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Oct 23, 2020 · After making clear her intention to turn all children in the world into mice, the witches find a hiding Charlie, and the tension and striking imagery is pure nightmare fuel for anyone under 12 (and most people older than that too). Hathaway drives a fun and yet honestly threatening sequence that the film struggles to match in its second half.
In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.
- Anne Hathaway as Lilith/The Grand High Witch
- Octavia Spencer as Agatha Hansen
- Jahzir Kadeen and Chris Rock as Charlie Hansen
- The Witches Supporting Cast
Anne Hathaway plays Lilith, the Grand High Witch, a title given to the all-powerful leader of the witches on Earth. She’s a very powerful and evil witch, feared by many, and who hides her ancient age and disturbing appearance behind the (literal) mask of an attractive woman. Anne Hathaway’s big break came in 2001 when she played Mia Thermopolis in ...
Octavia Spencer plays Agatha Hansen, Charlie’s grandmother, and the long-time rival of the Grand High Witch. Agatha was a witch hunter, who worked hard to get rid of the Grand High Witch as that might be the key to finally defeating all witches. Octavia Spencer is best known for her roles in The Help (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Su...
Jahzir Kadeen players Charlie Hansen, Agatha’s grandson who moves in with her after the death of his parents. Thanks to his grandmother, Charlie learns that witches are real and don’t have good intentions, and ends up becoming one of their victims after stumbling across a conference of witches. Jahzir Kadeen has previously appeared in the TV series...
Stanley Tucci as Mr. Stringer: the manager of the hotel where the witches gather. Stanley Tucci has appeared in a number of movies and TV shows, most notably the Hunger Games franchise and Spotlight. Kristin Chenoweth as the voice of Daisy: a girl turned into a mouse by the witches. Kristin Chenoweth played Annabeth Schott in The West Wing, Olive S...
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The Witches (also known as Roald Dahl's The Witches), is a 2020 dark fantasy comedy horror film co-produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1983 novel The Witches by Roald Dahl. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, following The Witches (1990).
Anne Hathway - The Grand High Witch*. Octavia Spencer - The Grandmother. Jahzir Bruno - The Boy/Codie-Lei Eastwick - Bruno Jenkins. Charles Edwards - Mr Jenkins/Morgana Robinson - Mrs Jenkins. Stanley Tucci - Mr Stringer. Unknown or Invented Characters for the Movie. Miranda Sarfo Peprah - Young Grandma.
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The Witches: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Chris Rock, Jahzir Bruno, Octavia Spencer, Brian Bovell. A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader.
