'Witchboard' Remake | dir. Chuck Russell - Blu-ray Forum

j_sazin · 05-01-2023, 07:30 PM

https://deadline.com/2023/05/witchbo...re-1235352012/

Dream Warriors and The Blob director Chuck Russell is helming a remake of 1986's Witchboard, and some new casting announcements just dropped from Deadline. The movie is currently filming in Montreal.

mwynn · 05-01-2023, 07:31 PM

EXCLUSIVE: Madison Iseman (Jumanji franchise), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) have signed on to star alongside Stranger Things‘ Jamie Campbell Bower in Chuck Russell’s remake of the ’80s supernatural horror Witchboard, which is now in production in Montreal.

Jay H. · 05-01-2023, 07:34 PM

The original Witchboard is one of my favorite low-budget horror movies from the '80s. I also loved Chuck Russell's The Blob. Interested to see where this goes.

mwynn · 05-01-2023, 07:35 PM

The new film watches as recovering drug addict Emily (Iseman), her fiancé Christian (Dominguez) and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. A darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits, with Christian then seeking help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste. Babtiste, however, has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches, are all then part of a dangerous game that puts Emily’s very soul at risk.

j_sazin · 05-01-2023, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay H.

The original Witchboard is one of my favorite low-budget horror movies from the '80s. I also loved Chuck Russell's The Blob. Interested to see where this goes.

I feel like it's not too often directors of 80s horror come out and remake 80s horror movies, so this intrigued me

Katatonia · 05-01-2023, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay H.

The original Witchboard is one of my favorite low-budget horror movies from the '80s. I also loved Chuck Russell's The Blob. Interested to see where this goes.

Chuck Russell definitely has me interested in it as well.

How it will actually turn out, who knows... but at least it has a proven director attached to the project. He also seems to pick his projects very carefully.

j_sazin · 05-01-2023, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Katatonia

Chuck Russell definitely has me interested in it as well.

How it will actually turn out, who knows... but at least it has a proven director attached to the project. He also seems to pick his projects very carefully.

Honestly I think one of the more overlooked "hat tricks" for directors is Russell with Dream Warriors/The Blob/The Mask all in a row (to be honest I didn't even realize that sequence until I looked it up, which proves my point)

Jay H. · 05-01-2023, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Katatonia

He also seems to pick his projects very carefully.

Lest we forget, he directed Bless the Child and The Scorpion King.

Katatonia · 05-01-2023, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay H.

Lest we forget, he directed Bless the Child and The Scorpion King.

True, but personally I like (and own) both films.

kylor · 05-01-2023, 08:10 PM

Gotta trust the director of The Mask with Jim Carrey.

Walter Kafka · 05-01-2023, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kylor

Gotta trust the director of The Mask with Jim Carrey.

Good thing you specified. I thought you were gonna say Peter Bogdonovich. Although I would like to see him direct a remake of Witchery (if he wasn't dead.)

-JKR- · 05-01-2023, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay H.

Lest we forget, he directed Bless the Child and The Scorpion King.

And those other poor DTV movies he's done lately.

Zivouhr · 05-01-2023, 10:44 PM

That was an entertaining horror movie IMO.

rooboy78 · 05-01-2023, 11:01 PM

I’m confused why Madison Iseman keeps getting cast in things. She’s just like so basic and boring to me.

storythecorgi · 05-02-2023, 12:33 AM

As much as I adore the original, this could use a remake.

NI-Gunner · 05-02-2023, 12:53 AM

The new movie doesn't sound like a remake at all and more of a new movie with the same title. The premise is nothing like the original.

Chuck Russell immediately has me interested though.

unberechenbar · 05-02-2023, 02:54 AM

Is Witchboard a synonym for Ouija board?

russweiss1 · 05-02-2023, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by unberechenbar

Is Witchboard a synonym for Ouija board?

In the context of the film, yes.

05-01-2023, 07:30 PM	#1
j_sazin Special Member Member since:Nov 2019 DVD collection:3 Digital collection:214 Trading Score:25	'Witchboard' Remake \| dir. Chuck Russell https://deadline.com/2023/05/witchbo...re-1235352012/ Dream Warriors and The Blob director Chuck Russell is helming a remake of 1986's *Witchboard*, and some new casting announcements just dropped from Deadline. The movie is currently filming in Montreal.

05-01-2023, 07:31 PM	#2
mwynn Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:2	EXCLUSIVE: Madison Iseman (Jumanji franchise), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) have signed on to star alongside Stranger Things‘ Jamie Campbell Bower in Chuck Russell’s remake of the ’80s supernatural horror Witchboard, which is now in production in Montreal.

05-01-2023, 07:34 PM	#3
Jay H. Blu-ray Baron Member since:Oct 2019 Trading Score:2	The original Witchboard is one of my favorite low-budget horror movies from the '80s. I also loved Chuck Russell's The Blob. Interested to see where this goes.

05-01-2023, 07:35 PM	#4
mwynn Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:2	The new film watches as recovering drug addict Emily (Iseman), her fiancé Christian (Dominguez) and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. A darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits, with Christian then seeking help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste. Babtiste, however, has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches, are all then part of a dangerous game that puts Emily’s very soul at risk.

05-01-2023, 08:10 PM	#10
kylor Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2015 Location:The past.. or the future. 4K collection:696 Blu-ray collection:7101 DVD collection:620 MA collection:1030 Digital collection:2058 Trading Score:3	Gotta trust the director of The Mask with Jim Carrey.

05-01-2023, 11:01 PM	#14
rooboy78 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2010 4K collection:167 Blu-ray collection:474 Digital collection:2 iTunes collection:2 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:4	I’m confused why Madison Iseman keeps getting cast in things. She’s just like so basic and boring to me.

05-02-2023, 12:33 AM	#15
storythecorgi Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Michigan 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:338 DVD collection:45 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:2	As much as I adore the original, this could use a remake.

05-02-2023, 12:53 AM	#16
NI-Gunner Special Member Member since:Sep 2017	The new movie doesn't sound like a remake at all and more of a new movie with the same title. The premise is nothing like the original. Chuck Russell immediately has me interested though.

05-02-2023, 02:54 AM	#17
unberechenbar Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:May 2021 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:350 Blu-ray collection:350 Blu-ray reviews: 343 Trading Score:3	Is Witchboard a synonym for Ouija board?

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