form of (as well as each song separately) on his YouTube channel on March 21, 2017. It includes a host of guest stars including Nicole Scherzinger, Jordin Sparks, Perez Hilton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amber Riley, Raven-Symoné, and Tamar Braxton.
  • The marketing campaign for season 22 of American Idol is directly themed after the 1939 film, complete with a commercial featuring Ryan Seacrest and the judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan dressed as Tin Man, Dorothy, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow following the "Golden Ticket Road" to Hollywood. This was to reflect the show's plans to visit the judges' hometowns throughout the season.

Cancelled

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Further reading

  • Kevin Scott Collier. The Wonderful Animated World of the Wizard of Oz: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018. ISBN 172632558X
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