Sam Raimi & Robert Downey Jr. Bringing Sexy Back To Oz

Now that Sam Raimi is officially in the director's chair for the new Oz: The Great and Powerful movie, we're all anxious to hear what kind of shenanigans he and star Robert Downey Jr. have in store for us. The answer: sexy shenanigans.

Yes, though the original film is a beloved family favorite, it seems the gentle, wide-eyed wonder has been replaced with illicit sexytimes and spurned women wearing hooker boots. /Film gives us the following synopsis:

The Wizard -- a snake-oil salesman posing as a magician -- enters Oz via a hot-air balloon, which he uses to escape an angry husband who has found out that Oz slept with his wife. There, Oz -- a fast-talking huckster who wears a velveteen frock coat -- falls in love with Glinda (the Good Witch), and the two combine forces to Fight the Evil Witches Evanora and Theodora. Theodora starts out as a good witch, but after Oz jilts her sexual advances, Evanora -- the truly evil witch -- convinces Theodora to become an evil witch with her and help her to rule all of Oz. Both Evanora and Theodora are described as incredibly attractive, seductive women, and Theodora likes to wear black, thigh-high boots.

RDJ playing a fast-talking huckster? Perfect! Wearing a velveteen frock coat? He can probably supply his own! The wizard as a horny, cuckolding traveling salesman? Well, I suppose, depending on how explicit... The main conflict of the story being based the hoary old trope of a vengeful woman scorned? Yipes. Andrea Dworkin is spinning in her non-phallus-shaped grave.

This might work out (if this indeed a bonafide plot synopsis), but it certainly makes me worry a little bit. I've got no problem with getting a bit darker than the original, but let's try to keep everyone's dick in their pants, shall we? This is my grandmother's favorite movie.

· Plot Details Surface For Sam Raimi's 'Oz The Great And Powerful' [/Film]