[Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Oz the Great and Powerful.]
Already earmarked by Screen Rant as one of 2013′s riskiest movies, Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful has featured some odd and underwhelming marketing. One of the movie’s more head-scratching promotional moves has been to make much of which of Oz’s three great witches will turn out to be the destructive Wicked Witch of the West. Will it be Rachel Weisz’s dark and ingratiating Evanora, Mila Kunis’s modern-minded Theodora, or Michelle Williams’ sweet-voiced Glinda?
Some have speculated that Raimi was preparing a serious curveball as to the Wicked Witch’s identity. However, as of yesterday, leaked images display who will be playing the Wicked Witch – and for many more, it was simply a confirmation of past suspicions.
In a post on the German-language comic book forum Comicforum.de, several scanned images show the first unimpeded shots of the Wicked Witch in full makeup. These photographs (scanned from as-yet unknown publication) confirm that Mila Kunis will indeed be putting on the green face and pointy chin of the iconic villain. You can view these images below.
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CLICK IMAGE FOR MAJOR SPOILER!!!
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UPDATE: Now, a new clip from the film:
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Truth be told, this will not come as much of a surprise to anyone who has followed the previews and production diaries for Oz the Great and Powerful. Though the film’s promotional materials have tried to cast doubt on all three of the witches, visual cues throughout have strongly suggested that Theodora is actually the Wicked Witch. Indeed, the witchy cackle that overlays the end of some of the movie’s promotional spots belongs fairly blatantly to Kunis. And, of course, early production reports for the movie stated outright that Kunis was slated to be cast in the role.
The confirmation that Kunis will be playing the Wicked Witch does raise some interesting questions. Since the actress will have two very different appearances in Oz the Great and Powerful, one must wonder exactly how she becomes the movie’s villain. Given her apparently spiky relationship with her sister Evanora, will a dispute between the two push Theodora into grabbing magical powers beyond her control? Or is her “normal” appearance when she meets Oscar Diggs (James Franco) merely a magical illusion?
These kinds of questions bring up some interesting narrative possibilities, but also illustrate that the effort to keep the Witch’s identity a secret was more or less a nonentity. At the very least, we can move forward and comment on the fairly great job the production has done in recreating the look and feel of the Wicked Witch from the original Wizard of Oz. We can also speculate just how well Mila Kunis will fit under the hat of one of cinema’s most memorable archvillains.
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Oz the Great and Powerful will cackle its way into theaters March 8th, 2013.
Source: Comicforum.de [via Bleeding Cool]
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Even looking exactly like that i would kill to get her naked.
Giggity. I thought the literal EXACT same thing haha
Yo thats crazy because I was looking at the pics just saying to myself green or not you are the hottest green chick i’ve seen and i’ll still take it down….
Am i the only one here that seems to remember that there already was a prequel in place in the from of a play? Its called ‘Wicked’ Raimi, you probably should have used that instead of making up your own sh*t like you did with Spidey. As much as i hate to say this (because i love the original Wizard of Oz film) i seriously hope this film bombs just to teach him a lesson
Wicked is just made up “sh*t”, too. It was written several decades after Wizard of Oz by someone completely unrelated to Baum, and it blatantly contradicts facts set out in the books and film by showing that the Witch isn’t really that bad after all. It’s revisionism. Fun revisionism that a lot of people like, but no more canon to the source than Raimi’s film is.
Well yeah, what you’re saying is true. But I think you’re misunderstanding me, im not a crazy fan of ‘Wicked’ but i thought it was decent; what im saying is that IMO i think it’d make more sense for Raimi to use whats already there than to make stuff up.
But the point is theres nothing “officially” there. Wicked is basically fan fiction and theres no reason to use it.
Why not? The way i see it, its there so might as well. That way you have some sort of basis, something to start from.
Disney doesn’t have the rights to Wicked, so it would be sort of difficult to adapt it legally.
Damn it, forgot about Disney. I hate all the legal ‘who owns what’ stuff. It makes things so much more complicated, i mean look at Marvel. Fox owns FF, Sony has Spidey and Marvel legit just got back the rights to DD. Why cant they all just get along and sing kumbaya? (Sorry if thats a bit cliché)
Eh – Marvel didn’t have to sell the movie rights. They wanted the money, they got the money. Them’s the breaks. I’m sure they’ll get them back eventually.
True, but i think you understand what i was trying to say both on terms of the rights issue and ‘Wicked’
WHy r u even talking about WICKED?????
Its raimis right to make his own prequel. He shouldnt have to stick to someone elses idea, for all we know he will make something way better than wicked, Yes his take on spider man wasnt the best but it doesnt mean he should stop trying to be creative
And yes, i do harbor a grudge over the way he botched Spiderman
Well, IMO I don’t think Wicked is the story he wanted to tell. Wicked is all about how Elphaba became the Wicked Witch, whereas this movie is more focused on the Wizard’s origins. Two seperate, but similar, films.
Damn! I really don’t understand why people have to hate so much and hate sooo hard…..
wicked is not a prequel it is actually happening at the same time as the wizard of oz
These pics honestly looks like green paint was splashed on to Mils Munis! The chin looks photoshoped!
Boy would I have hated it if we had both been around when the original Wizard of Oz came out. Probably would have been just as caustic and annoying about stuff in that too.
“Why does the wicked witch look like she’s wearing green makeup? that couldn’t possibly be the way you make a person look like they have green skin… Why do their surrounding look like stage sets? Wouldn’t it have been way better if they had filmed this on the actual yellow brick road or in the wicked witch’s actual castle?”
Mila Kunis isnt the witch, Rachel Weisz is.
Having seen the film (press screening), the fact that Kunis is the witch was clearly never intended to be a secret. It’s given away in the first 30 seconds in the opening title sequence.
As for how she does. Well. Just imagine Mila Kunis in green makeup, drawn on eyebrows and chin putty over-acting like mad. You’ll get an idea.
I’m sorry to say, but this looks like it’s going to be horrible.
Okay, I’m not really that sorry.
That first image looks cool.
Even looking at it I cant tell thats kunis, looks like a different face.
Looking forward to this ! Everything looks amazing and fantastic so far !
Anyone else find this terrifying?
Have none of you READ THE BOOKS?! You know, those wonderful things made on paper, typeset, bound in leather? You hold them in your hands and read them? Yeah… Frank Baum wrote more than just one book on OZ. Maybe you should go read the books before you jump to assumptions of who owns what and how what should be written and take into account what the ORIGINAL AUTHOR had in mind.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1905, comic strip depicting 27 stories)
The Woggle-Bug Book (1905)
Ozma of Oz (1907)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)
The Road to Oz (1909)
The Emerald City of Oz (1910)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913, collection of 6 short stories)
Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)
The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)
Rinkitink in Oz (1916)
The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
The Magic of Oz (1919, posthumously published)
Glinda of Oz (1920, posthumously published)
The Royal Book of Oz (1921, posthumous attribution—entirely the work of Ruth Plumly Thompson)
I would love to see a movie series based solely on the books. I think it would do really well in my opinion. it may not happen but one can dream.
The fact that you kno all this information. Makes me depressed for you. The fact that everyone overanalyzes every bit of information from some trailers or pics. Find interest or dont. See it or dont see it. Me personally I think it looks like s*** for children. Onto the next remake/spinoff/prequel.
If you listen carefully to the trailers when you hear the Wicked Witch laugh, you can tell right off the bat it’s Mila Kunis. Even before these images were revealed, it was obvious who it was.
Besides, did anyone think Michelle Williams was going to be the witch? She’s playing Glinda for Pete’s Sake.
ANyone else heard ALMOST HOME by Mariah carey for this film’s soundtrack?! Amazing!
Ugghh. Mariah Carey? Really? Why?
I think the big brim hat Mila wears also give it away a bit? See the resemblance? I was on the fence on this but now I do want to see what Disney can do?
An interesting plot point is being missed here I think.
This new prequel features 3 sisters, one of which (Mila Kunis’s Theodora as we now know)is transformed somehow in this film into The Wicked Witch of the West that we all know & love from the original film right?
But wait a tic.
). Even Glinda the beautiful & good witch (Who we were given no indication might be related to the evil witch in the original film BUT I might add that as a Star Wars fan I know that you can look in vain in that particular original for signs that Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker, Luke or Leia’s father etc. Sure you could squeeze SOME meaning out of glances & dramatic pauses if you’re desperate enough but realistically speaking there was nothing. It was a creative process & I respect it as such but for George Lucas to act like he planned it that was all along is just disingenuous. Like SW this new Oz is developing the story & characters into an interesting new direction.)acknowledged the power of the slippers so we’re sure to see more of them later on as well. But with the identity of two of the three sisters already firmly known to us in OZ lore we can logically deduce that the third sister WILL become evil as well!
Remember the Wicked Witch of the EAST that was killed by Dorothy’s house falling on her in the original film leaving only the exposed Ruby Red slippers that were rife with power & that everyone (Including her sister the WWOTW) coveted (And some snazzy black & white stockings too. Va Va Voom!
That means that unless this prequel features TWO transformations into evil witches that Sam Raimi is setting up a follow up prequel that will feature the descent into evil of Rachel Weisz’s Evanora since we know that the only other sister left (Michelle Williams’s Glinda) is the GOOD witch of the North in that same original classic!
Discuss.
Having seen the movie in an advanced showing, I can make some corrections to your post.
If I followed correctly, Glinda is not related to either of the other witches. Theodora and Evanora are the sisters (one of them even killed Glinda’s father). Theodora is already evil in this movie. No need to make her change into an evil witch, she already is one. The only transformation is of Theodora.
Mila Kunis is a terrible, terrible, terrible actress AND voice actress… but man, she’s hot. HUGE responsibility to give her this character. This movie needs a miracle.
The Witch is played by Rachel Weisz not Mila
There is a problem with the photo link. The witch on the right Evanora is not Rachel Weisz. It looks like Katy Perry.
I just watched the clip. So the flying monkeys in this prequel are good? I thought the flying monkeys were the Wicked Witch’s evil henchmen. I guess in this prequel its the “Rise of the planet of the flying apes” starring James Franco…again. *badoom tiss* ha ha. Carry on.
You’re making too many assumptions before having seen the movie.
There is one – ONE – good flying monkey in the movie. The flying baboons are the evil ones. I saw the movie monday.
I sense a bait and switch, or “green” herring. The “wicked witch” transformation seems like a power grab. Being the most “progressive” witch, I assume Kunis will grab the power first for the perceived good of Oz. The theme will probably be a cautionary tale about the evils of technology, corruption by power, etc. It smacks of Sauron’s Ring. Kunis’ end will be tragic, redemptive, or both, but if she is the Wicked Witch of the original Oz, the director is a fool. Weisz’ character screams “Wicked Witch” to me. She may well usurp that power, the flying monkeys, and everything else in the end. Cue Sequel.
Mila Kunis is playing Theodora who is the Wicked Witch of the West. Rachel Weiz is playing Evanora who is the Wicked Witch of the East. So technically they are both wicked. In the book the Wicked Witch of the East has silver shoes not ruby. She ends up conquering munchkin land and makes them slaves. A lot of it really depends on if he’s making a prequel to the movie or book. They are different. Or he could just be changing every thing.
Ok, there are a number of things that I would like to point out here, some of which may have been mentioned by others already. First of all, Glinda was the Good Witch Of The South in the books. The 1939 movie made her the Good Witch Of The North instead.
Here’s the thing, the original book shows that there is another character who is the Good Witch Of The North. She’s an elderly woman, called Tattypoo in later times. This character is actually the first one that Dorothy meets when she arrives in OZ, not Glinda.
There was also a Wicked Witch Of The North whom Tattypoo defeated. The Wicked Witch Of The North was called Mombi. She has been seen before on screen in The Return To OZ (1985) & was played by Jean Marsh.
All of that being said, there are two other witches in Canon that haven’t been brought up yet. With plenty of rich source material to touch upon, I for one am very hopeful about Sam Raimi’s interpertation of OZ.
I am a huge fan of the wicked books and in them she is actually quite beautiful. Strange, greenish, and powerful, but beautiful. Mila would make a great version of her! After reading the books you look at her in a totally different light, I wish they would make the books into a movie…not everyone can get to a show!
Mila Kunis explains in an interview that her character has her heart broken by the wizard, which is probably what motivates her to become the Wicked Witch
Actually Evanora has her sister turn wicked by giving her a apple that she spelled. She takes advantage of Theodora’s broken heart to make her a wicked witch so powerful then Glinda and Oz.
In my opinion 17th District Court Judge Karen Khalil of Redford Township should of got the role of the wicked witch, Karen Khalil could of flown out to Hollywood on her broomstick on weekends to do the filming and then flown back to her job as the Tyrant of Redford Township Michigan on the weekdays
The one thing the threw me was Glinda saying she was the witch of the South….I thought Glinda was the Good Witch of the North.
WARNING: What I’m about to tell you will spoil this whole discussion: As Oz lands in the land of Oz, he meets Theodora (who has a bit of a temper), who claims to be the “good witch”. Later, Oz meets Theodora’s sister, Evanora (who also claims to be the “good witch”.) who sends Oz on a wild goose chase to find the “Wicked Witch” (who really is Glinda, the REAL “good witch”) When seeing Glinda and Oz together through Evanora’s glass ball, Theodora is broken hearted causing her to cry. The tears start to melt on her face, leaving permanent scars. (You know the whole “melting” thing!) Evanora offers a magic apple to fix Theodora’s broken heart but Evanora really is tricking Theodora into eating an apple to turn her wicked. (probably using Theodora’s temper) Just before she completly tranforms, Theodora realizes that Evanora is REALLY the Wicked Witch! Theodora is just about to comfront Evanora but she turns WICKED- even MORE wicked than Evanora! So, to conclude….
Glinda: Good Witch of the South
Evanora: Wicked Witch of the East
Theodora: Wicked Witch of the West
this was one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time. In fact, it was so terrible, I couldn’t bear to watch the movie through to the end and left the theater in a hysterical fit of laughter. Great actors, but terrible acting. It was as if they were playing “pretend” instead. So disappointing…
I guess this raises the question, which witch is which?