Cast Signed for ‘Oz: The Great & Powerful’ Sequel But Not Sam Raimi

Just last week, right before Oz: The Great and Powerful hit theaters and took the top spot at the box office with just over $80 million, there was already word that Disney had commissioned writer Mitchell Kapner (co-writer of the first film) to script a sequel. At the time, we weren’t sure if Sam Raimi would return as director or if cast members James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams would all return. Now we have a better idea thanks to interviews conducting on the press tour for the film as it opened all around the world. So who from Oz: The Great and Powerful will be coming back? Unfortunately (or thankfully depending on your opinion of the film), Raimi doesn’t seem himself directing the sequel. It doesn’t necessarily count him out definitively, but Raimi told Bleeding Cool: “I haven’t planned on directing the sequel. I did leave some loose ends for another director if they want to make the …