{"id":1773683,"date":"2022-12-13T07:53:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773683"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:19:48","slug":"disney-greenlights-modern-reinvention-of-witch-mountain-for-disney-with-bryce-dallas-howard-in-leading-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-greenlights-modern-reinvention-of-witch-mountain-for-disney-with-bryce-dallas-howard-in-leading-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Greenlights \u201cModern Reinvention\u201d of \u201cWitch Mountain\u201d for Disney+ With Bryce Dallas Howard in Leading Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-greenlights-modern-reinvention-of-witch-mountain-for-disney-with-bryce-dallas-howard-in-leading-role%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Walt Disney Company announced they greenlit a pilot for an upcoming <em>Witch Mountain<\/em> Disney+ series with Bryce Dallas Howard in the leading role.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192463\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.13-boundingintocomics-63978b4cec509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.13-boundingintocomics-63978b4cec509.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.13-boundingintocomics-63978b4cec509-223x300-1.jpg 223w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryce Dallas Howard via Disney+ Media Relations Photo Credit Art Streiber<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a press release, Disney stated, \u201cThe series is a modern reinvention of the cult classic that takes place in the shadow of Witch Mountain, following two teens that develop strange abilities and discover their sleep suburb may not be as idyllic as it seems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with <em>Witch Mountain,\u00a0<\/em>the first film<em> Escape to Witch Mountain<\/em> was produced by Disney back in 1975 and was based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Alexander H. Key.<\/p>\n<p>The novel follows a pair of siblings, Tony and Tia, as they exhibit telepathic abilities and are subsequently being hunted down by a shadowy European cabal and their agent Lucas Deranian.<\/p>\n<p>The siblings eventually encounter a Catholic priest who aids them as they discover they are actually extraterrestrials who fled to earth after their planet became uninhabitable. They then journey to Witch Mountain despite the machinations of the cabal reunite with their uncle and other survivors of their planet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.18-boundingintocomics-63978c868d8b9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1592\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.18-boundingintocomics-63978c868d8b9.png 1592w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.18-boundingintocomics-63978c868d8b9-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.18-boundingintocomics-63978c868d8b9-1340x574-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.18-boundingintocomics-63978c868d8b9-768x329-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ike Eisenmann as Tony and Kim Richards as Tia in Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), The Walt Disney Company<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/21\/the-walt-disney-company-attempts-to-solve-its-problems-by-rehiring-the-architect-of-those-problems-bob-iger-returns-as-ceo-bob-chapek-is-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Walt Disney Company Attempts To Solve Its Problems By Rehiring The Architect Of Those Problems, Bob Iger Returns As CEO, Bob Chapek Is Out<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disney created a sequel to their first film, <em>Return from Witch Mountain<\/em> in 1978. A television movie was produced in 1982 titled Beyond Witch Mountain and broadcast on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>A television movie remake was created in 1995 as part of <em>The Wonderful World of Disney<\/em>. The book was remade as a movie again in 2009 in a film called <em>Race to Witch Mountain<\/em>. It starred Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192461\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b178d408.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b178d408.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b178d408-214x300-1.jpeg 214w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabel Gravitt via Disney+ Media Relations Photo Credit: Cathryn Farnsworth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the press release Disney went on to reveal a number of the characters and the actors playing them in this new \u201cmodern reinvention\u201d of the novel.<\/p>\n<p>First up, they revealed Bryce Dallas Howard plays a character named Audrey. Howard\u2019s character is described as \u201cTia\u2019s devoted and loving mother. Her husband died from a mental illness and she tries to reassure a fretful Tia that she shows no sign of following her father\u2019s dark spiral. A warm mama bear type, but like everyone in this town, not everything is as it seems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next, they revealed Isabel Gravitt plays Tia. They describe her character as \u201ca straight-A student who\u2019s regarded by her classmates as \u2018perfect,\u2019 although she regards herself as flawed. She\u2019s terrified of failure and is plagued by nightmares and fears that her late father\u2019s schizophrenia is starting to exhibit itself in her. Tia has \u2018hallucinations\u2019 in which people around her step outside their living bodies and voice their deepest, darkest fears and desires and rages.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192462\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b1c3ab94-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2047\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b1c3ab94-scaled-1.jpg 2047w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b1c3ab94-240x300-1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b1c3ab94-1340x1676-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.12-boundingintocomics-63978b1c3ab94-768x960-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Levi Miller via Disney+ Media Relations Photo Credit: Luke Fontana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/29\/disney-ceo-bob-iger-claims-hes-the-arbiter-of-what-is-right-and-wrong-confirms-company-will-continue-to-promote-acts-of-grave-depravity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney CEO Bob Iger Claims He\u2019s The Arbiter Of What Is Right And Wrong, Confirms Company Will Continue To Promote Acts Of Grave Depravity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Levi Miller plays a character named Ben. The character is described as \u201ca troubled teen who makes ends meet by writing papers for other students but he\u2019s got a hot temper and if he slugs another student, he\u2019ll be expelled. Ben is best friends with Corey, his co-worker at the diner. He\u2019s recently made a troubling discovery about himself, he can force others in his vicinity to move according to his will and there\u2019s something drawing him inexplicably in the direction of Tia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bianca \u201cb\u201d Norwood, who claims to be non-binary despite that being a physical impossibility, plays a character named Corey. The character is described by Disney as \u201cBen\u2019s closest friend, an outsider with tattoos, Corey is a very mature teen who comes across older than they are. They are one step away from expulsion and puts more care into looking like a My Chemical Romance song that became an anime fan.\u00a0 Corey works at the local diner alongside Ben and is in his circle of trust, but doesn\u2019t appreciate it when he tries to act as their protector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Disney announced that Jackson Kelly plays a character named Peter. Peter is described as \u201clovesick on the subject of Tia, but she\u2019s unaware of his charms, and equally unaware of his devotion. But when Tia expresses her concerns about the seemingly impossible happenings around them, she learns that Peter\u2019s observant, cautious nature might be an asset in figuring out the mystery around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192459\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.08-boundingintocomics-63978a262c1ff-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca \u201cb\u201d Norwood via Disney+ Media Relations Photo Credit: Thomas Brunot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This new show appears to be just another part of Disney\u2019s agenda to reshape American culture into their own vision that rejects the reality of the world around us as well as its immutable truth.<\/p>\n<p>It also confirms that Disney will continue to be embrace wokeness under Bob Iger despite some people believing his posturing during a town hall signaled he would be dialing it back.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192458\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.07-boundingintocomics-63978a13cf02a-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1826\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.07-boundingintocomics-63978a13cf02a-scaled-1.jpg 1826w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.07-boundingintocomics-63978a13cf02a-214x300-1.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.07-boundingintocomics-63978a13cf02a-1340x1879-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.12-08.07-boundingintocomics-63978a13cf02a-768x1077-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-192458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackson Kelly via Disney+ Media Relations Photo Credit: Andrew Steinman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of this \u201cmodern reinvention\u201d of <em>Witch Mountain<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/30\/bob-iger-confirms-disney-will-double-down-on-woke-content-we-cant-lose-that-we-just-cant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Iger Confirms Disney Will Double Down On Woke Content: \u201cWe Can\u2019t Lose That, We Just Can\u2019t\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Walt Disney Company announced they 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