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Anne Hathaway Cast as the Grand High Witch in Robert Zemeckis’ New Adaptation of ‘The Witches’
We had heard a couple months back that she was offered the role, but Deadline confirms today that Anne Hathaway has officially signed on for Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches!
Hathaway will play the Grand High Witch in the new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel, which was first adapted by director Nicolas Roeg back in 1990. Anjelica Huston memorably played the Grand High Witch in that film.
Deadline adds, “We also hear Viola Davis is circling the project as well.”
The film will be set in the Gothic South in the 1960s.
Based on the 1973 novel, the 1990 film follows a seven-year-old boy who has a run in with real-life witches. Zemeckis’ version will be more rooted in the original source material.
Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron are on board to produce.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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