Vincent D’Onofrio is the new kingpin of Emerald City. The Daredevil actor has been cast as the Wizard of Oz in NBC’s new drama based on L. Frank Baum’s novels.
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D’Onofrio’s Wizard is described as “a man of science in a world of magic, the Wizard rules through inspiration, fear and a tenuous accord with the grand witches.”
Emerald City has had several false production starts, before finally getting a 10-episode order from NBC.
Here’s the official series description:
“Swept up into the eye of a tornado, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale (True Detective‘s Adria Arjona) is transported to another world — a mystical land in great peril, where an all-powerful Wizard has outlawed magic and rules over the many kingdoms. This is the fabled Land of Oz in a way you’ve never seen before — where lethal warriors roam, wicked witches plot in the shadows and a young girl from Kansas becomes the headstrong hero who holds the fate of their world in her hands.”
Emerald City is still without a premiere date.
Via EW
