The Witches will be coming straight to streaming next month.The film, adapting Dahl’s beloved 1973 children’s story of the same name, stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Kristen Chenoweth and Stanley Tucci.The Witches was due to be released in cinemas this month, but was pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Warner Bros have confirmed the film will now go straight to HBO Max in the US on October 22.Watch the trailer for Zemeckis’ The Witches here:Zemeckis directed the film, and wrote the screenplay alongside Kenya Barris and Guillermo Del Toro.The story follows a young boy who discovers a secret coven of watches and sets out to stop their plan to turn all children into mice.Anne Hathaway plays the Grand High Witch, Stanley.
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