Depp May Replace Downey in 'Oz' Prequel

Boy have I got a surprise for you if you've managed not to see any movie since 2003 when Johnny Depp started dressing up as the rockstar and perhaps bi-curious king of all pirates, Jack Sparrow. Disney is prepping a semi-prequel to The Wizard of Oz called Oz, the Great and Powerful (no offense, Mouse-house, but I'd seek a title change) and their great hope, Robert Downey Jr. is no longer in the game. Of course, because Depp has become lord of crazy caricatures in the last decade and because he was the only good part of Alice In Wonderland outside of the fantastical visuals and because he singlehandedly took the Pirates of The Caribbean movies from seaworthy fun to an iconic, albeit sometimes rocky, set of movies, Disney is seeking his

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