Article Photos: Disney, Sam Raimi gamble on return trip to Oz



  FILE - This publicity film image released by Disney Enterprises shows James Franco, left, and director Sam Raimi on the set of "Oz the Great and Powerful." Returning to the mystical land of âThe Wizard of Ozâ apparently takes more than 70 years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Disney will release its anticipated prequel to the 1939 movie on Friday, Feb. 7, 2013. Directed by Raimi, âOz the Great and Powerfulâ explores the origins of the wizard (James Franco) and the witches (Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz) in a three-dimensional Oz. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Merie Weismiller Wallace, file)

FILE - This publicity film image released by Disney Enterprises shows James Franco, left, and director Sam Raimi on the set of "Oz the Great and Powerful." Returning to the mystical land of “The Wizard of Oz” apparently takes more than 70 years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Disney will release its anticipated prequel to the 1939 movie on Friday, Feb. 7, 2013. Directed by Raimi, “Oz the Great and Powerful” explores the origins of the wizard (James Franco) and the witches (Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz) in a three-dimensional Oz. (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Merie Weismiller Wallace, file)