They encounter the flying monkey, Finley, who pledges a life debt to Oscar when he saves him from a lion. En route to the Emerald City, Theodora falls in love with Oscar though he does not reciprocate her feelings.

The idea of being a wealthy monarch makes Oscar accept the role. There he encounters the naïve witch Theodora, who believes him to be the wizard prophesied to become King of Oz by defeating the Wicked Witch, who killed the previous king. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz. The circus strongman learns Oscar has flirted with his wife and threatens him.

In 1905 Kansas, Oscar Diggs is a magician and con artist in a traveling circus. The film won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Live Action Family Film and Kunis won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for her performance as the Wicked Witch of the West. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film grossed over $493 million worldwide against a $200 million budget, making it the 13th-highest-grossing film of 2013. Oz the Great and Powerful premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on February 14, 2013, followed by a general theatrical release on March 8, 2013, in Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats. and Johnny Depp declined the titular role, Franco was cast in February 2011 with principal photography commencing five months later. Raimi was hired to direct the following year. Walt Disney Pictures commissioned the film's production in 2009 with Joe Roth as producer and Grant Curtis, Joshua Donen, Philip Steuer and Palak Patel serving as executive producers. Kapner began developing an origin story for the Wizard of Oz after a lifelong interest in wanting to create one for the character.

Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself. Starring James Franco in the title role, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, William Bock, and Tony Cox, the film tells the story of Oscar Diggs, a deceptive magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz novels and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner from a story by Kapner.

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