Kids and adults alike: prepare yourselves to be terrified.
Variety reports that Roald Dahl’s iconically terrifying The Witches has been revived by Robert Zemeckis and Warner Bros, nearly 30 years after the first film and almost 40 since the book was originally published.
Leading the charge as the disgusting, child-hating Grand High Witch will be Anne Hathaway. No stranger to playing freaky villains (her as the Queen of Hearts especially) she’s sure to have this one in the bag.
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Though Anjelica Huston did a pretty good job of traumatising a generation with her Grand High Witch in the 1990 adaptation (we still have nightmares…) so we’ll see if Anne can fill those pretty big shoes.
Variety also reports that Anne was tossing up between “The Witches” and starring in a Sesame Street film.
Not much else is known about the project, but after some dealmaking she decided to go with the Roald Dahl classic.
According to Variety, unlike the 1990 film, this new adaptation will stick fairly closely to the OG book.
However, in a recent interview with french outlet, Allocine, Zemeckis revealed that they’ll be shaking things up by setting the story in 1960’s America, in the gothic south.
Anyone else getting American Horror Story vibes?
The original version of The Witches follows a seven-year-old and his witch hunting grandmother who find a coven of bloodthirsty witches with a penchant for killing children.
The ensuing action is as terrifying as it is exciting, and it’s still yet to be seen whether they’ll try for a PG 13+ rating, or whether they’ll embrace the original gory story.
Though really, there’s no non-terrifying way to show a witch peeling a face off. So, y’know, watch at your own discretion.
Image: Getty / Steve Granitz / Contributor, Giphy
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