Andy Fickman is coming on board to direct "
Witch Mountain," Walt Disney Pictures' modern re-imagining of its classic 1975 adventure movie "Escape to
Witch Mountain." Disney-based Andrew Gunn is producing via his Gunn Films banner.
The 1975 film was based on a science fiction novel by Alexander Key and followed a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. The brother and sister turn out to be extraterrestrials.