EXCLUSIVE: Watchmen director Nicole Kassell has been set to direct New Line’s feature adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved American children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing with Marc Platt. Isaac Klausner will be executive producer.Kassell recently won a DGA award for dramatic series and an Emmy as executive producer of HBO’s critically-praised smash hit Watchmen adaptation.

Kassell has been a visual architect of the series, directing three of the limited series’ nine episodes, including the pilot.

This is a major priority project for the studio and a big star-making opportunity for Kassell.Kassell’s selection follows an extensive director search by New Line to find a

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