The 20-year-old film about a teenage coven who use their sorcery for their own devices is making a return. This latest film revamp comes in the form of a series. The show will not be a remake but a sequel of sorts with the characters being placed in a modern setting. Douglas Wick, who is producing the series, has a history with the original movie. He was one of the producers in 1996 and he asserts that the series is something new. In an interview with Hitfix, he claimed that the series would not be a remake, but more of a sequel with connections to the source material. Wick had this to say: “I wouldn’t say that we wouldn’t so much call it a remake as a ‘twenty years later.’ There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of The Craft, and how these young women come across this magic many years later.”
Not everyone is being supportive of the new series and for very legitimate reasons. In the same Hitfix article, actress Rachel True, who played Rochelle, stated she wants to be supportive, but questions why Hollywood, being the production entity that it is, can’t conjure up another witch story. She noted that fans of The Craft would be interested in finding out what happened to the girls once they grew up.
Which begs the question. Why can’t Hollywood pull something else out of the cauldron? The original film had many layers. It wasn’t just a gratuitous teen drama with magic, it had us explore social dynamics and the inner angst that each girl held.
Wick claims, however, that the series won’t be a simple retread and will have a heavy focus on the emotional aspect of the series. When it came down to the girls, Wick said: “Here are some young women who once again discover the power of magic, and we explore their emotional lives, their wants, their fears, [and] their longings as they become empowered. So you know, the same way you use a war movie to explore the psyche of men, you get to create a heightened world to explore the psyche of these women.”
So whether you are a fan of the film are not, keep the Craft on your radar, because whatever direction it takes it will certainly be interesting.
