The Las Vegas Sphere has unveiled its most ambitious production to date: an AI-enhanced staging of The Wizard of Oz. Debuting August 28, 2025, the event combines advanced image restoration with immersive spectacle, transforming the 1939 classic into a 21st-century experience.
Working with Warner Bros. and Google DeepMind, the Sphere’s creative team used machine learning to sharpen and restore the film’s visuals without altering performances. The result is projected across the Sphere’s 22-story interior screen, surrounded by synchronized drones, wind effects, and spatial audio. The production brings the film’s iconic sequences—yellow brick road, Emerald City, tornado—to life with unprecedented scale.
More than 2,000 artists, engineers, and technicians contributed to the project. Rather than a remake, the production preserves the original cast and narrative, embedding them in a multi-sensory environment. Judy Garland’s performance remains intact, while synchronized effects—drones, wind, haptics, and spatial sound—extend the film into an experience that bridges cinema, live performance, and themed spectacle.
For the entertainment industry, the Sphere’s Wizard of Oz highlights how AI and immersive architecture can transform legacy films into new cultural formats. Instead of simply re-screening classics, studios and venues are beginning to pair machine learning with large-scale environmental effects to create experiences that merge cinema and live event. In this way, the Sphere operates not just as a venue but as a prototype for the future of cinematic exhibition.
