Just last week, we told you that filming was underway in Michigan on director Sam Raimi‘s forthcoming Walt Disney Pictures movie, Oz: The Great and Powerful. The project stars the likes of James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Joey King and Zach Braff.

I don’t know why I didn’t see this casting announcement coming, being that Raimi and Campbell (and myself) are Michigan natives, they’re filming the movie in Michigan and Campbell is rarely not in a Raimi movie in some capacity.  Now, GroovyBruce himself posted the following message on Twitter –

He also included a link to the following picture (feeling nostalgic?)

 

Synopsis:

When Oscar Diggs (Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot — fame and fortune are his for the taking — that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity — and even a bit of wizardry — Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Oz the Great and Powerful is slated to hit theaters on March 8th, 2013.