"Witch Mountain" Director to Direct "Monster Attack Network" for Disney

Get the #1 movie for the week and you get rehired to direct another movie. It's that easy! :)

"Escape to Witch Mountain" director Andy Fickman has been slated by Disney to direct its adaptation of "Monster Attack Network".

It appears that FirstShowing doesn't think much of Fickman's directorial ability.

AiT's Monster Attack Network graphic novel, written by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman, is about 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 from the sea. Disney is developing this as a visual effects-heavy tentpole, built around an elite government agency's resolve to protect our coasts from huge, rampaging monsters. It seems like a cool concept in theory, but in Fickman's hands, it's bound to be a pile of crap. As a reminder, Fickman's filmography includes She's the Man, The Game Plan, and Witch Mountain.

Like I said in my review of "Witch Mountain", it is ironic that the live-action Disney movies just doesn't have the same heart, emotional content, and intelligence, as their animated movies. It appears that "Monster Attack Network" might suffer from the same fate.

Zz.