Bewitched - The Movie

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I have to admit I have had reservations about this since I heard Nicole Kidman was lined up for the role of Samantha. As far as I'm concerned Elizabeth Montgomery always will be the witch with the twitch to me. Here is a little snippet from my mag about other people joining the cast

Acting Legends Sir Michael Caine and Shirley macLaine are being lined up to play Nicole Kidman's parents in the big screen version of the TV classic Bewitched. Elf star Will Ferrell will play her long suffering husband Darrin.


Yay.. Shirley MacLaine!

Pip

[dissention]

I think it'll be great. :nod: :D

Have you seen the trailer for The Stepford Wives yet? It looks GREAT. :)

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
I think it'll be great. :nod: :D

Have you seen the trailer for The Stepford Wives yet? It looks GREAT. :)

I want to see it. I'm just hoping Bette doesn't overdo it. (I know, you love her.)

- Jake

[Carolina Girl]

I'm not seeing Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell as Samantha and Darrin. Surely there's someone else out there more suited for the roles??

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Carolina Girl
I'm not seeing Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell as Samantha and Darrin. Surely there's someone else out there more suited for the roles??

Anna Nicole and Bill Maher?:eek:

- Jake

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally posted by dissention
I think it'll be great. :nod: :D

Have you seen the trailer for The Stepford Wives yet? It looks GREAT. :)
No.. not yet

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally posted by Carolina Girl
I'm not seeing Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell as Samantha and Darrin. Surely there's someone else out there more suited for the roles??
This Brit actress from Eastenders looks a lot like Liz Motgomery IMO.

I guess I can't imagine anyone else playing the role. And I'm not keen on Nicole Kidman either. I'll have to wait and see what think when I see the film. That said I bet Shirley MacLaine will play agreat Endora!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

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[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I want to see it. I'm just hoping Bette doesn't overdo it. (I know, you love her.)

- Jake

From the clips I saw, it looks like Kidman is the one who overdoes it. ;) And her hair is god-awful in it. Cut above her ears and dyed dark, dark brown. :eek: Glenn Close looks like a riot and Bette cracked me up in the clip they showed in the trailer. Any movie that has Bette Midler and Jon Lovitz as a married couple is sure to be entertaining.

I read an article in The Village Voice that talked about a lot of the fights on the set and it ws pretty juicy. I guess the other actors had to do a scene in bathing suits, so Bette said "I'd rather look like a fat cow than these anorexic freakshows!" and a couple of the actresses started crying. And they worked on a scene that took forever to shoot and she yelled at her co-star "What the f*ck are we still doing here?!" and he told her "Collecting paychecks." :laugh:

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by dissention
I think it'll be great. :nod: :D

Have you seen the trailer for The Stepford Wives yet? It looks GREAT. :)

YES!!! I am so looking forward to seeing this movie! I don't know how they're going to top the original though, it's gonna be hard.

So I take it Bette Midler is going to play Bobbie and Nicole is going to play Joanna? This oughta be great. Jake, I know what you mean about Bette, but she may pull through on this one, she's always full of surprises.

[Hawkeye]

I'll tell you who looks alot or at least LOOKED alot like Samantha. Our Girl Stevie. Watch the Rosebud version of Rhiannon for the millionth time and you can't miss they they llook almost identical. And it's really so fitting, the whole witch thing.

[diamondsnake]

Isn't this like the third time Nicole Kidman has played a witch? ;)

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by diamondsnake
Isn't this like the third time Nicole Kidman has played a witch? ;)

In what else besides Practical Magic? :confused:

[dissention]

Originally posted by cliffdweller
YES!!! I am so looking forward to seeing this movie! I don't know how they're going to top the original though, it's gonna be hard.

So I take it Bette Midler is going to play Bobbie and Nicole is going to play Joanna? This oughta be great. Jake, I know what you mean about Bette, but she may pull through on this one, she's always full of surprises.

Yeah, the original is a classic. :nod:

However, I think that this time around they're going for the more black comedy aspect. The original had a bit, but the new looks like it's going to be hysterically funny in a disturbing sort of way (like my favorite movie of all time "Heathers"). It'll be fab!

[golden braid]

I love Bewitched but I am usually a little unsure about movie remakes. However, I did love The Brady Bunch movie. I thought that was hilarious. Shirley MacLaine sounds like she will be a good Endora.

[Violet]

I loved Bewitched growing up. I used to think my mom looked a lot like Elizabeth Montgomery. Had the exact same hairstyle and eyebrows, which I've inherited, the pointy eyebrows. I'd like to say I'll go see the movie, but I'm not a fan of Nicole Kidman, so I'll probably end up waiting for it to come out on DVD.

Anyone remember the spinoff, Tabitha, starring Lisa Hartman? Only thing I really remember about it, besides the fact it didn't last long, was a shot of her washing her VW Beetle.

Carol