Rachel Weisz to play Evanora in Oz movie

May 5th, 2011 - 1:48 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Los Angeles, May 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rachel Weisz is reportedly in talks to play a role in the movie “Oz: The Great and Powerful.” The actress is set to play the role of the powerful witch Evanora in the movie.

The movie is set to be directed by Sam Raimi with James Franco and Mila Kunis all confirmed for the supernatural project. If Rachel finally lands the role, her character will be the sister of Kunis’ sister. Kunis will be Theadora in the movie which is seen by many as the prequel to the “Wizard of Oz.”

Rachel has other projects lined up for her. She has been linked with several other projects like Fernando Meirelles’ ‘360′ among other projects. Early this year, her movie “The Deep Blue Sea” was released to the cinemas in the United States. Her last project however was in the movie “The Lovely Bones.”

With her career cruising, the same cannot be said about the romantic life of the actress. Last year, Rachel announced that she has split from her former boyfriend Darren Aronofsky. Darren is the director of the higher successful 2010 movie the “Black Swan.” There have not been any further reports about her romantic life since then.

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