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Evolution Reveals ‘Legends of Oz’ Licensing Program

May 30, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Licensing and brand management firm Evolution will unveil its new licensing program for Summertime Entertainment’s upcoming theatrical animated 3-D musical feature Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return at the upcoming Licensing Expo in Las Vegas (booth B71). Based on the original book series written by Roger Stanton Baum, the great grandson [...]

An Exclusive Sneak Peek at 2014's ‘Legends of Oz’

May 17, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 5 Comments divider image

Roger S. Baum’s further adventures of his great-grandfather’s beloved characters are given a new animated life in Summertime’s Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. In the world’s supply of film-worthy fairy tales, the attempts of American authors make up but a tiny fraction. Whether the United States’ relative youth or its [...]

Clarius to Distribute Summertime’s Animated ‘Oz’

March 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

It looks like Dorothy has a new home. Summertime Entertainment’s 3D, animated feature Dorothy of Oz, which was originally slated for a 2013 release, has been renamed Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return and will now be released by Clarius in the first quarter of 2014, Variety reports. The movie is [...]

The Hub Brings Spielberg’s ‘Animaniacs’ Back

November 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’ve been missing the popular Amblin/Warner Bros. animated series Animaniacs since it went off the air in 1999, we have some good news for you. The Hub is bringing the show back in December. The series will premiere with a four-hour marathon on Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24 (4-8 [...]

Bernadette Peters Joins ‘Dorothy of Oz’

May 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After her successful appearances on NBC’s Smash and Broadway’s Follies, actress Bernadette Peters is joining the voice of Summertime Entertainment’s upcoming 3D animated movie Dorothy of Oz. Peters will be voicing Glinda the Good Witch and sing a duet on the film’s soundtrack with Lea Michele (Glee) who is voicing [...]

ET Offers Sneak peek at ‘Dorothy of Oz’

April 16, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Although the upcoming CG-animated feature Dorothy of Oz is slated to open in theaters this year, we’ve seen very little news coverage about the pic, which is directed by Disney veteran Dan St. Pierre. This week, TV entertainment magazine ET offers a behind-the-scenes video about the making of the movie, [...]