Firefox News has obtained an exclusive scoop on James Cameron's plans for his next project. Flush with success from Avatar, a blockbuster success by any measure, Cameron was seeking an idea for movie that would make good use of the new 3D technology he pioneered for the movie about giant alien smurfs.

A spokesman for Cameron, Guy Weiss, explained that the criteria for his next project included, "The opportunity to use a colorful palate," and, "an element of escapist fantasy." Several projects were considered, including a movie version of the 70's cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian, the life story of Paris Hilton, and a series of films based on all of Piers Anthony's Xanth novels. However, the famed producer finally settled on a remake of "The Wizard of Oz."

Weiss explained, "Wizard of Oz has a gorgeous use of colors. The Yellow Brick Road, the Emerald City, the Ruby Slippers -- man, they'll all look stunning when they fly off an IMAX screen. Additionally, it's a property that has attracted us some name brand stars. Megan Fox has already signed on as Dorothy, and we're talking to Robin Williams to play the Scarecrow. It's probable that Sean Connery will play Toto, since he's a Scottie dog. We're also casting Jerry Seinfeld as the Tin Man and Danny DeVito as the Cowardly Lion. And America Ferrara will be the Wicked Witch of the West."

We asked Weiss if they were concerned about accusations of racism, given the fact that Cameron was accused of stereotyping in Avatar because the aliens seemed a little bit like a  Hollywood version of giant blue native Americans. None of the cast members they listed to us are black for the Oz project, and it seemed to be a glaring omission, especially given that the Scarecrow has been played by a black man (Michael Jackson) before.

After a moment's laughter at our observation, Weiss said, "We're a lot more worried about other areas of political correctness in the movie. The original had midgets playing the Munchkins. That sort've gives us a damned if we do, damned if we don't problem. If we don't cast the Munchkins with little people -- if we use children, animatronics, camera tricks, or CGI -- then Wizard of Oz purists will crucify us. If we do cast a bunch of vertically challenged folk, then we'll be accused of stereotyping. We haven't yet decided what to do, though replacing the Munchkins with dancing cats has been suggested."

Our reviewer also pointed out, "And the flying monkeys could be seen as an ethnic stereotype."

Weiss agreed with this. "Yes, they could. We discussed giving them all British accents to mitigate this. However, a bigger problem was evident with the monkeys in early screen testing. Even in the original Wizard of Oz, the monkeys were scary. When we made them photo realistic and three dimensional and had them fly out over the heads of viewers, while a good sound system was playing deep bass mood music, they were truly terrifying. One of our investors had a heart attack. Because of that, we're going to replace them with flying cats, which are seen as both less frightening and less politically incorrect than monkeys."

We asked if there was anything else that they would like fans to know about this remake. Weiss grinned and said, "We brought Michael Bay on board to help with the explosions."