Contrary to what newcomers might (understandably) assume, director Sam Raimi's 2013 Disney fantasy feature "Oz the Great and Powerful" is not the Mouse House's answer to "Wicked." ( That would be "Maleficent." ) No doubt, the studio was clued into the "Wizard of Oz"-inspired novel turned stage musical's record-breaking success (it had premiered on Broadway about a decade earlier) and would have loved to snag the film rights. Universal, however, had roundly beaten Disney to the punch in that race, so The House That Mickey Built had to find another way to tap into the Oz fever of the 2010s.

Speaking of which, it's easy to forget just how many Oz projects were in the works back when Raimi's film came together. Many of these ventures fell by the wayside (like "Surrender Dorothy," a movie ab

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