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alonewiththemoonSinger-actress Ashanti is set and Queen Latifah is in final talks to star in ABC's original movie tentatively titled The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Also set to appear in the Muppet take on the classic L. Frank Baum novel is Quentin Tarantino, who will play himself, the trade paper reported.
Kirk R. Thatcher, who directed NBC's successful Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in 2002, is on board to helm the family film, which will air as part of the Wonderful World of Disney franchise, the trade paper reported.
The Muppets' Oz centers on aspiring performer Dorothy Gale (Ashanti), who works at the diner of her Auntie Em (Latifah) in a small Kansas town while dreaming of hitting the big time. One day, a tornado sweeps up the trailer where Dorothy lives, and she finds herself in a Muppet version of Oz, the trade paper reported.
Oz will feature several music numbers, but will not be a musical. It is produced by the Jim Henson Co., in association with the Muppets Holding Co. and Touchstone TV, the trade paper reported. Lisa Henson and Brian Henson, co-chairmen and co-chief executives of the Jim Henson Co., are executive producing.
