June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Although he had been reported earlier to have stated that he would not be directing the prequel to ‘The Wizard of Oz’ prequel, entitled,’Oz, The Great and Powerful’ which will be a Disney movie, Sam Raimi has finally relented, and accepted an offer to direct the upcoming project, which will be in 3D.

Other directors who were considered for the job included Adam Shankman, Timur Bekmambetov, and Guillermo del Toro. This will be the first project that Raimi has officially worked on since Spider Man 4.

Robert Downey Jr is expected to play the part of the Wizard of Oz himself. The Wiz is actually a circus trainer, according to the story, who was snatched by a tornado and magically transported to the mysterious land of Oz. Although Robert Downey Jr has not officially accepted the part, the movie is being developed with him in mind as the character. ‘Alive in Wonderland’ was developed in much the same way for Johnny Depp.