Characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz pop into our world to help solve a mystery on season three of Apple TV+’s Emmy Award-winning series Ghostwriter. The season three trailer provides a look at the assortment of fictional characters, including the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, as well as Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web, that are brought to life by a ghost to join human friends on an adventure.
The season three cast features Princess Mapp (Sydney to the Max), Nour Assaf (The Casagrandes), and Daire McLeod (Danger Force). Guest stars include Randall Park (WandaVision) as Lion in The Ghost of Oz journey, Jay Baruchel (This Is the End) as Ralph The Mouse in The Ghost, The Mouse and The Motorcycle quest, and Emmy Award-winner Jean Smart (Hacks) as Charlotte, and Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) as Wilbur in The Ghost’s Web adventure.
J.J. Johnson and Andrew Orenstein developed the series and serve as executive producers along with Christin Simms, Sinking Ship Entertainment’s Blair Powers, and Sesame Workshops’ Kay Wilson Stallings. Oscar winner Luke Matheny (Best Short Film, Live Action, God of Love) directed five episodes and also serves as an executive producer.
The live-action series won the Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Program Daytime Emmy Award in 2020. Additional Daytime Emmy Awards nominations included Outstanding Young Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program (Isaac Arellanes), Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Fiction Program, Outstanding Cinematography, and Outstanding Writing Team for Daytime Fiction Program.
Ghostwriter season three will premiere on Friday, October 21, 2022.
The Plot, Courtesy of Apple TV+:
When a ghost haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world, a group of friends works to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. While tackling the big mystery, the young heroes embark on six curious adventures with characters inspired by L. Frank Baum’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; author Pablo Cartaya’s ¡Leo! El Magnífico; Beverly Cleary’s novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle; Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s song “She’s A Rainbow”; E.B. White’s book Charlotte’s Web; and Jewell Parker Rhodes’ tale Bayou Magic.
