Sphere Announces Tickets For ‘The Wizard Of Oz’

“The Wizard of Oz” is headed to Sphere as the venue announces the movie will open on Aug. 28 as part of The Sphere Experience. The film is presented in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, Google and Magnopus, immersing fans in the land of Oz. To celebrate the announcement, an installation of the Wicked Witch of the East featuring her 50-foot-long legs and 22-foot-tall ruby slippers is displayed on Exosphere, with the venue having landed on top of her.

“If you’ve ever wondered if Oz actually exists – it does inside Sphere,” James Dolan, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sphere Entertainment, said in a statement. “‘The Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ will put on a full display what Sphere is capable of as an experiential medium. Audiences will feel like they are part of the adventure as they experience the film in a way they never have before.”

Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy said, “‘The Wizard of Oz’ remains one of the most beloved movies in cinema, with countless generations continuing to discover the film since its debut more than eight decades ago. A technical movie of its time, the film pushed the boundaries of filmmaking to bring audiences an experience unlike anything they had seen before. With ‘The Wizard of Oz at Sphere,’ audiences will have the chance to see the film adapted to an entirely new groundbreaking medium that celebrates the wonder and glory of its technicolor roots.”

The 75-minute film has been adapted for Sphere via Sphere Studios and a creative team including Academy Award and Emmy-nominated producer Jane Rosenthal; Academy Award-winning visual effects specialist Ben Grossman, Academy Award-winning editor Jennifer Lame and Creative Director Zack Winokur.

“Our guiding principle in ‘The Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ is not just to leave the audience with a sense of wonder and delight from meeting the characters in a new way, but to leave them with the feeling that they were there with them,” Ben Grossman, CEO of Magnopus, said in a statement. “This project brings together some of the greatest film historians, artists and technologists to do what’s never been possible before, putting the audience inside the world of the film and giving them a whole new level of experience and adventure.”

Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, said, “‘The Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ is a first-of-its-kind experience, that Google’s cutting-edge technologies is helping make possible. Sphere is pushing the boundaries and providing a new generation of audiences with an exciting way to experience a classic film and a treasured piece of American history.”

Tickets are on sale now and start at $104.