The Witches (film)

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Movie
Original title The Witches
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2021
Rod
Director Robert Zemeckis
script Robert Zemeckis,
Kenya Barris
production Alfonso Cuarón ,
Guillermo del Toro ,
Jack Rapke ,
Steve Starkey ,
Robert Zemeckis
music Alan Silvestri
camera Don Burgess
occupation

The Witches is a planned film adaptation of the fantasy novel Witches witches by Roald Dahl by director Robert Zemeckis . The film is slated for release in Germany and the United States in 2021 and is a remake of the 1990 adaptation Witches witches .

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As early as December 2008, Guillermo del Toro announced that he was working on a stop-motion film for a new adaptation of Roald Dahl's work Hexen hexen , published in 1987 . However, the project remained calm until it finally became known in June 2018 that Robert Zemeckis was working on a new adaptation of the novel. It was announced that Zemeckis would be the producer, screenwriter and director. In addition to Zemeckis, Kenya Barris also works as a screenwriter. Del Toro also remained involved as a producer together with Alfonso Cuarón and Zemeckis.

In contrast to the film version from 1990, Zemeckis would like to stick closer to the literature. Nevertheless, there was a change in the setting of the film: Instead of being set in England in the 1980s , the film will now take place in Alabama in 1969 . The protagonist is embodied by an African American , while in the literature he has Norwegian ancestors and comes from England. Anne Hathaway was cast in the role of Grand High Witch in January 2019 and it was announced in the following month that Octavia Spencer , Jahzir Bruno and Codie-Lei Eastick had also received film roles in The Witches .

On January 30, 2019, Warner Bros. initially announced that The Witches would hit theaters on October 16, 2020. However, the release of the film was postponed to an indefinite date in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic . Filming finally began on May 8, 2019. This took place in Alabama, Georgia and the Warner Bros. studios in Leavesden in Hertfordshire, England . Shortly before the end of filming, an actor was stabbed in the neck on June 19, 2019. Filming was scheduled to end on June 25, 2019.

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  2. ↑ a b c EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' Remake Is Set In Alabama and Casting African-American Male Lea , accessed August 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ The Witches Remake Will Be Set In 1969 And Have A Whole New Plot , accessed August 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ Anne Hathaway to Star in Robert Zemecki's' 'The Witches' (EXCLUSIVE) , accessed August 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Octavia Spencer Joins Anne Hathaway in 'Witches' Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE) , accessed August 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ Warner Bros. Release Dates Galore: 'Doctor Sleep' Checks In This November, 'The Witches' In Fall 2020; 'The Suicide Squad' Returns In 2021 , Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Nina Becker: "Tenet" postponed: Christopher Nolan's thriller comes later - "Wonder Woman 1984" and other blockbusters as well. In: film starts . June 13, 2020, accessed June 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Principal Photography Begins on Robert Zemeckis' THE WITCHES , accessed August 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ Robert Zemecki's' 'The Witches' Adds Octavia Spencer to Cast , accessed August 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ Crew Member Stabbed on Set of Anne Hathaway's 'The Witches' in England , accessed August 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ WB's 'The Witches' Remake Starring Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer Expected To Wrap Filming On June 25th , accessed August 25, 2019.