The Witches


Tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.


Anne Hathaway
Octavia Spencer
Stanley Tucci
Chris Rock
Anne Hathaway
Octavia Spencer
Stanley Tucci
Chris Rock

CURRENT STATUS: 
On HBO Max
RELEASE DATE: 
October 22, 2020 (HBO Max)

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Rated PG for "scary images/moments, language and thematic elements."

 

PROJECT DETAILS:

The movie will debut on HBO Max this October. (10/2/20)

The film originally had an October 9th then October 16th 2020 theatrical release. (6/15/20)

A stabbing occured on the set of the film yesterday between a stagehand and a rigger, where one of the men sustained a neck injury. Despite the incident, filming on the Warner Bros. set is said to be unaffected. (6/20/19)

Anne Hathaway plays the grand high witch in the film.

It's said that this version will be more faithful to the book.

Fans may remember Robert Zemeckis as the director behind movies like Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forest Gump and Castaway. This would mark his return into more family oriented movies, after primarily making adult dramas like Allied, The Walk and Flight.

Guillermo del Toro was originally going to write and direct, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. However, he remains as a producer.

Warner Bros. will distribute.

Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) will produce.

A remake of the 1990 British dark fantasy with the same name, which is based on a book by Roald Dahl.

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