Alpine Pictures is developing a series of animated feature films for the screen after acquiring rights to several Oz adventure books written by Roger S. Baum. The OZ series of books for development include Dorothy of Oz, The Oz Odyssey, The Rewolf of Oz, Toto of Oz and the Surprise Party, Toto in Candy Land of Oz, The Wizard of Oz and the Magic Merry-Go-Round and The Green Star of Oz.

Roger?s Lion of Oz was made into an animated feature film, and produced by Sony Wonder, Lions Gate Films and CineGroupe, Sunbow Productions and the Disney Channel (USA TV) and starred Dom Deluise, Lynn Redgrave, Jason Priestly and Tim Curry among others. He is considered one of the top ten best-selling authors of children?s books and has been honored as a member of ?Marquis Who?s Who in America.?

Dorothy of Oz will be the first in the series to be produced by Alpine Pictures, Inc and has Dorothy Gale with the aid of Lion, Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and Tugg the Talking Boat, battling Jester, who is using the dead Wicked Witch's magic wand to turn the citizens of Oz into porcelain dolls.