Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer(s): Roald Dahl (novel), Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), Allan Scott (based on the 1990 film “The Witches” screenplay by), Kenya Barris (screenplay)
Starring: Chris Rock, Jahzir Bruno, Octavia Spencer, Brian Bovell, Joseph Zinyemba, Josette Simon, Jonathan Livingstone, Miranda Sarfo Peprah, Angus Wright, Orla O’Rourke, Katie Hardwick, Me’sha Bryan, Ashanti Prince-Asafo, Lunga Skosana, Vivienne Acheampong, Sobowale Antonio Bamgbose, Ken Nwosu, Arnaud Adrian, Charles Edwards, Morgana Robinson, Codie-Lei Eastick, Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway, Orla O’Rourke, Eurydice El-Etr, Ana-Maria Maskell, Eugenia Caruso, Abi Adeyemi, Lai Bing Rafice, Jianjian Cao, Lynne Carrington Brown, Nyinomugisha Crombach, Elena De Paz Toldrà, Fabienne Descamps, Grace Frohlich, Kailing Fu, Christianna Grant-Phillips, Sapphire Griffiths, Charlotte Grisley, Nilgun Gunay Freeman, Katie Hardwick, Maria-Teresa Harmer, Keiko Hewitt-Teale, Van Hu, Isabelle Hunn, Hiba Ismail, Nadia Ismail, Angie James, Aline Jewell, Penny Lisle, Kat Marié, Christiana Marsella, Sara Meucci, Beverley Mills, Wai Mun Tsang, Uzoamaka Ojukwu, Louise Port, Alo Raptopoulos, Neelambika Shan, Linnea Skoglosa, Ashleigh Smitham, Nikki Steggles, Terry Stringer, Nasim Strong, Sarah T. Cohen, Julia Tee, Rima Theisen, Anastasia Zabarchuk, Kristin Chenoweth, Philippe Spall, Simon Manyonda, Kevin Fleming, Melanie Palmer, Me’sha Bryan, Dempsey Bovell, Paul Leonard, Angus Wright, Cyril Nri, Debbie Bridge, Kenny-Lee Mbanefo, Jon Prophet, Rachel Sophia-Anthony, Jimmy Star, Zeke Taylor
Synopsis: Tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe — undercover — to carry out her nefarious plans. READ REVIEW
Release Date: October 22, 2020 (USA) | Length: 106 min | Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family | MPAA Rating: Rated PG for scary images/moments, language and thematic elements.
Note: This film is complete, waiting to see if it will make its release date of October 16, 2020. It didn’t. I wasn’t able to identify Ashanti Prince-Asafo or Nyinomugisha Crombach,