I would be ALL OVER that. I would love that. Though, in fairness, that does require people to watch two different movies. LOL! Not to mention a couple caveats....
1) The original was actually a mini-series, and I believe originally on TV, and therefore the whole thing is like 3 hours long.
2) I believe (I could have heard wrong) that the new movie is only going to cover the first half where they are kids, with a new movie coming (maybe next year) to cover the other half where they are adults. I could have heard wrong, but that was the rumor I'd heard.
Still, I'd be fine with this myself.