‘Bewitched’ Star Erin Murphy Reveals if She's Interested in a Series Reboot
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Erin Murphy, the former child actress in Bewitched, revealed whether or not a reboot of the ‘60s show is in the cards.
While speaking to Fox News Digital, the 58-year-old explained that she’d be “open to the idea” of bringing the magic back to life.
"If they ever did a great script, and it had all the right people behind it, good casting director, all that, I would be open to the idea,” she elaborated.
Murphy starred as Tabitha, the daughter of Elizabeth Montgomery’s character Samantha Stephens, a young suburban housewife married to an ordinary man who attempts to use her powers to solve the family’s problems.
The fantasy sitcom aired on ABC from 1964-1972. The cast also included Dick York/ Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Marion Lorne, and more.
A spin off, titled Tabitha, focusing on the daughter, aired for one season. Murphy did not appear in the series.
While a modern-day TV reboot/spinoff never materialized, it has served as inspiration for countless other projects, including Marvel and Disney+’s latest series, WandaVision.
Previous attempts at reviving the iconic series in movie form have been largely unsuccessful.
In 2005, a movie of the same name was released, but despite the draw of Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell in the lead roles, along with a quirky plot—an actor is cast in the remake of a popular magical TV series and learns that his co-star is an actual witch—it garnered poor ratings from both critics and audiences.
Though it’s hard to remake something that was so well-executed and liked in the first place, it isn't stopping studios from trying. In 2021, Sony Pictures announced that a film adaptation based on the classic series was in early development. Per Variety, producers John Davis and John Fox (Dolemite Is My Name, Game Night) and writers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett (12 Monkeys, MacGyver) were attached to the project.
If the studio finally manages to break the curse, maybe Murphy can lend her acting talents for nostalgia's sake.
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