Say what you will about Nicolas Roeg’s 1990 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches; it knows how to be nightmare fuel. For all the faults in the original source material, Roeg’s version is bold enough to really scare children out of their wits, which isn’t a bad goal for a PG-horror story. Unfortunately, kids will likely find themselves bored and listless with Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of The Witches. While it still follows the same basic plot beats, Zemeckis misses every opportunity to be interesting with his story, instead opting for the adventures of CGI …

The reimagined version of Roald Dahl's The Witches will be flying into homes in the U.S. via HBO Max on October 22.

In a pretty shocking piece of news, Warner Bros. and HBO Max announced today that Robert Zemeckis’ feature film reimagining of the Roald Dahl book The Witches is going to be premiering directly on HBO Max, skipping theaters altogether. As if that wasn’t surprising enough, it’ll be available to stream this month, and you can see the debut poster below right now. Indeed, the Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? filmmaker’s new take on The Witches will be premiering exclusively in the U.S. on HBO Max on October 22nd. The “reimagined” film follows …

Back in 2018 we had exclusively reported that Tom Hanks was in negotiations to star as Geppetto in a live-action Pinocchio remake for Disney. At the time Paddington director Paul King was helming the project, which was one of a constellation of live-action remakes of Disney’s beloved animated properties that were currently in development. Of course, that version never materialized and King left the project. Now, Deadline is reporting that Hanks is back in the picture, this time for this Forrest Gump/The Polar Express director Robert Zemeckis. Apparently, Hanks is far from a done deal, but …

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Disney's live-action Pinocchio remake confirms it finally found its director in Oscar-award winner Robert Zemeckis, who will also co-write the script.

Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis is nearing a deal to direct the sci-fi thriller Ares for Warner Bros. and Dan Lin's Rideback, Collider has confirmed. Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) wrote the genre-bending screenplay, which follows an astronaut whose space capsule crash lands in an African desert. As he rushes to reunite with his family, it is revealed that the mission was part of a larger conspiracy and that he may be carrying a secret that could forever change the world. Ares was previously set up at MGM, with Roland Emmerich set to produce under his Centropolis Entertainment …

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Disney is circling Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis to helm their live-action adaptation of Pinocchio.

Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis is in early talks to direct Disney’s live-action Pinocchio movie, Collider has confirmed. Paul King (Paddington) was originally set to direct, though he departed the project early this year, as did producer David Heyman. Chris Weitz co-wrote the most recent draft of the script with King and Simon Farnaby, and he's also producing alongside Andrew Miano under their Depth of Field banner. Zemeckis hasn't closed a deal yet but he has already begun formulating ideas for the role of Gepetto. Interestingly enough, Tom Hanks had been in talks to play Gepetto, …

Oscar-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is in early discussions to direct Disney's live-action remake of its animated classic Pinocchio.