The Sci Fi Channel is about to launch a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a new series “Tin Man” this December 2nd. While all your critical components will remain in some fashion it looks like everyone is getting a workover to meet a much darker perspective of what’s on the other side of that tornado. This time around Dorothy goes by “DG”, the Oz is now the “Outer Zone (O.Z.)”, and the yellow brick road is called the “brick route”. It’s interesting to see how they’ve brought Neal McDonough’s character, Cain or “Tin Man”, to the front of the casting through the title and marketing presence. While he’s obviously not made of tin this time around his name is earned by his previous imprisonment in a metal casing where he was forced to watch the abduction of his wife and child looping endlessly. It looks like they’ve made a pretty creative approach to Oz this time around and pulled in some big names as well (Alan Cumming, Richard Dreyfuss, etc.). The series will launch in about six weeks (Sunday, December 2nd), so in the mean time you can check out all the details below for giveaways and storylines.

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Freebie Giveaways:
Want to show off some cool Tin Man T-shirts from the Sci Fi Channel? Well then you’re in luck. We’ve received a couple of promotional Tin Man shirts straight from the source and we’re giving them away to our readers. Don’t worry, your email address won’t be shared, sold, or spammed. At the end of the week we’ll randomly pull two names for the winners.

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Sci Fi’s Tin Man trailer:

Want to see more? Check out these other videos for Sci Fi Channel’s “Tin Man”:
Interviews with Alan Cumming and Zooey Deschanel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7F38AOclrk

More interviews (with Neil McDonough, Raul Trujillo and others–each cast member talks about their character):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZbbFU2k8c

Read all about the Tin Man series over at SciFi.com.

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