Emma Thompson is unrecognisable as Miss Trunchbull in first look at new Matilda movie

Little bitty pretty one! A musical movie adaptation of Matilda is coming to Netflix. The new film stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull and Alisha Weir, who is set to lead as the title character.

Naman Ramachandran The world premiere of “Matilda the Musical” will open the 66th BFI London Film Festival.The Netflix adaptation stars Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee and introduces Alisha Weir as Matilda.Screenwriter Dennis Kelly adapted the Tony and Olivier award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company theater production for the big screen, with original music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. Directed by Tony award-winning director Matthew Warchus, who also developed and directed the stage show for both London’s West End and Broadway, the film is produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for Working Title and Jon Finn and Luke Kelly of The Roald Dahl Story Company.

Erika Jayne seems to be melting — or at least thawing — on , and ET has your exclusive first look! In ET's sneak peek, Erika shocks her castmates by engaging in conversation with her seemingly sworn enemy, Sutton Stracke, during the group's trip to Mexico. After Sutton announces to the women she has a date scheduled with a new guy after they get back from vacation, Erika starts asking questions about how she found this dude. «Did you meet him on the app?» she asks, with Sutton confirming she met the mystery man «on the Bumble.» The polite chat grabs Crystal Kung Minkoff's attention. She turns to Lisa Rinna and asks, «Can you believe them now?!» «They're sitting next to each other talking right now!» Lisa responds, stating the facts.«It's awesome,» Crystal remarks.

Nanny McPhee and Saving Mr. Banks, Thompson stars in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, streaming now on Hulu. More like Love Actually: Karen Finally Gets Her’s, the premise is simple: A sixty-something-year-old widowed mother of two tries to have her first orgasm with the expert attention of a sex worker.

Emma Thompson urged people to learn to love their bodies as she spoke about getting naked to film her latest movie “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”.

Over 20 years since Roald Dahl’s classic book Matilda was adapted on the big screen, the popular children’s book is set to be given a on-screen makeover once again. As part of a new Netflix project, Matilda the Musical is set to hit our screens later this year and features a stellar lineup including Emma Thompson as the nasty teacher Miss Trunchbull.

William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti don’t look exactly thrilled to have their picture taken in this first look photo from their upcoming series, The Resort.

60-something-year-old Nancy has never had good sex, and she’s going to pursue it on her own terms, even if that means going to lengths she would have never considered in her younger days. And so goes the premise of Sophie Hyde’s quietly revolutionary “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande,” a mostly single-location dramedy in which a flawless Emma Thompson perceptively plays a widowed and retired school teacher who hires Daryl McCormack’s handsome sex worker Leo Grande to learn what all the fuss is about finally.

Known for her long career of acting prowess, Emma Thompson now appears to have proven herself once again. Netflix’s first teaser trailer for the upcoming “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” features ominous narration from Thompson, who plays the infamous headmistress, Miss Trunchbull.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen Daryl McCormack told his mom he landed a starring role in Searchlight Pictures’ “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” he wasn’t sure what to tell her about first: the character he was playing or who his co-star was. “I think I said, ‘I’m playing a sex worker,’ the 29-year-old Irish actor recalls.

Emma Thompson now appears to have proven herself once again. Netflix's first teaser trailer for the upcoming features ominous narration from Thompson, who plays the infamous headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. «This school is full of rebels,» Trunchbull says in a voiceover over the students of Crunchem Hall. Later, the camera shows Thompson's broad shoulders and militaristic outfit, tied together with a rigid bun of white hair.

Wilson Chapman editorOne of Roald Dahl’s most beloved characters is heading back to film. Netflix has released the first teaser for “Matilda the Musical,” set to debut on the streamer this December.“Matilda the Musical” is based on the stage musical from Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly, which premiered on the West End in London in 2011 and received 12 Olivier Awards.

Matilda The Musical has unveiled its first official trailer, giving fans a proper look at Emma Thompson’s Miss Trunchball.Titled Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, the upcoming film stars Alisha Weir as the titular child prodigy, with Thompson as the cruel headteacher, and James Bond star Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey.Other cast members include Line Of Duty‘s Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseboroug as Mr. and Mrs.

new trailer for the Netflix film based on the 1988 Roald Dahl book.The rock musical is in turn based on the Tony-winning project directed by Matthew Warchus and written by Dennis Kelly. Warchus also returns to direct the silver screen adaption of the show.Trunchbull is the mean, old Crunchem Hall headmaster who is abusive toward a bright, young girl, Matilda (played by Alisha Weir).

Netflix released a first-look teaser for its upcoming holiday season special Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, with Alisha Weir as the title character, a little girl with an extraordinarily vivid imagination. The film adaptation, written by Dennis Kelly, adapted from the Tony and Olivier award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of the stage’s Matilda The Musical, also stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull), and Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee.

What’s better than Roald Dahl‘s 1988 novel “Matilda,” about a young girl with psychokinetic powers who uses them to transcend her life’s crappy circumstances? For some, it might be Danny Devito‘s 1996 adaptation of the Dahl book, beloved by those the age of this writer. For others, it could end up being “Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical,’ a new adaptation based on the Tony and Oliver award-winning play.