We didn’t see this one coming: after passing on the pilot last year, NBC is picking up the Wizard of Oz-inspired Emerald City series after all.

Originally developed by Matthew Arnold and Josh Friedman, Emerald City was in development at NBC last year. But after several rewrites and a lack of enthusiasm at the network, the project was scrapped.

Putting a modern spin on L. Frank Baum’s immortal The Wizard of Oz, the series would follow 20-year-old Dorothy Gale, whose “Toto” is a K9 police dog. Her world changes (quite literally) when she is swept up by a tornado and transported to a mystical land of competing kingdoms, dark magic, and a battle to rule the world.

Over the course of the series, Dorothy would go from a naïve young girl to a headstrong warrior, who battles wicked witches and powerful knights.

Now, Variety reports that NBC is reviving the ill-fated drama, but with an important twist: a new showrunner. Emerald City will now be helmed by be David Schulner, the creator of Do No Harm.

Originally, Emerald City was pitched as the American Game of Thrones, envisioned more like an ensemble series. But NBC wanted it strictly Dorothy-centric, and we wonder if perhaps Schulner was picked because he wants to take the show in that direction.

NBC has ordered the show straight to series, with an initial run of 10 episodes.

Curiously, this news follows only a week after NBC announced that this year’s live musical event will be a staging of The Wiz, another alternative take on The Wizard of Oz.