{"id":252721,"date":"2024-08-09T04:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T04:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/confirmed-the-sphere-will-spend-80-million-for-wizard-of-oz-experience-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:41","slug":"confirmed-the-sphere-will-spend-80-million-for-wizard-of-oz-experience-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/confirmed-the-sphere-will-spend-80-million-for-wizard-of-oz-experience-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: The Sphere Will Spend $80 Million for “Wizard of Oz” Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in June, we shared a sourced rumor<\/a> The Sphere is working on a new collaboration with Warner Bros. to bring \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d to the venue\u2019s eye-popping screen.<\/p>\n

No, really, a number of eyes have popped. It\u2019s gross, and really annoying for the janitorial staff.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the New York Post confirmed our scoop and added some details of interest, including the fact The Sphere is paying $80 million for this high-tech version of the nearly century-old classic.<\/p>\n

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A.I. seems to get Las Vegas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Post says the \u201ca one-of-a-kind immersive experience\u201d will be 80 minutes long (the original film is 102 minutes long, just to bug our fellow OCD sufferers).<\/p>\n

The original movie cost $2.7 million, $25 million in today\u2019s dollars or 1,052,312,500,000 Iranian Rials. We tricked you into learning something again! We love when that happens!<\/p>\n

The New York Post was correct in saying the Sphere is making more from its movie, \u201cPostcard from Earth,\u201d than its concerts.<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. Discovery will get about 5% of the gross revenue, according to the Post.<\/p>\n

Unlike certain Las Vegas news outlets (all of them, but especially Johnny Kleptometes and the Las Vegas Review-Journal), the New York Post was professional enough to include a reference to our original reporting.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll stop ridiculing when they stop being shitheads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyhoo, The Sphere has a history of big financial risks. The venue cost $2.3 billion to build. An $80 million investment in \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d seems a smidge insane, but the film has legions of fans around the world, many of whom apparently don\u2019t realize several great movies have been made since 1939.<\/p>\n

The truth is The Sphere is the star of the show at The Sphere. The venue makes IMAX theaters seem like showing a movie on a bed sheet tacked to the wall.<\/p>\n

Also in the works is a U2 feature-slash-experience. Also not officially announced, but give it a minute.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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