Warner Bros. and Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away director Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming remake/ re-adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roald Dahl’s The Witches is coming our way soon.
Roeg’s 1990 version is said to be a loose adaptation of Dahl’s book, but Zemeckis’ version will be more rooted in the Dahl’s source material.
This production schedule makes sense as we already know the movie has a set release date of October 16, 2020.
That said, Zemeckis and his team have already shifted the setting of their take to Alabama in the ’60s.