{"id":45217,"date":"2025-08-29T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/blake-shelton-gwen-stefani-producing-wizard-of-oz-remake\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:53:02","slug":"blake-shelton-gwen-stefani-producing-wizard-of-oz-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/blake-shelton-gwen-stefani-producing-wizard-of-oz-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani Producing &#8216;Wizard of Oz&#8217; Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/gwen-stefani\/\">Gwen Stefani<\/a> as Dorothy? Or maybe she\u2019s giving Glinda vibes?<\/p>\n<p>The pop singer and husband <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/blake-shelton\/\">Blake Shelton<\/a> aren\u2019t announced as cast for a <em>Wizard of Oz<\/em> remake, but they\u2019re on board to produce.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dorothy<\/em> \u2014 from <em>13 Going On 30<\/em> producer Gina Matthews \u2014 is being developed for Prime Video.<\/li>\n<li>The series is a music-heavy, young adult retelling of <em>Wizard of Oz<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/gwen-stefani-blake-shelton-wizard-of-oz-prime-video-1236497977\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a> first shared the news on Tuesday (Aug. 26).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Related<\/strong><\/em><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/gwen-stefani-son-zuma-blake-shelton-influence\/\">Gwen Stefani&#8217;s Son Zuma Is Giving Blake Shelton Vibes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Has Gwen Stefani or Blake Shelton Acted Before?<\/h3>\n<p>Gwen Stefani&#8217;s acting resume is thin, which is evidence that her role as non-writing executive producer may stick. While she&#8217;s done plenty of reality television work (most notable <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/the-voice\/\"><em>The Voice<\/em><\/a>), the No Doubt singer&#8217;s only on-camera film credit is a very small part in <em>The Aviator<\/em>, a 2004 Leonard DiCaprio movie.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton&#8217;s acting credits are largely voiceover roles.\u00a0For example, in 2016 he played Earl Pig in the <em>Angry Birds<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n<p>He did get a role in Reba McEntire&#8217;s short-lived comedy <em>Malibu Country<\/em> in 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=10151510791635797&amp;set=a.10151510790780797\" target=\"_blank\">playing the star&#8217;s wayward brother, Blake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Deadline<\/em> shares that Matthews brought the idea to Shelton, who thought to include his wife of four years. In turn she called the character of Dorothy an inspiration, and that sounds like what the new show is going for.<\/p>\n<p>The series will use the book\/film&#8217;s famous Yellow Brick Road as a metaphor for challenges and choices facing young adults today. It sounds like the series may stretch beyond the well-known plot of the famous film to include elements of author L. Frank Baum&#8217;s other Oz books. He wrote 14 of them.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Dorothy<\/em>\u00a0on Prime Video \u2014 Cast and Release Date<\/h3>\n<p>No cast announcements came with news of this show&#8217;s development. It&#8217;s also not clear when <em>Dorothy<\/em> will debut on Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton will be plenty busy in the meantime. This fall, he&#8217;s set to executive produce a CBS singing reality show called <em>The Road<\/em> that follows country newcomers competing for a change to open for headliner <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/keith-urban\/\">Keith Urban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also been part of the production team and starred in a USA show called <em>Barmageddon<\/em> and was an original coach on NBC&#8217;s <em>The Voice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Blake Shelton + Gwen Stefani: A Timeline of Their Love<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>From an unlikely, cross-genre pairing to one of country music&#8217;s hottest &#8220;it&#8221; couples, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have been on quite the journey together since they first met back in 2014 on the set of <em>The Voice<\/em>. Here is a look back at their fairy tale love story in pictures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">40 Most-Played Country Songs of 2025<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<div>These are the 40 most-played country songs of 2025, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mediabase.com\/mbapp\/Account\/Login\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mediabase<\/a>, a music industry service that monitors airplay in over 150 markets.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=70&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/blake-shelton-gwen-stefani-wizard-of-oz-remake\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwen Stefani as Dorothy? 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