Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorOriginally set for an October theatrical release, the Robert Zemeckis-directed Warner Bros.
feature Roald Dahl’s The Witches is heading to the studio’s streaming service HBO Max on Oct. 22.The movie, which stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci, is being positioned as Halloween season event programming for HBO Max.
Initially, The Witches was scheduled to open on Oct. 16, before being moved a week to Oct. 9. Then, back in June, Warner Bros.
undated the film from the theatrical release schedule.While this expression gets overused in describing the push-and-pull of studios and exhibition during the pandemic, it’s really a chicken-and-egg-scenario.
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