Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: A Star is Born! is an idea for a 2D flash-animated musical comedy adventure film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Brand Entertainment with animation provided by Snipple Animation Studios.
It is based on the series Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, in turn based on the Oz books by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 classic film.
The film is about Dorothy and his friends getting ready for the Munchkinland talent show tonight, but with the help of Top Hat Jones, a talented young man with a top hat from New York City.
From the creators of Teen Titans Go to the Movies, Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz, Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz, Tom and Jerry: Ozma in Oz and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz.
What the movie should be?[]
- The film shares the style as Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz.
- The characters are animated in 2D while the backgrounds and the character Top Hat Jones are animated in CGI and cel-shaded.
- Top Hat Jones is voiced by a singer like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
- The Lullaby League should have their own song.
- The Wicked Witch and her niece Wilhelmina are the main villains in this movie.
- No fart jokes or poop jokes allowed in this movie.
- It was supposed to be rated G by the MPAA.
- It should either get a theatrical release or a direct-to-DVD release.
- The film's composer should be anyone you want like.
- Any fan of The Wizard of Oz should be voicing a character from the Oz books or a new characters from New York.
- The movie should take place in both the land of Oz and New York City where Top Hat Jones lives.
Songs[]
- Unknown Song - (Opening Logos)
- The Jitterbug - Amy Adams, Bill Fagerbakke, J.P. Karliak and Jess Harnell.
- Perform and Sing and Dance! - Top Hat Jones (From Gaturro: The Movie)
- Sometimes I Wonder - Top Hat Jones (From The Pebble and the Penguin)
- Friends to the End - Dorothy and Top Hat Jones (From Tom & Jerry: The Movie)
- Cheering For Me Now - Top Hat Jones (Lin-Manuel Miranda's bonus song)
- We Love You - The Lullaby League
- Teamwork - Dorothy, Ozma and Top Hat Jones
End credits songs[]
- Best Day of My Life -American Author
- The Name's Top Hat - Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Gettin' in the Mood - The Brian Setzer Orchestra (Last song in the end credits)
Cast[]
Main characters[]
- Kari Wahlgren as Dorothy and Queen Ozma
- Bill Fagerbakke as Scarecrow
- J.P. Karliak as Tin Man
- Amy Pemberton as The Mouse Queen
- Grey Griffin as Glinda the Good Witch
- Tom Kenny as The Wizard of Oz
- Jess Harnell as Cowardly Lion / Lyman
- Lariane Newman as The Wicked Witch of the West
- Jessica DiCicco as Wilhelmina
- Steven Blum as Frank
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Top Hat Jones (CGI character), a shy and good-hearted young man from New York City with a top hat who dreams to be a Broadway star. He is now a teacher who inspired people to become Broadway actors. At the end of the film, he finally becomes a broadway star thanks to Dorothy and Ozma.
Allies[]
- J.P Karliak as Woozy / The Nome King
- Bill Fagerbakke as Mayor of Munchkinland / Hungry Tiger / Kaliko
- Jessica DiCicco as Patchwork Girl / Lullaby League member #1 and #2
- Tara Strong as Lullaby League member #3
- Jeff Bergman as Stan Jones, Top Hat's uncle who is seen during Top Hat's flashback.
- Jessica McKenna as a young Top Hat Jones who is seen during his flashback.
- David Tennant as Augustus, a Scottish man and Top Hat's friend who is seen during Top Hat's flashback.
- Gabriel Iglesias as Marty, Top Hat's best friend.
- Ben Schwartz as Lenny, Top Hat's other best friend and hip-hop rapper.
- Jason Alexander as Mr. Stashwick, Top Hat's agent and mentor.
Trivia[]
- The film shares and uses the same style as the show ‘’Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz’’.
- The film was originally going to be a prequel to the show about how Dorothy came back to Oz, but it was scrapped.
- The film takes place in both the land of Oz and New York City.
- The film was originally titled Journey Back to Oz: Dorothy's Return, but it was changed to Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz: A Star is Born to avoid confusion with the 1972 animated film.
- This is the first theatrically-released film to be produced by 97kaylum1's film company Brand Entertainment.
- Top Hat Jones' personality is based off Hubie from The Pebble and the Penguin.
- Unlike the show itself, The characters from the show are animated in 2D flash-animation by Snipple Animation Studios while the backgrounds and the character Top Hat Jones are animated in 3D CGI by Sony Pictures Imageworks, but with a stop-motion feel and cel-shading to match the style of the show.
- This is Warner Bros. Pictures' first theatrical film to be rated G since The Polar Express.
- This is Warner Bros. Pictures' first theatrical animated film to be based on a Boomerang series, instead of a Cartoon Network series, even though the Cartoon Network logo appears at the beginning.
- The film is an homage to Broadway musicals.
- It also uses elements from Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz and Tom and Jerry: Ozma in Oz, but without Tom, Jerry and Tuffy the Munchkin Mouse.
- This is Ben Schwartz's second character in a movie that wasn't blue or wearing blue. The first was in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
- This is Warner Bros. Animation’s third theatrical animated film, the first was Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) and Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018).
- The film plot matches the spirit of the 1939 classic movie The Wizard of Oz and its 2017 animated series.
- This is the fourth Oz project for Warner Bros. Animation after Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz, Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz, Tom and Jerry: Ozma in Oz and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz.
- The Mouse Queen and her troops was in this movie, but without Tom, Jerry and Tuffy the Munchkin Mouse from the second film, Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz and the third film, Tom and Jerry: Ozma in Oz.
Rating[]
Rated G (General Audience) for very mild threat, rude humor.
Running Times[]
104 Minutes (NTSC)
100 Minutes (PAL)
Opening & Closing Credits[]
On a red background, we see the 2014 Warner Bros. Animation logo, but Ed (from Ed, Edd n' Eddy) opens the shield and does crazy stuff, until Eddy opens the shield and grabs Ed and pulls him away. Eddy closes the shield.