RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Has Guests From The Original Films...

Merrick here...
Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards, the alien psy-kids in ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN and RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN, will appear in RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (Disney's relaunch of the franchise). As this is a "reimagined" version of the concept (sigh), for one brief moment I thought they'd play the alien psy-kids they played in the original films...all growed up. Maybe they could help out our new alien psy-kids? Alas, such nerdy coolness 'twas not to be.

In a nod to the original movies, Eisenmann plays a sheriff and Richards plays a waitress at a roadhouse called Ray's in a town called Stony Creek. They help a cabbie (Johnson) and his two paranormal-powered passengers (AnnaSophiacq Robb and Alexander Ludwig).

...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter. Geeks may remember Eisenmann as Midshipman Peter Preston - Scotty's nephew - in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. He's the guy Scotty carried onto the bridge burned, bloodied, and roundly jacked up because "stayed at his post when all the other trainees ran" (which made him either admirably loyal, or profoundly stupid...take your pick). Eisenmann also appeared in a seldom-remembered TV series from the '70s called THE FANTASTIC JOURNEY. Loved that show...I really, really wanted one of those glowing tuning-fork-of-power thingies when I was growing up.
Richards has worked regularly since the original ESCAPE films. Much of her work has been guest shots on television series, although she recently appeared in BLACK SNAKE MOAN. In 1978, Richards reunited with Eisenmann for DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL ( I think I dated "Devil Dog" a few years back).