Legendary Hollywood gems like the “Wizard Of Oz” and the Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” are both getting what director and writer Kenya Barris is calling a “diverse” reboot.
Speaking to Variety at the Sundance Film Festival, Barris confirmed he’s working on scripts for both films and giving the Judy Garland 1939 movie a new look with a story told from a “different point of a view.”
“The original ‘Wizard of Oz’ took place during the Great Depression and it was about self-reliance and what people were going through,” Barris told the outlet.
Filmmaker Kenya Barris is directing new “diverse” remakes of The Wizard Of Oz and It’s A Wonderful Life:
“I think this is a perfect time to sort of like switch off the characters…”
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“I think this is the perfect time to switch the…