Reimaginings of literary or historical characters remain popular in Hollywood, with Wizard of Oz prequel Oz the Great and Powerful due to follow Tim Burton’s blockbuster 2010 fantasy pseudo-sequel Alice in Wonderland into cinemas in March. As well as the Sherlock Holmes films, in which Robert Downey Jr portrays a pugilistic version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s sleuth, the past year has seen wildly revisionist films such as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters hitting the big screen.

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