Why Bewitched? Well, let's face it.  Sooner or later it's going to be made into a feature film, just like every other TV series that has ever existed and it might as well be made into a decent flick.  That's what we say, anyway. 

What's the scoop?  Well, it's essentially the first episode with a bit of twist.  Samantha and Darrin are in love and have decided to marry.  However, Samantha has left out one crucial piece of information: she's a witch.  With the wedding on the horizon, many members of Samantha's family try to spring the information on Darrin while Sam tries to keep them at bay because she's not ready to tell him.  Through it all, finally before they get hitched, Darrin learns the truth and puts Samantha's worries to rest by marrying her.  After all, they are in love, and that's what people in love do supposedly.

Directed by Penny Marshall:  Well, Marshall was originally attached to the project in the real world (wherever that is) and considering her track record of helming films we're certain she can achieve what we want--namely, a decent film adaptation of a TV series.  And let's fact it, so far there's been some really lame ones.  Just because it was a TV series, doesn't mean it has to be goofy.  It just needs to be fun, is all.  Marshall's the lady of the hour.

Diane Lane as Samantha:  This was really the hardest part to cast, since you have to follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Montgomery.  So you need an actress who's not only beautiful but a good actress.  The girl next door who turns out to practice witchcraft.  After looking over the resumes of dozens of potential Sam's, we decided on Lane.

Jeff Daniels & Bill Pullman as Darrin:  Why two Darrins?  Well, for those of you who don't get the joke, there were two Darrins in the original series.  First there was Dick York, then there was Dick Sargent.  York had to leave due to health problems, if I understand it correctly.  They played the same character and there was never any notice paid by the characters in the series that there had been a change.  Basically we liked the idea of it so much, we stole it from the rumor mill and decided to make it a reality.  What we envision is Daniels walking into the kitchen or something, Lane asks him a question and Pullman comes out with the exact same outfit on and answers her.  Lane looks at him for a second and then finally asks: "Honey...did you get your hair cut?"  Pullman answers:  "Why yes, you like it?"  And on we go.

Carol Burnett as Endora:  This took a bit of thinking, but considering we cast Maurice almost immediately, this one fell into place soon after.  Let's see, we need somebody with red hair who can be wicked but not necessarily evil.  And be funny.  It just makes sense, people.

Harvey Korman as Maurice:  Able to be completely over the top pompous and yet as funny as hell, there is no one else we would want to play the father-in-law with a flourish.  We're talking about the man who was Prof. Balls, for pity's sake.  To see him and Carol play off each other in their roles would be well worth the price of admission.

Nathan Lane as Dr. Bombay:  For some reason, a lot of people don't remember the enigmatic witch doctor that was Dr. Bombay.  A shame, because if you put a really thin moustache on Lane, he not only looks perfect for the part but we know for a fact he'd be funny as hell.  That's all we want here, guys--just funny as hell.

Albert Brooks as Larry Tate:  This took some puzzling, because I couldn't get Jack Warden out of my head to save my life.  He certainly has the right look about him and most definitely the attitude.  However, I didn't want there to be that much of a difference in age between Darrin and Larry.  Sure Larry had white hair and stuff but you didn't get the feeling they were more than ten or fifteen years apart in age.  After some quiet meditation and a double espresso, we decided that Brooks can be good if you change his appearance (a subtle change in Out of Sight and we were fooled for a bit) so give it to him.  He's the one.

Jane Curtin as Louise Tate:  We needed a voice of reason for Larry and also a best friend for Sam.  We also needed somebody who could keep up with Brooks on the screen.  At first we thought about Catherine O'Hara, but realized that she normally plays a character too annoying for what we wanted for this.  Curtin can be annoying, but in a very specialized way--that's our Louise.

Larry Miller as Abner Kravitz:  We're so glad that Miller is getting lots of work these days, or at least seems to be.  What a sick individual.  If you need any proof that he would make a great foil to our crazed Gladys, check out his parental speeches in 10 Things I Hate About You.  Easy to cast this one.

Carol Kane as Gladys Kravitz:  God love Gladys.  She's the neighbor who can't anyone to believe her about what she sees happening with her neighbor Darrin.  He used to be such a normal guy, but suddenly he got engaged and he's surrounded by weirdos who can make things move, appear, disappear--you name it.  Kane has a great range, but she does frazzled nutcase well to boot.  She's in.