The Wizard of the Emerald City (2025 film)

The Wizard of the Emerald City
The Wizard of the Emerald City
Directed by	Igor Voloshin (ru)
Written by	Timofei Dekin; Roman Nepomnyashchiy; Alexander Volkov (writer);
Based on	The Wizard of the Emerald City; by Alexander Volkov (writer); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; by Frank Baum;
Produced by	Petr Anurov (ru); Vadim Vereshchagin; Aleksandr Gorokhov; Leonid Vereshchagin (ru); Nikita Mikhalkov; Grigory Stoyalov; Aleksandr Zharov; Darya Fardzinova; Marina Gurtovaya;
Starring	Ekaterina Chervova; Denis Vlasenko; Yuri Kolokolnikov; Yevgeny Chumak; Artur Vakha; Svetlana Khodchenkova; Vasilina Makovtseva; Dmitry Chebotaryov (ru); Sergey Epishev;
Cinematography	Mikhail Milashin
Music by	Nikolay Rostov
Production; companies	Central Partnership Productions; Kinoslovo; Studio Trite; CGF Films;
Distributed by	Central Partnership
Release date	January 1, 2025 (Russia);
Running time	minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

The Wizard of the Emerald City (titled onscreen as The Wizard of the Emerald City: Part I) is an upcoming Russian live-action fantasy adventure film directed by Igor Voloshin,^[1]^[2] an adaptation of the 1939 children's novel of the same name by the Soviet writer Alexander Melentyevich Volkov, based on a reworking of Frank Baum's fairy tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It stars Ekaterina Chervova, Denis Vlasenko, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Yevgeny Chumak, and Artur Vakha.

It is scheduled to be theatrically released on January 1, 2025.^[3]

The sequel, The Wizard of the Emerald City: Part II, is scheduled for November 2026.

Plot

The film tells the story of a girl named Ellie, who lives in a distant city. Suddenly, an evil witch named Gingema conjured a hurricane that carried the girl and her dog to the land of Munchkins, where she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion, with whom she must go to the Emerald City to find the Wizard who can fulfill their dreams.^[4]

Cast

Ekaterina Chervova as Ellie Smith
Denis Vlasenko as Totoshka (voice acting)
Yuri Kolokolnikov as Iron Lumberjack / the Tin Woodman
Yevgeny Chumak as Bogeyman / the Scarecrow
Artur Vakha as the Cowardly Lion (voice acting)
Svetlana Khodchenkova as Bastinda
Vasilina Makovtseva as Gingema
Dmitry Chebotaryov as Urfin Jus
Sergey Epishev as Ogre
Yana Sekste as Ramina, Queen of the Field Mice (voice acting)
Egor Koreshkov as John Smith, Ellie's father
Sofia Lebedeva as Ann Smith, Ellie's mother

References

External links

The Wizard of the Emerald City at IMDb

[1] Правнучка писателя Александра Волкова Наталья Машкова стала почетной гостьей премьеры фильма "Волшебник Изумрудного города"

[2] В Москве прошла премьера фильма "Волшебник Изумрудного города. Дорога из желтого кирпича"

[3] Волшебник Изумрудного города. Дорога из желтого кирпича

[4] Волшебник Изумрудного города. Дорога из желтого кирпича

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