

Roald Dahl’s The Witches is a reimagining story for modern audience that tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in the late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The film will also be featured in HBO Max’s “Halloween is Here” spotlight page, alongside a curated roster of more than 140 movies, series and Halloween-themed TV episodes, hand-picked by HBO Max’s dedicated editorial team. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “THE WITCHES,” a Warner Bros. ANNE HATHAWAY as Grand High Witch in Warner Bros. The cast includes powerhouse performances from Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth and Chris Rock, with newcomer Jahzir Kadeen Bruno as the brave young hero. Zemeckis is joined by a world-class team of filmmakers, including Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Kenya Barris, for this fantasy adventure about a young boy who stumbles upon a secret coven of witches and, with the help of his loving grandmother, tries to stop their evil plan to turn the world’s children into mice.

The movie is directed by Oscar-winning director from “Forrest Gump,” “The Polar Express,” and the “Back to the Future.” ANNE HATHAWAY as Grand High Witch in Warner Bros. The Witches is one of Roald Dahl’s most beloved titles, now translated into over 41 different languages worldwide, and was published over 30 years ago. Robert Zemeckis’s reimagined “Roald Dahl’s The Witches,” will hit theaters around the world beginning October 28 and available on HBO Max in the U.S.
