Robert Zemeckis' 'The Witches' Remake Welcomes Anne Hathaway

Zemeckis' is back after his unfortunate critic flop, Welcome to Marween, this time with Anna Hathaway in the remake of 1990's The Witch, adapted from Roald Dahl's novel.

Anne Hathaway (Photo by Noel West - The New York Times)

Anne Hathaway is now attached to the project who will be playing the "Grand High Witch," which was previously played by Anjelica Houston. The 1990 original film, The Witch did not do so well with just making $10 million. Although, it has become a cult classic since then. Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1973 novel, will be set in the “Gothic South in the 1960s.”

Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) also writing and producing along with both Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) and Alfonso Cuarón (Roma, Gravity). According to Variety.