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RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Cast Rounding Out...
Merrick here...
Ciaran Hinds (HBO's ROME and Michael Mann's MIAMI VICE movie) and Alexander Ludwig (THE SEEKER) have joined the cast of Disney's RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN. So says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
Our dude AnonyMouse says the film is no considered a "remake" by Disney. Rather, it's seen as an extension of the the existing films (ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN & RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN)...as well as a "re-imagining".
This iteration is about a Las Vegas cab driver who ends up helping two human-looking-but-alien kids get to their spaceship so they can convince their people not to clobber Earth.
The film also stars Dwayne Johnson (aka "The Rock") and Anna Sophia Robb (BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA & JUMPER - presumably she's the girl alien kid). I believe they're still looking to cast the boy alien kid.
It's being directed by Andy Fickman (SHE'S THE MAN, THE GAME PLAN) for release next year.
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I was first for the first time here for something I know nothing about!
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Your "whoop-de-doo" sticker will be in the mail.
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Race To My Toilet and find something better than this.
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They need to cameo the original Tony and Tia for continuity, or I have no interest.
also i demand a flying winebago. -
You shit. Did I sound that excited? I was laughing at it.
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I shall destroy your planet.
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on the Who-Gives-A-Shit Channel.
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I know they already used "Escape" and "Return", but "Race"? It's not the Cannonball Run, for heaven's sake.
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Maybe it should be like the cannonball run!
Wacky aliens race to get the prize at witch mountain.
Breaker, breaker, 10-4! -
. . . the reveal that the kids are aliens is a big surprise at the end. Just sayin'.
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Too bad that Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle aren't at Disney anymore. They were my first choice for writing that. (But they are my first choice for everything that's family orientated.)
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id pay good money to see that if it featured a Tim Conway cameo
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I think he's my ideal choice for that "Johnny Quest" movie WB is looking to make... Come on, I liked "The Seeker". Well, mainly for Mitothin. And I like Anna Sophia, too. :)
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Cool, just make sure you do it before the November election.
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If you're looking for credits to explain who Ciaran Hinds is,you have to use this one.
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Casting today confirms that Ben Stiller will star as a quirky and unsuspecting cab driver. Along with Shia Lebouf returning to disney. The stars of Wizard Sleeve said "the role just felt right"
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Wasn't The Rock, at one point, supposed to be the heir apparent to the action movie genre? The Rundown wasn't that great of a movie, but it showed he could hold his own in an action flick if needed. The Rock and Vin Diesel in a remake of "The Odd Couple" -coming this fall.
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I'll see anything this kid's in.
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The new Witch Mountain movie will suck without Eddie Albert RIP
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made kids movies that had someone other than pop princess wannabees in them. Dean Jones ruled the Disney live action kids film era.
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I can't remember much about witch mountain which only means it was a shit film.
Remake million dollar duck and have kurt russell in it and i'll pay £6 for a ticket ! -
... it'd be interesting if someone re-did that one. What was that thing called, anyway?
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... of course they'd have to update the invisible spray to an aerosol can. Hell, they might as well remake The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, and Stongest Man In the World, too. Kurt Russell can return as the college dean.
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Is that maybe the tv movie "The People"?
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You would think Disney would go back and include him in some of their films these days...even for small parts. I mean, why in the hell was he not even considered to a make an appearance in the Herbie/Love Bug film? (I know the movie sucked, but it's just an example) Dean Jones is awesome
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Somebody had to say it!
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or Gus II: The Playoffs!
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With Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug and Peter Boyle. And I gotta say that I like the remake.
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But you know what I mean
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I wanted the remake to be called that, but I was sadly disappointed.
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I thought she was a hottie back in the day. Rowrrr. In a move that shattered my childhood, however, I just imdb'd her and found out she's an Aunt to Paris & Nicky Hilton. NOOOOOOOOO !!!
In other news, however, Anna Sophia Robbi is in the remake. I'm scouting her like she was a Cuban pitcher. Someone dust off the "Olsen Twins Countdown to Legality" clock. -
The only reason I think of is that Robb girl is going to fap material for the socially retarded boys tawkbakking here in about a year (but legally they should wait for four years).
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Much as I wanted to hate on Dwayne Johnson for parlaying a stint with the WWF/WWE - you know, those dudes Vince McMahon fires if they don't 'hroid-up enough - he's not really an action guy. He's a comedy guy with muscles.
Eventually he and a few suits will wise up and put him in a sitcom where he belongs. I could structure a sitcom for him and write a pilot in my sleep. He's that obvious. -
Once she started filling out..that girl had quite the ONION on her. Yes...I dropped many loads to young Ms. Richards in my youth.
Now if only "Hello Larry" were available on DVD...lock and load! -
She's 14-15..perfectly legal in most EU countries!
Fap Away! -
That might be a good movie.
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When they going to rehash "The Apple (I'm Gonna Take A) Dump-ling Gang"? or "No Deposit, No Return"? I'm sure Disney can find a shovel for Don Knotts or go create an animatronic version of him like Hall of Presidents.
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But I'm actually interested to see what they pull off. The original is pretty dated - would be neat if you could honor the mythology that that sets up and come up with something contempo/cool (this studio DID make the Pirates movies, right?).
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Loved "Escape" when I was a wee one. "Return," not so much.
Agree with you "podosphere," The Rock is too campy for action, but he is funny. -
Yeah, that's right...FACED!Uh..this sounds like something made up. Like I'd say something like this to make my moviegoing friends laugh... 'The Rock' in: Race to Witch Mountain, the harrowing tale of two alien kids looking for Ernie Albert, but instead finding their space ship has been polished, shined up very nicely, turned sideways and then is unceremoniously shoved straight up their candy asses. In color.Rated X I have the Escape From and Return To box set of the originals on DVD. These two flicks, Condorman, and The Devil and Max Devlin were the four MOST played flicks at the Benjamin household when I was a little kid. I had all the OG Disney clamshell hits, but their original movie-type things...like 'Watcher in the Woods' were fucking great. Man, Walt Disney needs to thaw out some of THOSE bad boys, get people on the fuckin' ball with the Condorman!Witch Mountain returns with a kid and his harmonica and his sister and her ability to chat with animal type people. Neat!
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the re-imagining
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'The Snapple Dumpling Gang' Michael J. Fox in : 'The Shakiest Gun in the West' 'Herbie Goes Apeshit' '10,000 miles in a straight line under the sea, not 10,000 fathoms deep beneath the sea, you numb fucks'. 'Watcher in the Girl's Locker Room' 'The Latino Cauldron' 'The Computer Wore Slave-Labor Made Keds'...And many more...
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She was in that right?
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Even if he's dead, bring him back anyway. He was great.
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will they get cameos? i still have such a crush on richards...thats right, im a frustrated, lonely, aging geek....but she is still damn hot...check her out in black snake moan
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How do we filter out the teases? We don't let them in.
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That Fox reference was awful. Awful funny!
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..you know.. the "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" remake
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Dr. Doolittle?--oh, wait, been done....McHale's Navy?--ah, done alreadyWizard of Oz?--yea, Tin Man suckedI would list the rest, but just don't have time for 100+ re-do's of someone else's work. Are new ideas really in such short supply? Or are network and film studio execs lacking vision, and unwilling to take any risks at all....
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Mar 06, 2008 4:28:25 PM CST
The Rock opens a Can of Whoops Ass on Eddie Alberts Skeleton!
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fuck yeah. WWE all the ways babies! FUCKing Disney tards.
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The Homophobemobile
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The Day Michael Eisner got Ass raped by a Baboon.. (I'll pay to see that one)
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