Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (The Help) will be joining Anne Hathaway in The Witches, Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book.
The Witches was previously adapted into a film in 1990 from director Nicolas Roeg and starring Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, and Rowan Atkinson.
Academy Award winners Alfonso Cuaron (The Revenant, Gravity) and Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) will produce as well, with del Toro having previously been attached to direct.
Spencer, who has starred in award-winning movies such as The Shape of Water, Hidden Figures, and The Help, and executive-produced the Oscar-nominated film Green Book, will play the grandmother of Bruno’s character.