Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is in negotiations to topline Witch Mountain, Walt Disney Pictures' modern re-imagining of its classic 1975 adventure movie Escape to Witch Mountain. Andy Fickman is on board to direct, while Disney-based Andrew Gunn is producing via his Gunn Films banner.
The story follows a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. Johnson will play a Las Vegas cab driver who is in for the ride of his life when he picks up the duo.
Matt Lopez wrote the current 'Witch' draft.
Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is executive producing. Brigham Taylor and Casey Wolfe are overseeing for Disney.
The studio is eyeing a March 2008 start date.
The casting will reteam Johnson with Fickman, for whom he starred in The Game Plan, Disney's upcoming family comedy.
Johnson is repped by UTA.
The story follows a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. Johnson will play a Las Vegas cab driver who is in for the ride of his life when he picks up the duo.
Matt Lopez wrote the current 'Witch' draft.
Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is executive producing. Brigham Taylor and Casey Wolfe are overseeing for Disney.
The studio is eyeing a March 2008 start date.
The casting will reteam Johnson with Fickman, for whom he starred in The Game Plan, Disney's upcoming family comedy.
Johnson is repped by UTA.
- 8/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andy Fickman is coming on board to direct Witch Mountain, Walt Disney Pictures' modern re-imagining of its classic 1975 adventure movie Escape to Witch Mountain. Disney-based Andrew Gunn is producing via his Gunn Films banner.
The 1975 film was based on a science fiction novel by Alexander Key and followed a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. The brother and sister turn out to be extraterrestrials.
The movie hatched a sequel, Return to Witch Mountain, best remembered for having Bette Davis and Christopher Lee in the cast, as well as a made-for-TV movie Beyond to Witch Mountain that was to have been a pilot for a TV series.
Matt Lopez wrote the current draft. Lopez also penned the studio's Bedtime Stories, which is due to go before cameras in January with Adam Shankman directing Adam Sandler.
Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is exec producing. Brigham Taylor and Casey Wolfe are overseeing for Disney.
The 1975 film was based on a science fiction novel by Alexander Key and followed a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. The brother and sister turn out to be extraterrestrials.
The movie hatched a sequel, Return to Witch Mountain, best remembered for having Bette Davis and Christopher Lee in the cast, as well as a made-for-TV movie Beyond to Witch Mountain that was to have been a pilot for a TV series.
Matt Lopez wrote the current draft. Lopez also penned the studio's Bedtime Stories, which is due to go before cameras in January with Adam Shankman directing Adam Sandler.
Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is exec producing. Brigham Taylor and Casey Wolfe are overseeing for Disney.
- 7/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Adam Sandler is set to star in his first Walt Disney Pictures film, the family comedy Bedtime Stories, being directed by Adam Shankman. Sandler also will produce with his Happy Madison partner Jack Giarraputo, along with Andrew Gunn and his Gunn Films banner.
Bedtime features Sandler as a harried real estate developer whose life is turned upside down when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to come true. Matt Lopez wrote the script.
Production will begin this year for a holiday 2008 release.
Shankman and his Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot are executive producing along with Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin.
Jason Reed is overseeing for Disney.
Sandler worked with the Disney studio on the 1998 hit The Waterboy, but that film was released under the Touchstone Pictures label.
The actor is onscreen in the Mike Binder drama Reign Over Me. His most recent comedy, Click, grossed $137.3 million at the domestic boxoffice last year. On Saturday, he received the 2007 Kids' Choice Award for favorite movie actor.
Bedtime features Sandler as a harried real estate developer whose life is turned upside down when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to come true. Matt Lopez wrote the script.
Production will begin this year for a holiday 2008 release.
Shankman and his Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot are executive producing along with Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin.
Jason Reed is overseeing for Disney.
Sandler worked with the Disney studio on the 1998 hit The Waterboy, but that film was released under the Touchstone Pictures label.
The actor is onscreen in the Mike Binder drama Reign Over Me. His most recent comedy, Click, grossed $137.3 million at the domestic boxoffice last year. On Saturday, he received the 2007 Kids' Choice Award for favorite movie actor.
Adam Shankman has signed on to direct "Bedtime Stories", a family comedy for Walt Disney Pictures. Andrew Gunn is producing via his Gunn Films banner.
The story centers on a harried architect whose his life is turned upside down when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to come true. The script is written by Matt Lopez and is based on an idea by Disney exec Jason Reed, who is overseeing.
Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is exec producing with Shankman and his Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot.
Production will start in the summer.
Disney-based Gunn Films produced "Freaky Friday" and "Sky High" for the company.
Shankman is no stranger to Disney, having directed hits "Bringing Down the House" and "The Pacifier" for the studio. He is in postproduction on the film adaptation of the hit musical "Hairspray", which New Line Cinema will release in the summer.
Shankman is repped by UTA.
The story centers on a harried architect whose his life is turned upside down when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to come true. The script is written by Matt Lopez and is based on an idea by Disney exec Jason Reed, who is overseeing.
Gunn Films' Ann Marie Sanderlin is exec producing with Shankman and his Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot.
Production will start in the summer.
Disney-based Gunn Films produced "Freaky Friday" and "Sky High" for the company.
Shankman is no stranger to Disney, having directed hits "Bringing Down the House" and "The Pacifier" for the studio. He is in postproduction on the film adaptation of the hit musical "Hairspray", which New Line Cinema will release in the summer.
Shankman is repped by UTA.
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