[clarissa] new live-action STTW movie

[Donald Lancon]

The blogosphere is all a-twitter (excuse the mixed metaphor) with news 
about an announced Sabrina the Teenage Witch live-action movie.  Got a 
crap-load of Google News alerts about this in the last couple of days...

(Note: I see no evidence MJH is involved in any way.)

  - dcljr

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Sony Planning Revamp of SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH as Live-Action ...
Collider.com
by Adam Chitwood Posted:April 11th, 2012 at 5:54 pm Today in strange
reboot news, Sony is planning a "edgy" revamp of Sabrina the Teenage
Witch.
<http://collider.com/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-reboot-mark-waters/158671/>

Sony Pictures Giving 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' A Superhero Makeover
Deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Sabrina The Teenage Witch is getting a makeover at Sony
Pictures. The precocious teen witch who originated in 60s Archie
Comics, is being recast ...
<http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/sony-pictures-giving-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-a-superhero-makeover/>

Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina The Teenage Witch To Become A Film
Contactmusic.com
The TV series - which featured Melissa Joan Hart as a young witch
learning about her magical powers - has been re-written by Andrew
Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari for the big screen. The original 1960s comic
was turned into two animated series and the ...
<http://www.contactmusic.com/news/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-to-become-a-film_1316294>

Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina The Teenage Witch Heading To The Big Screen
Contactmusic.com
Actress Melissa Joan Hart's hit US TV series Sabrina The Teenage Witch
is heading to the big screen. The popular family sitcom debuted in 1996
and lasted for a total of seven seasons before going off the air, and
now the series is set for a movie ...
<http://www.contactmusic.com/news/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-heading-to-the-big-screen_1316338>

'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' Movie Announced: 5 Actresses Who Could Play ...
International Business Times
The beloved TGIF TV series starring Melissa Joan Hart will be
transformed into a movie by Sony Pictures, with Andrew Barrer and
Gabriel Ferrari ("Die In A Gunfight") teaming up for the script,
Deadline reported on Wednesday. The film will be produced ...
<http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327392/20120412/sabrina-teenage-witch-movie-new-cast-melissa.htm>

Sony Pictures Revamping 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' for Big Screen
First Showing
by Ethan Anderton Most audiences may remember Sabrina the Teenage Witch
as that TV series starring Clarissa Melissa Joan Hart on ABC, but the
character actually comes from the classic Archie comics from the 60's.
And like all other comic books from the ...
<http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/sony-pictures-revamping-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-for-big-screen/>

'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' Movie Takes Us Down Late-'90s Memory Lane 
(PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
It's hard to imagine Melissa Joan Hart working her magic (literally)
without the crushed velvet button-downs, the flared khakis, jumpers with
turtlenecks, those chokers... in fact, we believe much of her witch-like
power was contained in her butterfly ...
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-movie_n_1421502.html>

Sabrina the Teenage Witch getting a movie, and a superhero reboot
io9
It's Sabrina, the teen witch from Archie Comics and, more recently, the
Melissa Joan Hart-starring sitcom. And, like so many superheroes,
Sabrina is in for an edgier remake. Deadline is reporting that Sony
Pictures has a Sabrina feature film in the ...
<http://io9.com/5901425/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-getting-a-movie-and-a-superhero-reboot>

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Gets A Superhero-Style Reboot
Cinema Blend
... Sabrina the Teenage Witch has been around since the 1960s, starting
off as a character in the Archie Comics and spinning off into her own
TV series once in 1969, again in 1971, and one more time in 1996, when
she was played by Melissa Joan Hart.
<http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Sabrina-Teenage-Witch-Gets-Superhero-Style-Reboot-30390.html>

Sabrina the Teenage Witch Gets Superhero Movie Reboot
Crave Online
The Archie comics character, who spawned several animated series and a
long-running live-action series starring "Clarissa Explains It All's"
Melissa Joan Hart, is getting a new motion picture with a superhero
twist. They're actually comparing it to ...
<http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/186579-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-gets-superhero-movie-reboot>

"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" is headed for the big screen; here's 5 
actresses ...
Up and Comers
Of course it will be updated and modernized and inevitably, "edgier"
than its 1960s Archie Comics origins, and undoubtedly quite a bit darker
than the 1990s long-running sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart was as
well, but it still sounds like it could ...
<http://upandcomers.net/2012/04/12/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-is-headed-for-the-big-screen-heres-5-actresses-to-consider-for-the-role/>

Sony Conjures Archie's Sabrina For Live-Action Superhero Movie
Comic Book Resources
The property made the leap from comics to animation in 1970 with a CBS
series before making the transition to live-action television in 1996
with a popular sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart. The character also
appeared in Sabrina: The Animated Series ...
<http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/12/sony-conjures-archies-sabrina-for-live-action-superhero-movie/>

There Is Going To Be A Sabrina The Teenage Witch Superhero Movie. Seriously.
FemPop Magazine (blog)
But yeah, waaaaay before Sabrina was a show starring Clarissa Explains
It All it was a comic and because comics have the an inalienable right
to a movie adaptation it's getting turned into a film. And the best
part? Salem the sardonic robotic kitty?
<http://www.fempop.com/2012/04/12/there-is-going-to-be-a-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-superhero-movie-seriously/>

Get your nostalgia on: 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' coming back as a 
superhero ...
Entertainment Weekly
by Hillary Busis '90s purists, get out your pitchforks: Sabrina the
Teenage Witch is the latest Bush I/Clinton-era pop culture figure to
get an "edgy" reboot. What's next, a reworking of Teen Angel that stars
Josh Hutcherson as a buff, moody cherub?
<http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/04/12/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-reboot/>

'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' Movie Is Officially In The Works! Who Should 
Play ...
Celebuzz
According to Deadline, Sony Pictures is fast tracking the negotiations
for a live-action Sabrina The Teenage Witch film, with the the bewitched
heroine retooled as superhero coming to terms with her powers. Since the
most recent Sabrina - actress ...
<http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-04-12/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-movie-is-officially-in-the-works-who-should-play-the-new-sabrina-photos/>

Sabrina The Teenage Witch ... Superhero Movie?!
PerezHilton.com
Sabrina the Teenage Witch has grown from the Archie comic book series to
on-screen cartoon, to real life sitcom teen, and now? An edgy,
superhero-esque origin film with black cat Salem at the witch's side!
Eeee! What about Aunts Hilda and Zelda?
<http://perezhilton.com/2012-04-12-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-superhero-movie>

'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' Movie To Shed Witchcraft For Superhero 
Powers ...
Indie Wire (blog)
In a roster of shows that mixed comedy ocasionally with real life
"issues," "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" always seemed a touch out of
place. Based on the popular Archie Comics of the same name from the
'60s, the show lasted seven seasons off the charm ...
<http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-movie-to-shed-witchcraft-for-superhero-powers-turns-salem-into-a-prince-20120412>

'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' Set To Return to Movies with a Super-Hero 
Influence
ComicsAlliance
On the off chance that you're of the rare mindset that there just aren't
enough magical teens in movies these days, take heart: As reported by
Deadline, Sony Pictures has struck a deal with Archie Comics to bring
Sabrina the Teenage Witch to the movies ...
<http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/12/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-movie/>

'Sabrina The Teenage Witch' film reboot: Who should play the superhero 
version ...
Zap2it.com (blog)
By Jen Harper Another throwback is coming to a theater near you:
"Sabrina The Teenage Witch," which originated in '60s Archie Comics and
was most recently used as source material for the 1996 Melissa Joan
Hart sitcom, is coming to the big screen.
<http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/04/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-film-reboot-who-should-play-the-superhero-version-of-sabrina.html>
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Can Sabrina the Teenage Witch be Spider-Man for Little Girls?
Jezebel
Sabrina the teen witch character started with Archie Comics in the '60s,
move to an animated series, then became a weirdly awesome sitcom
featuring Melissa Joan Hart and her dryly witty cat, Salem. But with an
upcoming live-action remake, ...
<http://jezebel.com/5901759/can-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-be-spider+man-for-little-girls>

Sabrina The Teenage Witch For 'Superhero' Movie Reboot
Entertainmentwise
Deadline reports that, rather than being a high school student, the
title character, made famous by Melissa Joan Hart, will be a superhero
struggling to come to terms with her powers. Salem, the talking cat
voiced by Nick Bakay, will be a human ...
<http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/73544/Sabrina-The-Teenage-Witch-For-Superhero-Movie-Reboot>

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch -- the next superhero movie?
SheKnows.com
Remember that show with Melissa Joan Hart -- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch?
Sony thinks that comedic witchcraft and big screen superpowers are
interchangeable. Throw a handful of good looking Marvel superheroes into
one movie and call it The Avengers.
<http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/957057/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-the-movie>

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Becoming A Movie?
Take 40
The popular comedy show starred Melissa Joan Hart as main character
teenage witch Sabrina, who moved in with her aunts and had to find a
way of coping with life as a witch. It also featured Salem, the
amazingly cynical talking black cat!
<http://www.take40.com/news/30579/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-becoming-a-movie>

Sabrina The Teenage Witch heading to the big screen
Musicrooms.net
The original series starred Melissa Joan Hart in the title role and it
has been reported that Sony Pictures are now resurrecting the show for
a new generation on the big screen. The film version of the series will
be "edgier" and Sabrina's cat Salem ...
<http://www.musicrooms.net/movies/47592-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-heading-to-the-big-screen.html>

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Is Heading To Cinemas
The Hot Hits
The popular show starred Melissa Joan Hart as teenage witch Sabrina, who
moved in with her aunts and struggled to come to terms with her
discovery that she was actually a witch. It also featured Salem, a
talking black cat who was probably the best part ...
<http://www.thehothits.com/news/30573/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-is-heading-to-cinemas>

Who Should be the Next 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch': From Emma Stone to 
Selena ...
International Business Times AU
With all the lovely actresses in Hollywood, who is worthy enough to play
the charming and talented witch first brought to life by Melissa Joan
Hart? Given she did play a witch from the hit Disney show, "Wizards of
Waverly Place", Selena Gomez may have ...
<http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/327586/20120413/sabrina-teenage-witch-selena-gomez-chloe-moretz.htm>

'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' on the Works, Which Celebrity Should Play 
Sabrina ...
International Business Times AU
And since the recent, well-known Sabrina, Melissa Joan Hart is now a mom
and way past for the "teenage" role, Hollywood executives are looking
out for the new witch for the said movie. Some people are already
designated like Andrew Barrer and Gabriel ...
<http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/327566/20120413/sabrina-teenage-witch-movie-celebrity-role.htm>