Witch Mountain was a planned American sci-fi action adventure series based on the novel Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Kay. It was planned to be a reboot of the preexisting film franchise.
Synopsis[]
The series is a "modern reinvention" of the franchise and follows two teenagers who discover that they have unusual abilities while also discovering that their small town is not as idyllic as it seems.
Cast[]
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Audrey, "Tia's 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's dark spiral. A warm mama bear type, but like everyone in this town, not everything is as it seems."
- Isabel Gravitt as Tia, "a straight-A student who's regarded by her classmates as 'perfect,' although she regards herself as flawed. She's terrified of failure and is plagued by nightmares and fears that her late father's schizophrenia is starting to exhibit itself in her. Tia has 'hallucinations' in which people around her step outside their living bodies and voice their deepest, darkest fears and desires and rages."
- Levi Miller as Ben, "a troubled teen who makes ends meet by writing papers for other students but he's got a hot temper and if he slugs another student, he'll be expelled. Ben is best friends with Corey, his co-worker at the diner. He's recently made a troubling discovery about himself, he can force others in his vicinity to move according to his will and there’s something drawing him inexplicably in the direction of Tia."
- Bianca "b" Norwood as Corey, "Ben's 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. Corey works at the local diner alongside Ben and is in his circle of trust, but doesn't appreciate it when he tries to act as their protector."
- Jackson Kelly as Peter, "Tia's closest male friend. Peter is lovesick on the subject of Tia, but she's 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's observant, cautious nature might be an asset in figuring out the mystery around them."
Production[]
The series was announced in April 2019, but did not get a writing team until March 2021.[1] Disney officially greenlit the pilot in December 2022 with Bryce Dallas Howard cast.[2]
In August 2024, Howard revealed that the project was no longer moving forward.[3]
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