The Witches - Official Trailer
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From Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis (โForrest Gumpโ) comes the fantasy adventure โRoald Dahlโs The Witches.โ The film stars Oscar winners Anne Hathaway (โLes Misรฉrable,โ โOceanโs 8โ) and Octavia Spencer (โThe Help,โ โThe Shape of Waterโ), Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci (โThe Hunger Gamesโ films, โThe Lovely Bonesโ), with Kristin Chenoweth (TVโs โGleeโ and โBoJack Horsemanโ) and award-winning comedy legend Chris Rock. Newcomer Jahzir Kadeem Bruno (TVโs โAtlantaโ) also stars, alongside Codie-Lei Eastick (โHolmes & Watsonโ).
Reimagining Dahlโs beloved story for a modern audience, Zemeckisโs 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 worldโs Grand High Witch (Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globeโundercoverโto carry out her nefarious plans.
Based on the book by Roald Dahl, the screenplay is by Robert Zemeckis & Kenya Barris (TVโs โblack-ish,โ โShaftโ) and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (โThe Shape of Waterโ). Zemeckis is also producing, alongside Jack Rapke, del Toro, Alfonso Cuarรณn and Luke Kelly. Serving as executive producers are Jacqueline Levine, Marianne Jenkins, Michael Siegel, Gideon Simeloff and Cate Adams.
Zemeckisโs behind-the-scenes team includes a roster of his frequent collaborators, including Oscar-nominated director of photography Don Burgess (โForrest Gumpโ), production designer Gary Freeman, editors Jeremiah OโDriscoll and Ryan Chan, Oscar-nominated costume designer Joanna Johnston (โAllied,โ โLincolnโ), and Oscar-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (โPolar Express,โ โForrest Gumpโ).
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents, an Image Movers/Necropia/Experanto Filmoj Production, a Robert Zemeckis Film, โRoald Dahlโs The Witches.โ
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