The Witches

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Theatrical - Wide 2020-10-22

Genres: Fantasy

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7/10

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Based on Roald Dahl’s 1973 classic book ‘The Witches’, the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches!

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The Witches: Anne Hathaway addresses the disability backlash on latest film

Posted 5 years ago

Not long after Robert Zemeckis' THE WITCHES was met with complaints from the disabled community for how Anne Hathaway's Grand High Witch is physically portrayed in the film, Hathaway herself has issued an apology to those offended by the character. "I...

The Witches: HBO Max addresses disability backlash on the remake

Posted 5 years ago

Did you watch Robert Zemeckis' remake of THE WITCHES this Halloween? If so, did you enjoy it or did something bother you about the appearance of Anne Hathaway's character? Was it her hands? You may not be alone as criticism...

Octavia Spencer says Keanu Reeves once came to her rescue in a big way

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We give a lot of credit, and rightfully so, to Tom Hanks being the nicest guy in Hollywood but maybe a runner-up for that title should be Keanu Reeves. From all accounts, he's as good as they come and now...

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The Witches (2020) review- with Anne Hathaway & Octavia Spencer!

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: After finding himself face to face with a witch, a young boy, and his grandmother, decide to spend some time away from their home until they feel safe again. Unfortunately for the two, that very hotel is having a convention...

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Production halted on The Witches remake after stabbing on-set

Looks like director Robert Zemeckis' upcoming re-adaptation of Ronald Dahl's kid horror book THE WITCHES starring Anne Hathaway has been shut down for the time being. The shutdown is evidently the result of a crew member working on the UK...

Posted 7 years ago

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The Witches remake starring Anne Hathaway begins filming next month

Posted 7 years ago

Director Robert Zemeckis's adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel THE WITCHES starring Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer is all set to conjure children into mice in October 2020. And today we have word that this release date is still on...

Octavia Spencer joins Robert Zemeckis’s adaptation of The Witches

Posted 7 years ago

The trailer for the Blumhouse thriller MA, which stars Octavia Spencer as the title character, is supposed to arrive online sometime today. While we wait to see what that's going to be like, Spencer has already lined up her next...

Octavia Spencer joins Zemeckis’ The Witches, Kenya Barris to co-write

Posted 7 years ago

As Robert Zemeckis continues to add ingredients to his cauldron for an adaptation of Roald Dahl's THE WITCHES, we've gotten word that Octavia Spencer is set to cast a spell as a member of the film's diabolical cast. Now that she's...

Warner Bros. schedules The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep & The Witches remake

Posted 7 years ago

Warner Bros. has shuffled their release schedule a bit, announcing dates for a handful of movies last night, and a couple of movies mentioned in their announcement are of particular interest to us here at Arrow in the Head. First...

Update: Anne Hathaway officially joins Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches

Posted 7 years ago

Recently we passed along the badass news that director Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy, CAST AWAY) was going to be helming and penning an all-new live-action adaptation of author Roald Dahl's nightmare-inducing kid-horror novel THE WITCHES. On top of...

Anne Hathaway to play to the lead crone in Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches

Posted 7 years ago

Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Something wicked this way is comes, as Variety has just announced that Anne Hathaway (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, LOVE & OTHER DRUGS) is set to play the Grand High Witch...

Zemeckis remake of The Witches set in 1960s America

Posted 7 years ago

Roald Dahl's 1983 novel THE WITCHES was set in modern day Norway and England, and director Nicolas Roeg's 1990 cinematic adaptation held on to that setting. Now Robert Zemeckis, the director of such films as BACK TO THE FUTURE, WHO...

Robert Zemeckis says his take on The Witches will be set in the Gothic South

Posted 7 years ago

Robert Zemeckis hasn't had a good year, what with his new movie WELCOME TO MARWEN being a box office disaster and labeled as one of the worst movies of the year. But still, the iconic director of BACK TO THE...

Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches remake wants Anne Hathaway

Posted 7 years ago

Way back in June we passed along the badass news that director Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy, CAST AWAY) was going to be helming and penning the screenplay for an all-new live-action adaptation of author Roald Dahl's nightmare-inducing...

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