Anne Hathaway Reveals Her Terrifying Transformation For The Upcoming 2020 ‘The Witches’ Remake
Sure, the coronavirus is surely a bad thing to happen to the world, not only because it’s deadly given the circumstances and it’s doing a darn good job stopping the world dead in its tracks by affecting economies and lifestyles.
But, you have to admit, there is a silver lining here as it does urge you to stay at home more and this allows you to catch up on all of the movies and series that you missed when they came out.
And film companies weren’t snoozing during this time either—they’ve been hard at work creating new things, including the recently completed remake of The Witches where Anne Hathaway underwent a bit of a gruesome transformation into a witch.
Anne Hathaway recently posted on Instagram a teaser of the new “The Witches” remake that she’s in
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And after many movies where she played a beauty, people were surprised to see her play a rather terrifying witch
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So, Anne Hathaway shared on her Instagram a short teaser trailer for the 2020 movie The Witches, set to be available on October 22 on HBO Max.
In it, she and her castmates, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, and Jahzir Bruno, explain what actual witches look like—they don’t have hands, but rather claws, and hence always wear long sleeves; they have larger nostrils; they all wear wigs, for they have no hair; they don’t have toes on their feet—and remain quasi-in-character as they do so for extra effect.
The teaser shows moments from the movie that exemplify how to recognize a witch
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Hathaway’s character and her witch friends are said to have bald heads, claw, wide gaping mouths and no toes
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The trailer begins with a chilling intro by Anne herself saying “Here’s the thing you need to know about witches: they’re real, they’re here, and they live amongst us.”
It also features moments from the movie, most notably how different Hathaway looks in the role of a witch. Not only does her makeover include her being completely bald for the part of the Grand High Witch, but she gained some scars along the way—specifically, mouth slits to justify her creepily wide witch smile.
Hathaway will play the Grand High Witch, the antagonist of the movie based on Roald Dahl’s 1983 classic book
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The Witches is a remake of the 1990 dark fantasy comedy film of the same name directed by Nicolas Roeg. It starred the likes of Anjelica Huston, Rowan Atkinson, Mai Zetterling, Bill Paterson, and many others.
The 2020 remake will include a completely new cast that includes Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock (in voice only, though), and Jahzir Bruno.
Said to be based on Roald Dahl’s 1983 classic book, also of the same name, the movie will retell the scary, comedic, and imaginative tale of a young boy who runs into some mean real-life witches who end up turning him into a mouse. And so the adventures begin.
After being postponed, the movie is now set to launch in a week’s time, October 22 on HBO Max
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While the 2020 remake’s release date has already been postponed due to the pandemic and is not out yet (it would have been otherwise), it is set to be available in a week’s time, on October 22 on HBO Max. Until then, be sure to free up your movie schedule and prepare some popcorn for a few hours of magic and adventure.
While some thought it’s not as scary or as good as the original (at least judging from the trailers and teasers), others did still agree that Hathaway looks fantastic as the Grand High Witch and that they’ll still be giving it a watch once it comes out.
Check out the teaser trailer Hathaway shared on her Instagram here
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What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comment section below!
Check out the full official trailer for ‘the Witches’ below
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I look forward to Hathaway's "take" but am going to see it for Octavia Spencer.:-) I wish they'd stop messing up endings. Sometimes, bittersweet is appropriate.
Yeah, I'm not quite certain if they'll actually give this one the bittersweet ending the book originally had. The first movie adaption gave it a happier outcome.
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Hollywood is out of ideas to the point of it being pathetic. Stop remaking movies and shows please. If you’re so afraid of new ideas perhaps rely on someone else aside from the 80 year olds who make them up now.
How are they out of idea now instead of before when they were adapting books? I’m excited for this, hopefully the ending will be more accurate and less “90s kids movie schmaltz”. I’m tired of people like you who pretend that Hollywood never makes anything original ever (remember this is based on a book, it wouldn’t be original either way), and acting like a reboot, remake, retelling, or reimagining is somehow awful and worthless just because it’s not 100% original.
Load More Replies... To be honest, Anne Hathaway's reveal of the Grand High Witch's true form seems rather tame compared to the one with Anjelica Huston. I've actually never seen the original movie based off the book, but I've seen her reveal and it's appropriately grotesque. The drawings in the book also made the Grand High Witch look a lot like a zombie once her mask was removed. To be honest, I'm not sure how to feel about this remake. Chris Rock narrating as the boy as an adult makes it sound a lot funnier than the book--which has a very dark tone throughout actually is. Octavia Spencer is going to kill it as the grandmother though. Also, will they be brave enough to give it the original bittersweet ending? The other movie adaption actually tacked on a happy ending that Roald Dahl hated because that's not how his story ended.
I read the book in the 5th grade and my age shows bc I forgot how it ended. I’ve always referred to the movie which I adored as it was a tradition to watch every year at my cousin’s birthday sleepover
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And here is a (slightly) different advertisement: "Hellloooo, dear children, woould ye like ta buy sooome mahehehakeup?"
Oh good. A nother remake. At this point Hollywood is like " Hey, do you remember that great movie from back then ? We will make another one just like it, but shittier. You're welcome ! "
The second photo were Anne has her mouth open, looks like the girl that, is being turned into a vampire in 1985's Fright Night.
Saw the trailer.......no engagement....MAKE SOMETHING NEW!!!!!.... Prefer ANGELICA HOUSTON...that woman has it....
Anne Hathaway is a brilliant actor and I’m excited to see her but like Catwoman312 said I’m sick of remakes.
I've been loving all these remakes and reboots because I'm not that picky...I can enjoy the original and the new version. BUT....this kinda makes me sad! I'll have to see it first though
Anne Hathaway terrifying transformation into a witch got me really turned on ;-)
A movie that doesn't need a remake. The original was and still is great to watch. It held up great all these years. This new one is relying too heavily on CGI and s**t actors.
I look forward to Hathaway's "take" but am going to see it for Octavia Spencer.:-) I wish they'd stop messing up endings. Sometimes, bittersweet is appropriate.
Yeah, I'm not quite certain if they'll actually give this one the bittersweet ending the book originally had. The first movie adaption gave it a happier outcome.
Load More Replies... Hollywood is out of ideas to the point of it being pathetic. Stop remaking movies and shows please. If you’re so afraid of new ideas perhaps rely on someone else aside from the 80 year olds who make them up now.
How are they out of idea now instead of before when they were adapting books? I’m excited for this, hopefully the ending will be more accurate and less “90s kids movie schmaltz”. I’m tired of people like you who pretend that Hollywood never makes anything original ever (remember this is based on a book, it wouldn’t be original either way), and acting like a reboot, remake, retelling, or reimagining is somehow awful and worthless just because it’s not 100% original.
Load More Replies... To be honest, Anne Hathaway's reveal of the Grand High Witch's true form seems rather tame compared to the one with Anjelica Huston. I've actually never seen the original movie based off the book, but I've seen her reveal and it's appropriately grotesque. The drawings in the book also made the Grand High Witch look a lot like a zombie once her mask was removed. To be honest, I'm not sure how to feel about this remake. Chris Rock narrating as the boy as an adult makes it sound a lot funnier than the book--which has a very dark tone throughout actually is. Octavia Spencer is going to kill it as the grandmother though. Also, will they be brave enough to give it the original bittersweet ending? The other movie adaption actually tacked on a happy ending that Roald Dahl hated because that's not how his story ended.
I read the book in the 5th grade and my age shows bc I forgot how it ended. I’ve always referred to the movie which I adored as it was a tradition to watch every year at my cousin’s birthday sleepover
Load More Replies... And here is a (slightly) different advertisement: "Hellloooo, dear children, woould ye like ta buy sooome mahehehakeup?"
Oh good. A nother remake. At this point Hollywood is like " Hey, do you remember that great movie from back then ? We will make another one just like it, but shittier. You're welcome ! "
The second photo were Anne has her mouth open, looks like the girl that, is being turned into a vampire in 1985's Fright Night.
Saw the trailer.......no engagement....MAKE SOMETHING NEW!!!!!.... Prefer ANGELICA HOUSTON...that woman has it....
Anne Hathaway is a brilliant actor and I’m excited to see her but like Catwoman312 said I’m sick of remakes.
I've been loving all these remakes and reboots because I'm not that picky...I can enjoy the original and the new version. BUT....this kinda makes me sad! I'll have to see it first though
Anne Hathaway terrifying transformation into a witch got me really turned on ;-)
A movie that doesn't need a remake. The original was and still is great to watch. It held up great all these years. This new one is relying too heavily on CGI and s**t actors.
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