’90s Cult Classic ‘The Craft’ Is Getting a Female-Led Reboot
Zoe Lister-Jones has been tapped for “The Craft’s” reboot (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Get your Doc Maartens and your all-black wardrobe ready:ย The Craft is making a comeback.
On Wednesday, Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse announced that the 1996 cult classic will get a reboot, this time with indie filmmaker Zoe Lister-Jones at the helm. Lister-Jones will not only direct the film but she will also write the “contemporary take” on the film, according toย Deadline.
The original film, starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Christine Taylor, Rachel True, and Skeet Ulrich, centered around four Los Angeles high school students moonlighting as witches in their downtime. The outcome, of course, is disastrous, but not without a few moments of fun in between.
Fans of the film had a lot to say on social media about the news.
Check out some of the reactions below:
I. Am. So. Excited. #TheCraft ๐ค๐ป๐ฌ๐ pic.twitter.com/OMAmTEkz99
— ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ถ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ (@DreaLorraine) March 27, 2019
#TheCraft will always be one of my top favs ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/IPOQdAjPGt
— ๐ธ Eli Jas ๐ธ (@TheRealEliJas) March 27, 2019
Am I nuts to think that The Craft could have a sequel. A rehabilitated Nancy. A seasoned witch Sarah. No?
— Noah (@Nwnysb) March 26, 2019
I swear, if yall ruin #TheCraft you will be destroying my life and childhood and everything i love #dramatic
— Dizzy.Bizarro (@BizarroDizzy) March 28, 2019
I donโt know whoโs directing the remake of #TheCraft, but please cast me, I was born to be a witch. Weโll worry about my lack of acting experience later.
— Anna (@anw_rootbeer) March 28, 2019
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And while many fans expressed their emotions, others noted that the first articles about the film failed to mention the one black lead actress, Rachel True.
HOLLYWOOD – DECEMBER 3: Actress Rachel True arrives at the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Image Awards Cocktail reception held at the Sunset Room on December 3, 2003 in Hollywood, CA. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Theyโve corrected it.. but geez I hate having to remind folk not to erase me. ๐
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) March 26, 2019
Every article so far about #thecraft reboot has left out @RachelTrue #disappointedbutnotsurprised pic.twitter.com/RM5DtCIOwB
— Nu Yang (@nuyangwriter) March 26, 2019
No word has been released on the cast or an expected filming date yet.
