Starring: Florence Pugh, Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet, Lady Gaga
The Yellow Brick Road Has Been Waiting
The most iconic magical pathway in cinema has been patiently waiting, and now, it’s ready for a new journey. The Wizard of Oz 2: The Emerald Legacy (2026) invites a new generation to step over the rainbow and into a world both familiar and frighteningly transformed.
Decades after Dorothy Gale clicked her heels and returned to Kansas, the Land of Oz has slowly, tragically, fallen into a chromatic grey. The vibrant colors of its past have been muted by a pervasive despair. We meet Clara Gale (Florence Pugh), Dorothy’s great-granddaughter, a fiercely determined but grounded young woman. While exploring a dusty Kansas attic, she discovers the long-forgotten, tarnished Ruby Slippers. With a flash of magic, she is whisked away to an Oz that desperately needs a savior.
The Shadow Witch of the Emerald City
Florence Pugh brings a grounded resilience and fierce determination to Clara, who quickly finds that the once-shining Emerald City is now under the oppressive rule of the terrifying Shadow Witch (Lady Gaga). This sorceress of devastating vocal power and dark, gothic glamour seeks to extinguish every last spark of light, color, and joy in Oz, replacing it with eternal twilight and fear. To stop this overwhelming darkness, Clara must navigate a broken kingdom and unite its scattered, disheartened people.
The Descendants of the Trio
Clara isn’t alone on the cracked and fading Yellow Brick Road. She soon encounters the skeptical, modern-day descendants of the original trio:
- A rusted, cynical machine seeking not a heart, but a lost spark—a belief in the potential of humanity (Timothée Chalamet).
- A brilliant but debilitatingly anxious scholar made of straw, obsessed with gathering every piece of knowledge but unable to act on any of it, seeking true courage (Tom Holland).
- A once-majestic, now weary beast who has entirely forgotten his roar, having settled for silence and submission.
Visually stunning and deeply emotionally resonant, this sequel honors the timeless magic and wonder of the 1939 classic while adding a modern layer of danger, complexity, and spectacular dark glamour. Clara’s journey is one of realizing that there’s no place like home, but to truly save it, she must first rediscover the magic and color needed to save Oz.