variety.com - 3/16/2009
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Fickman to direct 'Monster' movie for Disney Looking to match its "Race to Witch Mountain" director Andy Fickman with another family adventure film, Walt Disney Studios has attached him to helm "Monster Attack Network." Scott Elder and Josh Harmon have been hired to adapt the AIT/Planet Lar ...
d23.disney.go.com - 3/10/2009
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You can read these stories in the premiere
issue of Disney twenty-three , available to D23 members...
and at Barnes & Noble booksellers, all domestic Disney Stores, Disneyshopping.com and at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Back issues will be available ...
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Disney Twenty Three: 'In This Issue'
rottentomatoes.com - 3/13/2009
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Synopsis: Disney restarts their beloved Witch Mountain franchise
with this family-friendly adventure. Dwayne Johnson (THE GAME PLAN)...
stars as a taxi driver who gets more than get bargained for when he picks... Disney restarts their beloved Witch ...
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Race to Witch Mountain Movie Reviews, Pictures
cinematical.com - 3/14/2009
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cinematical.com —
In fulfillment of the prophecy that Disney will
eventually remake every single one of its live-action movies,...
here is Race to Witch Mountain . It bears a passing resemblance to 1975's Escape to Witch Mountain , but it's more reminiscent of a ...
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Review: Race to Witch Mountain
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MONSTER ATTACK NETWORK Is Not A Cable Channel!!
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Merrick here... Andy Fickman, director of the WATCHMEN toppling RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN, is angling to direct an effects intensive adaptation of the MONSTER ATTACK NETWORK graphic novel for Disney. [image] The 2007 graphic novel focuses on a team of first-responders who guard the citizens of Lapuatu, a Pacific island that would be a paradise except for frequent attacks by giant monsters that rise from the sea. Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman wrote the graphic novel, illustrated by Nima Sorat. ...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety. You can find the graphic novel HERE .
Witch Mountain Director Scores Another Disney Deal
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Witch Mountain Director Scores Another Disney Deal Andy Fickman has notched two hits for Disney by now, and the studio seems dead set on locking him down for good. After this weekend's success of Race to Witch Mountain , Fickman has been picked to direct another Disney adventure movie, Monster Attack Network . The movie will be based on the graphic novel of the same name, about first-responders who protect a Pacific island nation from frequent attacks by sea monsters. Variety reports that Scott Elder and Josh Harmon will be writing the adaptation of Marc Bernardin and Adam ...
Andy Fickman directing Monster Attack Network
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After he scored another big box office win or the Mouse House this weekend with Race To Witch Mountain, it’s no surprise Disney wants to keep working with Andy Fickman. The Game Plan and Witch Mountain director is now attached to tackle another film the company sees as a possible blockbuster: Monster Attack Network. Scott Elder and Josh Harmon are even now working on an adaptation of Adam Freeman and Nima Sorat’s comic original, which finds a team guarding the island of Lapuatu. The place would be a paradise were it not for the annoyingly regular attacks by beastoids that rise from the ...
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... may not have been fans of “Race to Witch Mountain,” but the film still took the number one spot at the box office. Walt Disney Studios didn’t fail to notice Andy Fickman’s success because they’ve recruited the director for another adventure film called “Monster Attack Network.” According to Variety, the film is based on a 2007 graphic novel about first-responders who protect an island that is constantly being attacked by sea monsters. Being that both of Fickman’s Disney hits (“Witch Mountain” and “The Game Plan”) starred Dwayne Johnson, I ...
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