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The RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Trailer Blows Stuff Up, Has Alien Bounty Hunters, A Few Good Gags, And A Rickety Old RV!!
Merrick here...
The first trailer for RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN - the remake/reboot/whatever of ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN - has hit Yahoo.
I've yet to be convinced about this project as a whole, but this effects-heavy trailer has a few nice moments: the boy-vs-truck gag is pretty sweet, and Dwayne Johnson's exchange with the kids re: flying the space ship cracked me up.
You can see all of it via the embed below, or watch a slightly larger version HERE.
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Oh and first!!
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I remember enjoying the originals as a kid and this looks like it might be fun.
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And a movie with The Rock that I can take my kids to.
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This actually looks pretty good. I showed the trailer to my son who is 6 and he loved it. Looks like a fresh new take on the movie that might actually turn out decent.
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Have a good one.
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to enjoy the trailer. Seriously, it's nice to see The Rock grow and go from The Rock to Dwayne Johnson. Don't get me wrong, I don't want him to give up on the action movies, but it all started with Be Cool, then there was that Disney football movie, then Get Smart, now this. I'm glad we didn't see him lay the smack down on the evil aliens. That's old Rock. I like Dwayne.
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Looks lame
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The scene with the truck hitting the kid reminded me of Cassidy vs. the Saint of Killers in PREACHER. Oh, well, if they never adapt that into a movie or series, I guess people can just rip off all the awesome parts piecemeal, right?
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I remember seeing the original Escape to Witch Mountain as a kid. I'll haveta take the kids to see this one.
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kids who have telekenisis, can phase through objects, can take the impact of a car head on, and talk to animals need the help of a cab driver. I'm sure they'll explain it, and I still want to see this. I'm just asking, that's all.
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Sit around and refresh their computers until something new is posted on AICN? Seems an awful waste of time just to write FIRST!!! on a talkback forum. Oh well, take the victories where you can I suppose.
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this actually looks good, but I do feel like I have seen the entire movie.
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Can't speak for others, but as I work second shift, and just got the kids off to school I like to sit around for an hour or so, wake up,enjoy my coffee, and check out this and other sites.
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i thought the same thing. The kids have all these fantastic super powers and they need help?! Think I'd rather see a film about adult aliens that had those powers and just follow them kicking ass.
can someone give dwayne johnson a good film please? And not a disney one? The guy is brilliant, obviously physically he can pull off the action hero role, but he's also got excellent comic timing. Can someone give him an real film role that mixes these two? Where's a shane black script when you need it. -
. . . this looks kind of on the right track. But I remember the fact they were aliens was the big surprise reveal at the end. Oh well . . .
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I can say weird hours and lucky timing is all that it was. Before I posted "First", I had usually thought it was a stupid practice. Then I had the chance, and I did the same damn thing. Think of being the first to lay down some footprints in newly-fallen snow on a usually busy street; it's like that.
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And it was a movie about Superheroes!
This been said: I really look forward for this. When Disney pulls it shit together they can still deliver some great entertainment and so far, this sounds and looks damn promising. (Although I seriously doubt that Dwayne Johnson will become the A-List superstar that he should be with this movie.) -
I remember the first two films and loved them. Does anyone know if the original kids are going to make cameos or anything all grown up? Maybe as a couple of the pursuing agents or something?
@grammaton- I could be wrong but I think Dwayne Johnson has started doing these movies because he has kids and he wants them to be able to watch his films. I have a lot of admiration for that. We live in a world with people who don't have any moral values and don't want to stand up and do the right thing...he is setting an EXCELLENT example for his children by doing these kinds of movies. -
Like they cloned her or something. Is that who I'm thinking of, or am I thinking of someone else?
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In the original the kids had telekenisis, and I think that was it. Maybe they talked to animals too, but I don't remember. So there I can see them needing help from the late great Eddie Albert in his flying Winnebago. Well, okay, they made it fly. But this one it looks like except for flying we have junior superheroes. Again, I will see this, I just hope they offer a valid explanation as to why they need any help.
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Is THE ROCK a coward to become an all out action star while he is young and able to do it all? Is he just plain dumb? Does he even want to be the next big action star?
ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN doesn't look bad, but it's a friggin kids film. I have nothing against them since I do enjoy well made ones...but WTF!
Dwayne should be making hard action films like QUANTUM OF SOLACE, not baby kids films with action in them. He might have a huge hit with MOUNTAIN, but how long can that last. Vin Diesel is smarter doing films like THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 4 and XXX 3.
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Nov 18, 2008 9:44:18 AM CST
stand in place let car hit you- car go boom!
by dracula_wants_the_amulet
Tom York did it first in a music video featuring a bum getting hit by cars in a tunnel. Then the fantastic four, then superhero movie, and now this movie. I'm sure another film did it as well. Very tired and abused film effect. Car really hits a grounded pole, and the pole is digitally erased/replaced with the actor.
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The original is an OK film, but simple and kind of crude in terms of FX. And, it couldn't decide if it was serious SF or a kid's film, so the tone was real uneven. This looks like a Roswell with a bigger budget. Might not suck!
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The Rock did Scorpion King, The Rundown, Waling Tall and Doom. Then, he started branching out in Be Cool, and has further branched out to do comedy. Here is a man who has transformed himself from wrestler, to action star to an actor who can do both action, and great comedy. Why would you want to typecast him? Why would anyone want to do that to themself? Vin did Find Me Guilt in an effort to branch out. It didn't do that well, but I thought he was great in it. Dwayne and Vin are better actors than Sly, not writers or directors mind you, but actors in that they can do not just action and do it well. Sly could only pull off action as an actor, but he does it incredibly well. Actually I take that back, he can't do pure drama, but there was a good amount of drama in Rocky Balboa that he handled well.
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The beginning of Constantine had it. It was an I-beam buried in the ground, and the engine was removed from the car which was shot at the beam. It's like any effect; cool the first few times it's used, then it becomes passe.
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If they were rebooting ben 10 as a live action movie franchise :/
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I'm there.
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this one looks rather promising. In spirit it seems closer to WarGames than to the original Escape To Witch Mountain movie but that of course is not a bad a thing at all.
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Disney is pretty smart, make a reasonably exciting action movie that the whole family can go see, and you just made bank. Dad's will be willing to take their kids to this, and if you can get them to go, you have a bunch of others as well. Only question, why release this in March, that's a dead zone, but this has National Treasure audiences written all over it.
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since son-in-law with pauly shore.
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it did have a little matrix in the chase scene but it was kinda cool.
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The trailer looks fun. I won't have to think too much for this film and it appears very family friendly. I'm not sure if I will see this in the theater but I may take a crack at this film on dvd. Did anyone notice the kind of shots shown on this film? They're in my face. It appears Disney is setting this film for a 3D release as well.
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Not for me, but it does look a smidge better than most of the Disney stuff.
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of this movie.
But the trailer wins me. Looks like it goes great with popcorn.
Dwayne Johnson most under-rated actor today? Possibly so. -
Just taking a guess as to why they need a cab driver - could it be that he's one of them and for some reason, doesn't remember? Not a spoiler - just a reasonable guess.
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Compared to what I remember about the old ones, that was pretty darn cool. I will check it out for sure.
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Way off topic to start with guys - sorry. As for Sly not being able to act, Copland anyone? This looks fun though and Dwayne deserves some cudos for trying something different. I like the guy and he always brings someting to his roles other than the obvious.
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And Carla Gugino is smokin'. That's all, just totally smokin
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For one thing, having an adult with kids makes the kids less conspicuous. Also, if they are aliens, they may need help navigating some basic culture stuff ... he is a streetwise cabbie who probably has valuable information on how to go from A to B. Finally, never forget that it is always to have extra allies so there are more targets for the bad guys to shoot at. The guys chasing them are more likely to fire at the big dumb cabble, thereby letting the kids get away. Never throw away a resource, until you need to (Cannon Fodder). :)
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and rub her feet while she did it.
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And The Rock (TM) says, "You know: green skin, antenna, take me to your leader..." I totally expected the next shot to be of the boy morphing into a green alien. Comedy moment.I'm glad they didn't do that.
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Rock Johnson sounds cooler than Dwayne.
Rock Johnson ....
Oh, wait.......that sounds like a porn name, doesn't it?
Can't have a Disney movie starring Rock Johnson...or Peter North, either.
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I remember the old Witch Mountian as having a charm or emotional warmth to it. You cared about the people in the movie. This "remake" doesn't really show any of that. In fact, a lot of movies recently have been big on eye-candy but have the emotional depth of a bucket of nails. Kim Richards had a vulnerability about her that made you care about two kids on the run. AnnaSophia seems distant with an almost android-like coldness. While the Rock has a few one-liners, he just doesn't have the charm that Eddy Albert had. This version appears to be more along the lines of Clockstoppers. A movie that you appreciate as being family fun, but not something that's going to fill us with a sense of nostalgia for the actors or the characters portrayed.
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As a result, this movie will suck.
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Masturbatory fantasy girls.
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if it helps you appreciate the effect a bit more the car in this trailer is entirely CG....no live action car at all...for the shot when it hits the boy...
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Will be seeing this.
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that will finally make dwayne johnson a certified big draw action star.
also,
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I wasn't even going to give this a look, but it's a slow news day. It looks pretty cool. They have my $10
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Nov 18, 2008 12:05:39 PM CST
Remake of an Adaptation? Just give us a Future Boy Conan DVD Set
by grungies
Far better tribute to crazy ol' Alexander Key.
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Because Pacifier made more than his last three films. Dwayne Johnson--this film is pure $$$. Disney is on a roll.
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DO YOU HEAR ME WARNER BROS.???
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I'll always be partial to the originals though.
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No. Dwayne Johnson is Black Adam. I mean, c'mon.
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Fuck Captain Marvel. Johnson deserves better. Superman deserves better. He deserves an actor that can move the franchise ahead. Modernize it. One that can offer elements to Clarks upbringing that some white guy never could. Elements that would improve his origin. Make his struggle to not abuse his power even greater. That and the fact that no one, and I mean NO ONE, is as electrifying as Mr.Johnson. He is the perfect man for the role. And should be considered.
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i like you so much. why are you always in crap movies like this?
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I liked Copland. I don't think it was enough to make me think of Sly as a pure dramatic actor though, but I would like to see more. Oh he was good, don't get me wrong. He's a great writer, but action is his main thing. I didn't see Oscar, or Stop or My Mom will shoot, but I hear bad things. Still, it was pretty ballsy for Sly to appear in one scene in Stop wearing a diaper in some sort of dream/fantasy sequence. In general I'm just saying Dwayne is more well rounded. He's nailed action and comedy. I don't know how he'd do in drama.
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I'd maybe give it a rental.
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He has this feeling like...eh. He's phoning it in. Maybe it was the vibe from the trailer. But if he was going for a Jamie Foxx/Max Collateral vibe albeit Cabbie mixed up in craziness it seems to be failing. I don't get the Close Encounters From the Third Kind vibe of wonder like Dreyfus had. I know he says "You guys dont look like aliens." But maybe they should have. Because the only other actor who could pull off what he's trying to do would have been Will Smith. Calm placed charisma. I dunno maybe it's the trailer but not looking forward to this.
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So the kids have the telekinesis like they did in the old one, and the boy can clearly pass through solid objects or become a rock (no pun intended) if need be to stop a moving vehicle, but we don't seem them flying or teleporting themselves. So they still need to get from point A to point B. they are morally good and wont steal a car to transport them so they need the Rock to help them get to witch mountain. :)
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And you guys love this? I mean, I think it looks decent too, but c'mon.
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I wasn't expecting to want to see this or care. I loved the original as a kid but figured this would just be a remake with nothing behind it. This trailer has me sort of sold though. I'll reserve judgment, and I doubt I'll see it in theaters, but this looks like it will be a great film for children and have a similar effect as the original did for me years ago. It's a kids movie, so we older folks aren't the group that should like it. That being said there is a lot to like in that trailer. It doesn't look like it's played for laughs or camp. I like that things seem to be fairly serious. Hopefully Disney will do right by the original.
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The one and ONLY reason to see this. mmm.... tasty...
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was also used in Hancock, just remove car, insert train.
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I loved the Witch Mountain films as a kid, and this has melted my jaded heart. The trailer was very corny, but the film still looks like a lot of fun. It has the feel of 'Short Circuit' or 'Flight of the Navigator'-- two of my favourite kids movies. It also reminds me (and this is sad) of that 'Benji' TV series where he was protecting an alien boy prince from two evil bounty hunters who rode around in a souped up A Team Van.
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makes me want to beat little Manicart1 like he owes me money.
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have absolutely no prob with this at all...looks like alot of fun for the kids
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if you had, you would understand
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Wonder how she feels about dorks all over the world spanking it to her pin up as the Silk Spectre
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even though dwayne the cock johnson is in it. i'm sure he's a nice guy though. you know, in person. you don't think he'll read this do you?
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But I feel pretty good about it! And so does Manicart jr.
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BEING FORCIBLY PENETRATED WITH A WINE BOTTLE BY A HOT LESBIAN RAPE-PACK.
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Ike doesn't have massive nostrils. You want massive nostrils? Google a pic of Judd Nelson. There's a guy with MASSIVE nostrils.
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...with my hand down my pants.
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Check out The Rock's first Saturday Night Live appearance. He was Clark Kent in one of the skits, where they portrayed Lois, Perry, and Jimmy as obviously knowing Kent was Superman, though they didn't let him know. His costume was sticking out below his pants and above his collar. Pretty funny stuff.
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Here's the link.http://www.evanmcb.com/2 008/04/saturday-sket ch-rock-as-superman.html
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This shit is only good with Duffy Moon in it.
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Anna Sophia Robb is a good actress. She doesn't get on my nerves like those disney whores (Miley Cyrus and any HSM chick) or like any CW teen prositute. THE FILM LOOKS GOOD BTW. But, it needs to be a sequel to the original two, I know Kim and Ike have cameos, but they need to be playing their original characters!
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The other two you mentioned have off the chart expectations attached to them. This looks way better than it should. There are a lot of cameos from the world of ufology in this too not that...you know...anyone cares.
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so very alone.
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Ok as in, if I had kids I would take them to see it.
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someone had to be a perv and say something like that.
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Still voting for him to play "Johnny Quest". And I think I'll make watching "The Seeker: The Dark is Rising" a Christmas tradition...or when I get really horny to see Mitothin again...
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when a Disney film can't match the production values of a CW show, you're in trouble...
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Really, it looks good-Dwayne, super powered kids...
and seemingly much more coherency than that godawful Star Trek trailer (why can't I stop hating on that POS?)
Carla Gugino-can't go wrong-Spy Kids 1 and 2 were really great live action kids films.
I liked the grim opening-makes me remember the old nasty Disney flicks that I still cherish from being a child.
Unlike trek, it looks like a faithful reboot/reimagination.
Action, leads you may have sympathy with-good dialogue.
Looks like fun,
-MLB
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Nov 18, 2008 7:52:29 PM CST
Watcher in The Woods for example as to gnarly Disney flicks
by mr.lordbronco
Watch it from Netflix,
It was even more disturbing in hindsight...
Tron, The original escape movies, Balck Hole, they were really awesomely grim pG rated flicks.
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I'm a fan of the originals, and my first reaction is that the kids are awfully powered up. The way they've reworked the premise (the kids know they're aliens from the beginning and have full control of their powers), this is clearly going to be a big, loud effects movie without the paranormal mystery and creepy undertones of "Escape to Witch Mountain." Oh well.
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The whole idea of the original film was that the main characters were orphans who were having a hard time finding a place in the world. They were trying to remember where they came from and they bonded with the loner character of Eddie Albert. There are universal themes there. The aliens were just visitors who wanted to keep a low profile and didn't want to get in anybody's way. Now it's just an alien invasion thriller. They shouldn't have even tried to piggyback on the franchise, but that's Hollywood these days.
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No, PREACHER did it before any of those. The "Rabbit in the Headlights" video was from 1998-99, the issue of PREACHER was from 1996.
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I did.... it doesn't hold up. And it's one that scared the absolute piss out of me when I was like 10. The beauty of TRON is that it somehow became MORE relevant with age... definitely ahead of its time. Something that I think very few of today's films can claim.
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Refills the spank bank any time I see her in the theater... the Silk Spectre outfit should keep do well.....
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I'm right there with you - I think she's one of the hottest women in the business. But this movie? Come on! Rock totally looks like he has the same expression in every scene. And he's bored. Plus, this completely shits on the original movie and the book. The whole point about these kids was that they DIDN'T know they were aliens. They were just misunderstood loners who had weird powers and everyone was either afraid of them or trying to use them. If everyone knows 'Witch Mountain' is all about aliens, why isn't it called 'Alien Mountain'? The point is that the kids were called 'witches' because they had these powers they didn't understand. And finding out that they were aliens and in the end were welcomed by their own people, was really just a metaphor for becoming part of an accepting community - there was little to no science fiction element about the book at all. This whole action adventure scifi thing is so far away from the book it's laughable. The original film is one of my earliest cinematic memories (I'll never forget the opening titles with the drawings of the dogs). And I loved the book, which was even more disturbing and creepy than the movie. This is so different they might as well call it something else.
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Because the Witch Mountain trailers gives us the Gugino goodness the Watchmen trailer deprived us of.
This new version seems like a fun kids/action movie. I have no memory of the original, I know I've seen them as a kid but that's it. I remember seeing Watcher in the Woods when I was like 6 and it bored the hell out of me, but I couldnt tell you a damn thing about it.
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we dont really get a good look at it, but with the armor and spikes on the arms, it looks like the Guyver to me.
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I'm impressed!!! I loved the original and it's sequels...but I thought this would be a mess. I am glad to say that they got it right!!! But the Star Trek Trailer, is just horrible!!!
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He looks familiar, but fatter than I remember?
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http://tinyurl.com/5wrmvmin the video "Production Diary: The Females"
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until they introduced the rock. and that was pretty much the start. then the product placement. oh well, back to rewatch the star trek trailer. sweet.
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Dublin born actor also been in Rome and There Will Be Blood.
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detracts. We need to empathize with the characters whether they're human or animal or toys, whatever, and her robot voice is distancing. Jeff Bridges could pull off robotic, alien acting in Starman, but as much respect as I have for Robb as a great child actor (Sleepwalking), she ain't no Jeff Bridges.
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The Rock owned that night. He was still a wrestler then. I have NEVER laughed so hard watching SNL. Every sketch he was in was great. Even one as basic as Nick O'Trell. "You don't talk to Nick O'Trell like that." Even McMahon, as annoying as he can be was great doing the intro.
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Scientology invades Disney!
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Because I'd like to have sex with her when she turns 18.
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is pretty much done. Thanks for everything big guy.
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It's taken me a while to forgive the Rock for "Southland Tales". But this might do the trick.
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Nov 19, 2008 1:46:41 PM CST
I am seeing Carla Gugino's breasts from Sin City right now...
by leafar the lost
...and everytime I see her on TV or in a movie I picture those tits. They were beautiful and so very touchable. She will not be topless in this movie, so I will not see it. I hope Carla realizes that she needs to be topless again on film and she needs to do it soon. Oh, I think the Rock will be in the Shazam movie...
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Nov 19, 2008 8:39:30 PM CST
What I really liked about the old version was the music...
by dreamwriter
...and this trailer's music actually sounds kinda like it (even if it's just some random action filler they found for the trailer).
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I gotta agree with the critics who're saying this doesn't seem to have the charm, warmth, or heart of the original. What made the original work was how it started off as a very small story (two kids in an orphanage with a few powers) and built up into a much bigger story by the end. By starting small, you got an emotional attachment to the characters AND the big reveal at the end seemed that much bigger. Judging from this trailer, this flick goes big from the very beginning. So, if the first act is already big, where does the movie go from there? Pacing is important. One thing this trailer did do was make me want to see the original again.
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Even as a kid, I thought the original Withc Mountain movies were lame (even though my own Uncle portayed the sherrif). This looks like it is going to suck even more. They can throw all the slick FX they want into it, but this looks like it is going to be nothing but one formulaic cliche after another.
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She felt great!
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Naked prisoner in SIN CITY, she's down with that. Jet Li's Buddhist wife who doesn't even have a real name in THE ONE, she can play it. Robert De Niro's BDSM fucktoy in RIGHTEOUS KILL, no problem. She is committed, y'all.
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What a bomb. Nothing like the original, which was at least a decent kid's movie.
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Good family fare. However, I do tire of the grossly overused "big bad government/alien" thing. Sigh. Oh, well.
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