i really love the Witches... and this reminds me that someone made of with my dvd of it...

the original is a classic! maybe this could work... but remakes will never outshine the orignals!!!

That's cool news. I love the original. What I'd really like to see, though, is an adaptation of Dahl's short story "Pig," which was (in my opinion) his best piece of short fiction.

I think a remake can outshine an original any day as long as the director takes it in a different direction than before. I'm very excited to hear more about this movie! It's an older movie that I for one didn't think it got all the recognition it deserved! =^.^= Keep posting more info on it! I'm very excited.

Hell yeah! The Witches was a great book, a great movie, and I think it will be given a proper re-make treatment!

never read theb ook but een the movie. eh i guess it could work.

don't know what to think. I mean it's yet another remake, but it's also Del Toro!? AARRRRGGGHH

I'm a big fan of Jan Svankmejer and his use of stop-motion animation but I must be honest, the idea of The Witches going the same way as say Nightmare Before Christmas (a fan I really didn't like) leaves me disappointed. I think this project has great potential as a live action, dark, almost gothic project with Del Toro's unique vision. The idea of the film being remae is not an issue for me, but how it is being done is and while I'm sure i'll be in the minority, I am saddened by this news.

Wow this is wonderful news!

I really hope that Del Toro doesn't become one of those guys that spends more time discussing what they're going to do rather than get on and doing it.

More then 2 years ago in the Pan's Labyrinth panel at the SD Comic-Con Guillermo Del Toro says: "Next i will directed a remake of The Witches, i love this story i will make it darker" People clap and cheers, to all due respect to BD this is not news. And yes this is another one of those Del Toro announces.