Sci-Fi Channel is doing a re-make of “The Wizard of Oz” which will run as a six-hour miniseries called “Tin Man.” The series will be based off L. Frank Baum’s novel as opposed to the classic 1939 movie. Production will begin in January and “Tin Man” will premier in December 2007.

The premise is a little odd because the film stars a young woman named DG (Dorothy Gale) who gets snatched and thrown into a magic realm called The Outer Zone (oz) that is oppressed by dark magic.

Along the way, DG befriends the half-brained man Glitch, the wolverine-like Raw who seeks courage and the emotionally scarred, heroic Cain, who was once part of the police force known as Tin Men in the O.Z. DG is journeying along the Old Road to seek the Mystic Man, but in the end, has a showdown with the wicked Azkeadellia, who has curiously close ties to DG herself.

Yeah its like “The Wizard of Oz” meets Neil Gaimen on crack and written by moronic TV execs who have no idea what they are doing.