Cruise and Kidman cast their spells

February 28 2003

They settled their divorce amicably but expect the curses to fly when Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise star in two competing witch-based movies due to be released next year.

According to the Daily Variety trade magazine, Cruise is preparing to star in a Danny DeVito-directed remake of the 1942 comedy I Married a Witch.

The movie is about a witch who puts a centuries-long curse on a family’s male descendants, only to fall in love with one of them and retreat to a life of mortal domesticity.

Kidman, meanwhile, will star in Bewitched, an adaptation of the television series that ran from 1964 to 1972 and followed the exploits of Samantha, a witch who – much to her mother’s disdain – marries a mortal.

Ironically, Cruise originally developed I Married A Witch five years ago as a movie in which he was to star with his then-wife Kidman.

Meanwhile, Kidman and Brad Pitt are joining forces for a new movie.

The pair are in negotiations to star as killers-for-hire in action-adventure feature Mr and Mrs Smith.

The film will be directed by Doug Liman and is described as The War Of The Roses meets True Lies, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Source: http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/27/1046064165017.html

Thanks to Chantal!