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WITCHES OF EASTWICK Series!!

How is this not going to be Charmed? by Kneprock	Aug 11th, 2008 10:32:41 PM
3 witches right?
im firstys by DANNYGLOVERS_DlCKBLOOD	Aug 11th, 2008 10:32:50 PM
yay
:( by DANNYGLOVERS_DlCKBLOOD	Aug 11th, 2008 10:33:36 PM
poo
Lame by RokurGepta	Aug 11th, 2008 10:35:21 PM
...
Great John Williams score by Nasty In The Pasty	Aug 11th, 2008 11:01:01 PM
Just sayin'.
The movie nailed it; in fact, it improved on the novel by Zeke25:17	Aug 11th, 2008 11:35:42 PM
Charmed was always an Eastwick-kiddie version; there is no conceivable way that a TV series on regular cable could work (FX or HBO could MAYBE have done something worthwhile with it, but certainly not ABC). The vast majority of the folks who tune in will be fans of the film--the remaining few will be devotees of the novel. Both groups will be vastly disappointed in the results--leaving the ladies out of it for the minute, how the hell do you top Nicholson as the horny little Devil himself? Nope: stupid idea. George Miller directed and Michael Cristofer adapted the hell out of that book...and yes, Williams' score was perfect; one of his most playful ever. The series has Depserate Bewitched Housewives written all over it.
Depserate: the new "pned" and "teh" by Zeke25:17	Aug 11th, 2008 11:52:56 PM
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BAH! by VictorVonDoom	Aug 12th, 2008 12:00:19 AM
DOOM prefers The Witches of Breastwick on Skinamax!
Desperate Magical Whores! by fiester	Aug 12th, 2008 12:36:31 AM
That ought to be the title.
Two words: The Witching.. by wowsah156	Aug 12th, 2008 03:06:28 AM
DC Vertigo done a limited series a couple of years ago called The Witching. It was about three tattooed punk teen girls using the Magick of Aleister Crowley to fight UFO's and insane technologies from the US government. That would be a better pitch that this middle aged sanitary towel pitch of a boring series.
This could actually be good. by Holeman	Aug 12th, 2008 03:29:46 AM
As long as they follow the film and not stupid as monkeyshit book.
Desperate Housewives + Satan = ? by TroutMaskReplicant	Aug 12th, 2008 04:21:33 AM
The end of the world as we know it?
The movie ws great - and also 21 years old by Yeti	Aug 12th, 2008 05:44:51 AM
Why not develop something original? Oh right. Creatively bankrupt.
Witches of Breastwick: The Series by chrth	Aug 12th, 2008 06:58:03 AM

"Charmed" for middle-aged women by VAWitch	Aug 12th, 2008 08:32:40 AM
"TWoE" was a decent movie. But nowhere near enough real material to support a series. And frankly, as a Wiccan - methinks "Charmed" has been there, done that - with a much better premise - and truthfully, that ain't saying much.
Been there, done that (and sung that) by snm1266	Aug 12th, 2008 08:44:39 AM
WB tried "Eastwick", following the sons of Satan, as a pilot a few years back. It was kind of a male "Charmed". It didn't get picked up either and that had Marcia Cross. So I wouldn't worry. Although you should check out the soundtrack to the awesome musical version on TWoE that was produced by Cameron MacIntosh in London a few years ago. Really awesome and I wish they would bring it here.
Don't need WOE series. by radio1_mike	Aug 12th, 2008 08:56:14 AM
I got married at the church in the movie.
Do they all get fucked by the Devil? by cookylamoo	Aug 12th, 2008 10:03:42 AM
Like in the movie. It should happen once each episode, especially to the Cellist. For the Devil part, I recommend Jon Lovitz.
Every week is people barfing up cherries by Knobules	Aug 12th, 2008 10:07:36 AM
over and over.
The FIlm was shot in my town by Unlabled	Aug 12th, 2008 10:20:53 AM
always had a soft spot for it.
Chick on the cover... by blckmgk13	Aug 12th, 2008 11:01:02 AM
...looks like Juliet from Lost.
So who's that Cuse loser who did the '92 pilot? by StanGrossman	Aug 12th, 2008 12:17:11 PM
See, that's funny because now he's the showrunner for Lost, which is a successful show, and...ah damn it, I'll be here all week. Be sure to try the veal.
"The Widows of Eastwick"? by tonagan	Aug 12th, 2008 12:35:32 PM
(From the book cover.) Is that a sequel of some sort?
Is Fidel gonna be in it? by Liberty Valance	Aug 12th, 2008 12:42:12 PM
"Women love him, they're crazy about him. He has a big shlong. Huge!" Great over-the-top performance by Jack. Anyone who takes up the mantle of Darryl Van Horne is sure to be unfavorably received. This is doomed to failure.
Widows of Eastwick by jccalhoun	Aug 12th, 2008 01:41:57 PM
Widows is a sequel coming out in October http://is.gd/1oM7
more like Desperate Witchwives by oisin5199	Aug 12th, 2008 02:42:28 PM
This will never see the light of day. Sandra Bullock tried to produce a Practical Magic series and that didn't fly either. Can't wait for the Wiccan outcry if this ever gets aired. I wish they would do a series on real characters who actually have a witchcraft-oriented worldview and don't conjure up Satan and make things levitate and all that bullshit.
@ Tonagan - re: Widows by Larry of Arabia	Aug 12th, 2008 04:00:22 PM
It's a yet to be published sequel.
Ugh...I hate Witches of Breastwick. by WickedMonster	Aug 12th, 2008 04:32:41 PM
Those women ain't hot... and are so fake. But then, what can you expect from late night cable TV.. :( I seriously need to get laid this weekend. ;)
Wasn't there one with Chris Evans and Marcia Cross too? by Drath	Aug 12th, 2008 09:27:03 PM
Or was that imdb bullshit? I can't remember, I thought there were some big names in the unaired pilot (and it was more recent than 92 also), but it didn't happen because it was horribly written like the attempted Lost in Space relaunch. Honestly, I don't see this movie lending itself over to a series. Miller's Eastwick was all about the atmosphere, the actors, and that music. Without all those, you've only got the myster of Daryl Van Horne, and we KNOW how that turns out. And if he's not still the Devil, it's not really Witches of Eastwick. That'd be like making a series out of Psycho, but the killer isn't Norman.
Also, where's John Milius produced Conan series on HBO? by Drath	Aug 12th, 2008 09:36:21 PM
So long as Hollywood can't make anything original, where's something really cool like a Conan the Barbarian series with the production values of HBO's Rome? I'd take two seasons of that in a heartbeat.

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