Movie news

Well I just read that sam raimi may do a prequel to the wizard of oz. I love sam raimi but I don,t think i want to see him do a oz movie. He is not one of the people i think of to do a new oz movie. I rather see him do something else. Besides after the horror show that was the new alice in wonderland movie, I shudder to think how badly hollywood would screw up the land of oz. I have never read the oz books. Has anyone ever read the oz books? Are the books good?