Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the 4/25/2001 news item <b><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/bpihw/20010424/en/dis_revisiting_witch_mountain__1.html" target="_blank">HR: Disney Is Going Back To Witch Mountain</a></b> The April 23rd <I>Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo!</I> reports the Disney Company will remake the 1975 film <I>Escape to Witch Mountain</I>.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby By making the two main characters not related and in their teens, I sense that they may go for a romance between them, which will just seem icky for anyone who knows the original story. I just hope that if they do do that, they won't name them Tony and Tina, that would just be to weird.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby And this will be the second remake ... there was a made-for-TV remake in 1995.
Originally Posted By electra I was going to say that too, they already made a remake, which was very blah! This new one will probably be very hip & have lots of tacky special effects. Oh goody!
Originally Posted By Brer Rabbit Well, I always liked the original a lot, so if the remake is better than the OTHER remake, or (I doubt it, but..) even better than the original, then I won't mind the fact that it's a remake. Wow, that's a lot of uses of 'remake' in one sentence. -nico
Originally Posted By Dlmusic This is not the first time there has been a T.V. remake before a theater remake. Absent Minded Professor had a T.V. remake with Harry Anderson before Robin Williams. Were there any other T.V. remakes before theater ones?
Originally Posted By ToonKirby "Parent Trap" didn't have remakes, but it did have a couple of (really bad) sequels on the Disney Channel.
Originally Posted By electra I remember the Parent trap sequels! Yeah they were bad, but me & my sister loved them at the time!
Originally Posted By TikiRoomer If it's not dumbed down, Witch Mountain could be a great movie. Anything live-action that Disney gets their hands on these days has to be taken with a grain of salt however...actually, maybe not a grain of salt...a slice of Wonder Bread and a glass of skim milk, perhaps?
Originally Posted By basil fan There was a very boring TV remake of Freaky Friday starriing that blonde from Cheers. Disney Trivia Quiz <a href="http://www.freetown.com/Picadilly/Buckingham/1033/dquiz.html" target="_blank">http://www.freetown.com/Picadi lly/Buckingham/1033/dquiz.html</a>
Originally Posted By BrigmanMT There was a TV sequel to Herby. It was alright but just alright. They need to make a good one for the theaters.
