Director named for remake of Witches!!

Variety is reporting that Robert Zemeckis will be writing and directing the remake of Witches. Produced by: Del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity, Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), and Jack Rapke. 

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While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, young Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice through a magical formula. When they find that Luke has overheard, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and the hotel manager, Mr. Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.