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Netflix To Develop Animated Series For Roald Dahl Creations

November 28, 2018 Mary McFadden

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Netflix is set to develop animated series based on the classic books of Roald Dahl, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG. The streaming company is collaborating with The Roald Dahl Story Company to create the shows. According to Geek Tyrant, they are planning to “remain faithful to the quintessential spirit and […]

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ReRead – Roald Dahl

October 7, 2016 Dave McEvoy

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If you haven’t gathered from one of my previous Rewind posts, I am a huge Roald Dahl fan. Recently I’ve been rereading my old favourites and rediscovering ones I don’t remember liking very much as a child. Two such titles are Danny the Champion of the World and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. While I […]

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The BFG Review – Giant In Heart But Small In Stature

July 20, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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As we enter the world of Steven Speilberg‘s The BFG, an adaptation written by Melissa Mathison, who penned the screenplays of other childhood favourites such as E.T. and Indian in the Cupboard, we find ourselves in a slightly different place than Roald Dahl‘s original classic portrayed. Set in the London of a slightly modern yet […]

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Grim Tales With Rik Mayall – Forgotten Childhood

April 7, 2016 Dave McEvoy

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I’ve been on a total Roald Dahl nostalgia trip ever since that The BFG trailer. George’s Marvelous Medicine, the story of a perfectly normal boy who not quite inadvertently creates a magic potion and gives it unpleasant and cantankerous grandmother, is my favourite of them all. The only screen adaptation it has received was a five-part […]

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The BFG (1989 Film) – Rewind

February 19, 2016 Dave McEvoy

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Sophie, during a sleepless night in the orphanage decides to sneak out of bed and gaze out of her dorm window. Of all the things she expected to see, a 25 foot tall giant was not one of them. But she does see him. And the giant sees her. Before she realises what has happened, […]

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Entertainment One Release The BFG Trailer

December 9, 2015 Meg Grehan

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Entertainment One has just released the teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s adaption The BFG and it’s hit us right in our nostalgic little hearts. The movie, starring Mark Ryland as the big friendly giant himself, is set to be released on July 1, 2016. The release coincides with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl […]

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Wes Anderson Returning To Stop-Motion For Next Film

October 12, 2015 Jack Dempsey

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In 2009 director Wes Anderson released stop-motion animation The Fantastic Mr. Fox. This adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic was his first feature length animation, although Anderson‘s previous work The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) had elements of animation. More recently, animation techniques were deployed in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). We’ve learned that Anderson will […]

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Steve Spielberg To Direct Roald Dahl’s The BFG

April 26, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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Roald Dahl is a household name when it comes to family-friendly fiction, and some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest have tackled his literary works for the big screen with Tim Burton (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) , Danny DeVito (Matilda) and Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) having tackled only a […]

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Steve Spielberg To Direct Roald Dahl's The BFG

April 26, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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Roald Dahl is a household name when it comes to family-friendly fiction, and some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest have tackled his literary works for the big screen with Tim Burton (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) , Danny DeVito (Matilda) and Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) having tackled only a […]

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