With principal photography now underway, director Robert Zemeckis’ Roald Dahl adaptation The Witches has made two new additions to its cast in Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) and Chris Rock (Grown Ups), joining the previously announced Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and newcomers Jahzir Kadeem Bruno and Codie-Lei Eastick. The official synopsis […]
Octavia Spencer joins Anne Hathaway in The Witches
Variety is reporting that Octavia Spencer (Green Book) is in talks to join fellow Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway (Serenity) in the upcoming Roald Dahl adaptation The Witches from director Robert Zemeckis (Welcome to Marwen), while newcomers Jahzir Bruno and Codie-Lei Eastick are also in negotiations. The Witches follows a young boy who stumbles upon a coven […]
Anne Hathaway cast as The Grand High Witch in The Witches
Director Robert Zemeckis has kicked off casting on his upcoming Roald Dahl adaptation The Witches, with Anne Hathaway signing on to portray Eva Ernst, better known as The Grand High Witch of All the World. The new version of The Witches has been scripted by Zemeckis and his ImageMovers partner Jack Rapke and will follow […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Nicolas Roeg
Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Nicolas Roeg… After the recent sad news about the passing of Nicolas Roeg, now seems like a good moment to focus our latest director beginner’s guide on the visionary filmmaker’s work. By the time Roeg took the step to directing with his 1970 debut, Performance (he co-directed with Donald Cammell, […]
Robert Zemeckis’ Roald Dahl adaptation The Witches will reportedly take place in Alabama in 1969
Earlier this year it was revealed that Back to the Future and Forest Gump helmer Robert Zemeckis is set to direct a new adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl children’s book The Witches, and now Omega Underground has revealed some alleged plot details for the new film. According to the site, Zemeckis’ take on The Witches will shift the […]
Robert Zemeckis to direct new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches
According to Variety, Back to the Future and Forest Gump helmer Robert Zemeckis is in final talks to write and direct a new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel The Witches for Warner Bros. Pictures. Published in 1973, The Witches follows a young British boy and his Norwegian grandmother who find themselves up against […]