United Artist has been co-owned by Tom Cruise since 2006 and has so far made two movies, Lions for Lambs, whose losses have been estimated at as high as $50 million, and Valkyrie, which isn’t out yet.  Bottom line, they need a hit. Luckily, it sounds like they’ve found it:

Tom Cruise’s United Artists has lined up …a film version of the horror fantasy novel “Conjure Wife.”
“Conjure” is about a New England college professor who discovers his good fortune has been a result of his wife’s secret, magical interference. When he pressures her to cease her otherworldly meddling, dark events and even darker forces descend on the couple without her protection.
“Conjure Wife” has been adapted three times before: in 1944 as “Weird Woman,” starring Lon Chaney Jr.; in 1962 as “Night of the Eagle”/”Burn, Witch, Burn!”; and in 1980 as “Witches’ Brew,” starring Richard Benjamin and Teri Garr. [Yahoo]

Oh yeah!  Remember back in the 20s when sitcoms about witches were all the rage?  The wife would twinkle her nose and poof!  The drapes would be clean!  But then her husband would come home and be all like, “Darn it, honey, what have I told you about using magic?  What will the neighbors think?  NOW WE’LL NEVER FIT IN!” and then he’d probably slap her around a bit because that was okay back then and everyone would have a good laugh.  Anyway, this sounds like a great idea.  After all, that’s why I go to the movies, to remind me of shows my grandparents used to watch.