
As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. The plot is inspired by Roald Dahl’s 1983 children’s horror novel of the same name. Reimagining Roald Dahl’s beloved story for a modern audience, Robert Zemeckis’s visually innovative film tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. Del Toro is also listed among the producers, alongside Mexican contemporary Alfonso Cuarón.Ī title treatment for the movie was revealed in March, suggesting an October 2020 cinema release, but news has been quiet since then with the coronavirus pandemic throwing release plans up in the air. Robert Zemeckis’ remake of the 1990 classic Halloween film ‘The Witches’ is as good as the original movie, if a little less scary. Read more: Del Toro done with comic book charactersĪs well as directing the movie, Zemeckis also co-wrote the script with Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro. She added: “Everyone had to work together to be on the same page so it felt big and entertaining but never too much." Hathaway told People that her take on the Grand High Witch is “such a weirdo” and that she enjoyed the “over the top” performance. YZe7xGxuz4Īnne Hathaway takes on the role played by Huston, with Octavia Spencer as the grandmother and Stanley Tucci also in the cast, as well as voiceover by Chris Rock, who is heard in the trailer

This movie is 1 hr 46 min in duration and is available in English language. From the mind of Roald Dahl, #TheWitchesMovie - coming soon. Roald Dahls The Witches was released on and was directed by Robert Zemeckis.
