The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is an upcoming musical film loosely based on the novel by L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is produced by Derek Frey, starring Darci Lynne as Dorothy Gale. It also stars South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone as Uncle Henry and Aunt Em, while also starring Justin Bieber, John Cena, and Jack Black as the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion respectively.

Plot
Dorothy Gale is a young girl who lives with her parents by the shore in California. On Dorothy's birthday, they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world. However, her parents have vanished and are seemingly killed by a tornado, leaving Dorothy to find herself living with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. She is forced to work all day as they threaten to gun down anyone who tries to take her away. Maury Povich, the host The Maury Povich Show, feels sorry for Dorothy when he learns the truth that she is not an out-of-control teen, and, during a riot started by Uncle Henry (when Dorothy called her uncle "Uncle Tom" in the process), eventually clears her name by revealing that she was illegally raised by her aunt and uncle as a farmgirl. As a result to this secret crime, the busted Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are arrested and sent to jail.

After the riot on The Maury Povich Show was quelled, the tornado appears and chases Dorothy, and her talking pet dog, Toto, through a highway to New York. Once the tornado catches up with them on Uncle Henry's truck, Dorothy and Toto were tossed into the Land of Oz where they crash-land into Munchkinland. After also discovering the fate of Uncle Henry's pickup, they decide to go to New York on foot by journeying to the Emerald City to get their fortune, while they are unaware that the truck crushed Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the East to death, breaking the curse on Munchkinland. This automatically awakens the Munchkins, who were turned into flowers as an eternal punishment by the Wicked Witch of the East for weeding her garden.

The Munchkins rejoice and thank Dorothy for setting them all free and show Dorothy the dead Witch as she lies crushed under her uncle's destroyed pickup.

Suddenly, Tattypoo, the Good Witch of the North arrives to see the now free Munchkins. However, Dorothy doesn't understand what's going on and has no clue where she nor Toto are, as she demands answers to all the chaos happening around her. The Good Witch of the North tells her she's in the Land of Oz and gives Dorothy the Wicked Witch of the East's pretty Ruby Slippers for doing everyone in Oz a favor for killing her.

Although they don't know what to make of this, Dorothy and Toto tell her their story about their quest of going to New York City and their plan to visit the Emerald City to fulfill their purpose. Convinced, the Good Witch of the North, with a little help from the Munchkins, reveals to them about one man who can grant their wish of going to New York City, the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, the ruler of the Land of Oz who presides in the Emerald City, their target. This excites Dorothy and Toto, but the problem is they can't find a road to the Emerald City as there is no road around in sight.

After wandering aimlessly in Oz, Dorothy and Toto come across a cornfield where they meet a scarecrow being tormented by a gang of crows. After scaring the crows off, Dorothy and Toto help the Scarecrow off a pole he was put up on by a farmer. In return for rescuing him from the crows, the Scarecrow chooses to accompany Dorothy on her journey to see the Wizard for a brain, and shortly after, the Scarecrow finds the Yellow Brick Road and the trio starts their journey on the right path to the Emerald City.

After avoiding attack from a gang of angry ents, the trio hides in a cottage inhabited by a man entirely made out of tin and also completely rusted. The trio successfully revive the Tinman by using an oilcan to oil up his joints so he can properly move again and talk without any restraint. After thanking them for freeing him from his prison of rust, the Tin Man tells them a sad story, that he is empty inside because the Tinsmith who made his tin body forgot to add a heart to love. After thinking it over, they invite him to also come with them so the wizard can give him a heart as he will give Dorothy a way to New York City and the Scarecrow a set of brains.

Later that night, the quartet makes camp at a dark forest, where they are soon ambushed and attacked by a lion. Insulted over the fact the Lion called her a "doll", Dorothy uses her black belt karate maneuvers to defeat him by smacking his groin, forcing him to retreat.

The next morning, the Lion catches the quartet back on the road to announce a truce, confessing and admitting he's actually nothing but a coward, and tearfully begs for them to let him tag along to the Emerald City so he can ask the Wizard for his courage. Completely moved, the quartet reluctantly agrees to let the Cowardly Lion come along on their trip.

After crossing the Bridge of Doom guarded by a Kalidah, Dorothy gets knocked out by Poppy Flowers but was miraculously revived after having a nightmare about the tornado attacking her during her poisoned state. After listening to Dorothy's story, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion begin to act as a family around her.

Finally, they all arrive at the Emerald City and see the Wizard, who will grant their wishes on a condition that they remove the Wicked Witch of the West, the dictator of the Winkie Country, from power to ensure the freedom of not only all Winkies, but the rest of Oz. With their goals seeming further out of reach than ever before, Dorothy's companions hesitate, but Dorothy encourages them not to give up, for this is their big chance to accept who they must believe to be: heroes!

Meanwhile, at Kiamo Ko, the capital of the Winkie Country, the Wicked Witch of the West learns about her sister's death and the thievery of her Ruby Slippers, so she orders her Flying Monkeys (who are portrayed as an outlaw motorcycle club) to capture the heroic quintet and bring them to her; they succeed after a long and wild chase. The Wicked Witch of the West soon places blame on Dorothy for murdering her sister, thus she sentences the quintet to death; she plans to hang the heroes on her gallows, but Dorothy uses her Ruby Slippers to teleport the quintet out of harm's way, ensuing a final battle which ends with Dorothy drenching the Wicked Witch of the West with a bucket full of water, melting her to death thus ending her reign for good.

After returning to the Wizard, Dorothy discovers and reunites with her parents, who became king and queen of Oz after removing both Wicked Witches from power of the Emerald City. In exchange of the quintet's successful mission, the king and queen awards them for freeing the Land of Oz from evil while Dorothy accepts her position as Princess of Oz, joining the victory celebration where Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, dubs her three companions the Knights of Wisdom, Heart, and Courage for her aid.

The film ends with Maury visiting USP Florence ADMAX, where Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are held prisoner for child abuse, to make an announcement that Dorothy has reunited with her long-lost parents, much to their surprise and horror.

Cast
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 * Dorothy Gale: Darci Lynne
 * Toto: David Tennant
 * Uncle Henry: Trey Parker
 * Aunt Em: Matt Stone
 * Scarecrow: Justin Bieber
 * Tinman: John Cena
 * Cowardly Lion: Jack Black
 * King Oscar Diggs Gale of Oz (Dorothy’s Long-lost Father): James Franco
 * Queen Annie Gale of Oz (Dorothy’s Long-lost Mother): Michelle Williams
 * Tattypoo (The Good Witch of the North): Gwen Stefani
 * Theodora (The Wicked Witch of the West): Laverne Cox
 * Glinda (The Good Witch of the South): Whoopi Goldberg
 * Lead Ent (or Ent #1): Idris Elba
 * Kalidah: Paul Donald Wight II (a.k.a. Big Show)
 * Emerald City Guard: Cody Cameron
 * Winkie Guard Captain: Chris Pine
 * Nikko: Mark Fischbach
 * Maury Povich: Himself
 * Maury Show Announcer: Jerry Springer
 * Drill Sergeant: Steve Wilkos
 * Maury’s Bodyguards
 * Bryan Danielson
 * Stephen Farrelly
 * Keith Lee
 * Johnny Gargano
 * Claudio Castagnoli

Songs

 * 1) "Over the Rainbow" (by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) - Dorothy Gale
 * 2) "He's the Wizard" (by Charlie Smalls) - Tattypoo, Munchkins, Dorothy, and Toto
 * 3) "Over at the Wizard's Place" (by Richard O'Brien) - Dorothy, Toto, and Scarecrow
 * 4) "Trapped in a Box" (by No Doubt) - Scarecrow and Crows
 * 5) "If I Only Had a Brain" (by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg) - Scarecrow and Dorothy
 * 6) "We're Off to See the Wizard" (by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) - Dorothy, Toto, and Scarecrow
 * 7) "The Ents' Song (What Happens When You Don't Finish School?)" (by Norman Gimbel and Robert Folk) - Ents
 * 8) "If I Only Had a Heart" (by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg) - Tinman
 * 9) "We're Off to See the Wizard (first reprise)" (by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) - Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, and Tinman
 * 10) "Mean Ole Lion" (by Charlie Smalls) - Cowardly Lion
 * 11) "If I Only Had the Nerve" (by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg) - Cowardly Lion, Tinman, Scarecrow, and Dorothy Gale
 * 12) "We're Off to See the Wizard (second reprise)" (by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) - Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion
 * 13) "When I'm With You" (by Michael Giacchino) - Scarecrow, Tinman, Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, and Toto
 * 14) "One Short Day" (by Stephen Schwartz) - Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tinman, Cowardly Lion, and Ensemble
 * 15) "Hero is My Middle Name" (by by Cyndi Lauper & Rob Hyman) - Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion
 * 16) "No Bad News" (by Charlie Smalls) - Wicked Witch of the West and Winkies
 * 17) "A Brand New Day" (by Luther Vandross) - Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tinman, Cowardly Lion, and Winkies
 * 18) "The Impossible Dream" (by Mitch Leigh) - Glinda and Ensemble