Witches are real, and they are everywhere! đ
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From Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis (âForrest Gumpâ) comes the fantasy adventure âRoald Dahlâs The Witches.â The film stars Oscar winners Anne Hathaway (âLes MisĂ©rable,â âOceanâs 8â) and Octavia Spencer (âThe Help,â âThe Shape of Waterâ), Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci (âThe Hunger Gamesâ films, âThe Lovely Bonesâ), with Kristin Chenoweth (TVâs âGleeâ and âBoJack Horsemanâ) and award-winning comedy legend Chris Rock. Newcomer Jahzir Kadeem Bruno (TVâs âAtlantaâ) also stars, alongside Codie-Lei Eastick (âHolmes & Watsonâ).
Reimagining Dahlâs beloved story for a modern audience, Zemeckisâs visually innovative film tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the worldâs Grand High Witch (Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globeâundercoverâto carry out her nefarious plans.
Based on the book by Roald Dahl, the screenplay is by Robert Zemeckis & Kenya Barris (TVâs âblack-ish,â âShaftâ) and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (âThe Shape of Waterâ). Zemeckis is also producing, alongside Jack Rapke, del Toro, Alfonso CuarĂłn and Luke Kelly. Serving as executive producers are Jacqueline Levine, Marianne Jenkins, Michael Siegel, Gideon Simeloff and Cate Adams.
Zemeckisâs behind-the-scenes team includes a roster of his frequent collaborators, including Oscar-nominated director of photography Don Burgess (âForrest Gumpâ), production designer Gary Freeman, editors Jeremiah OâDriscoll and Ryan Chan, Oscar-nominated costume designer Joanna Johnston (âAllied,â âLincolnâ), and Oscar-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (âPolar Express,â âForrest Gumpâ).
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, an Image Movers/Necropia/Experanto Filmoj Production, a Robert Zemeckis Film, âRoald Dahlâs The Witches.â