Despite losing out on an Oscar nomination, Mila Kunis remains a hot Hollywood commodity after the success of Black Swan. The actress has dropped out of a planned live action remake of Akira and signed on to play Theodorah, otherwise known as The Wicked Witch of the West in Oz, the Great and Powerful.
The film, to be directed by Sam Raimi, is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. It will follow the titular character (to be played by James Franco) and the witches of Oz before Dorothy Gale’s house lands on Theodorah’s older sister, Evanorah. The script was written by David Lindsay-Abaire (Inkheart).
