Emma Thompson unrecognizable as Miss Trunchbull in ‘Matilda: The Musical’ trailer

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.

Emma Chamberlain is back on film!The mega-popular YouTuber had previously announced an indefinite hiatus from the social media platform, but returned Wednesday with a surprise video.In the vlog, titled, «what’s good in new york,» Chamberlain is in New York City interviewing people at Washington Square Park. With a sign that she made from supplies at a local CVS that reads, «Please let me ask you just ONE question for my cute little YouTube video,» the vlogger asked parkgoers about their favorite spots in the city.Chamberlain, who has been a -favorite at the past two Met Galas, took her interview skills away from the celebrity world and onto the street.

You’ve definitely never heard Shawn Mendes like this.

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”.

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, 63, has completely transformed for her new role as the iconic nasty teacher Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical.The new Netflix project features the Love Actually actress in one of her least recognisable roles to date, but the nasty teacher has also had some changes since she last appeared on screen in the original Roald Dahl movie back in 1996. At the time, Miss Trunchbull was played by Pam Ferris, and wore a navy uniform throughout her scenes as principal, later putting on her Olympics jumper and trousers for the shot-put throwing.The new Trunchbull is more of a traditional-style schoolteacher, wearing a khaki and brown military-style coat over the top of a shirt and tie.

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.

The first teaser trailer for Matilda the Musical has just debuted!

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.