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Don’t be tempted to sleep on “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.” While it’s being given a limited theatrical release in the U.S. ahead of a Netflix streaming release on Christmas Day, that in no way reflects on the quality of this telling of the classic children’s story.  While the digital platform is where most American audiences will discover it, this iteration belongs on the big screen and, like the stage musical it is based on, with an audience.

A young Scots actor has opened up on the challenges he faced while filming Matilda The Musical - most of which was done during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

EXCLUSIVE: Andrea Riseborough, who is coming off an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her lead role in To Leslie, has been cast opposite Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts in HBO’s limited series The Palace, from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears.

Dua Lipa has met Queen Consort Camilla. The 27-year-old pop star was greeted by the Queen Consort - who was formerly known as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall until her husband King Charles acceded to the throne upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September - when she made a speech at the Booker Prize ceremony in London, and the pair are said to have had a lengthy conversation. In a video message, the Queen Consort said: "Welcome to my Reading Room, and to our community of lovers of all things literary.

as the brutal Miss Trunchbull in the clip — in which the plucky Matilda Wormwood overcomes cruel parents and teachers.“I like troublemakers Wormwood, they make such a lovely sound when they snap,” Thompson says, before the trailer cuts to a later scene showing Matilda standing up to her.The 2 minute, 22 second teaser also features scenes of Matilda’s abusive parents — played by Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough — neglecting the youngster and making her sleep in the attic when all she wants to do is read.It includes the famous scene from the book in which Matilda’s classmate, Bruce, gobbles down a decadent chocolate cake in front of the whole school. In another part, Miss Trunchbull grabs a girl’s pigtails and swings her around until the kid flies into the air.Lashana Lynch stars as the kind-hearted teacher Miss Honey, who becomes a friend to Matilda.

Roald Dahl’s classic heroine is leading a musical revolution.

, and Luke Kelly of The Roald Dahl Story Company. The film opened London Film Festival last week and will premiere on Netflix Dec. 25.Check out the trailer above or here.

The first ever trailer for Roald Dahl‘s Matilda the Musical has just arrived!

What’s not to love about Roald Dahl‘s “Matilda“? The 1998 children’s novel follows a precocious young girl who discovers she has superpowers and uses them to take charge of her destiny against the likes of her rotten headmaster, Miss Trunchbull. Movie fans of a certain generation will remember the 1996 film, but the book also became an award-winning musical in 2010.

Following its debut as the opening night gala at the London Film Festival last week, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical now has an official trailer – check it out above.

Guy Lodge Film Critic Children’s literature loves few things as much as a mighty monster who remains, against all outward appearances, defiantly benign — one who sets out to soothe young nightmares after initially stoking them, ultimately proving that fears and anxieties aren’t limited to little folk. Boris, the cheerfully dorky title character in Ruth Stiles Gannett’s 1948 book “My Father’s Dragon,” is cut from the same soft felt as Frank L. Baum’s Cowardly Lion, Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant or Jill Murphy’s Worst Witch. A would-be flying fire-breather who hasn’t yet found his wings or his flames, he has even more growing up to do than fearful 10-year-old hero Elmer, and their mutual guilelessness sets the tone for Irish animator Nora Twomey’s winningly sweet-natured, visually transporting adaptation.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, who plays Miss.Trunchbull, the horrible headmistress who bullies a book-loving schoolgirl and her classmates in Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, has revealed how she had trouble getting her child co-stars to loathe her.

Emma Thompson picks up her young co-star Alisha Weir in a cute hug during the Matilda The Musical photocall in London on Wednesday afternoon (October 5).

Netflix’s latest film, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical. Starring Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood – alongside newcomer Alisha Weir as the heroine herself - this new Matilda is an adaption of the beloved West End play, which has racked up dozens of awards worldwide ever since its launch in 2013. It marks the first film in an ambitious project for Netflix, which acquired the rights to Roald Dahl’s entire collection in 2019 for a staggering sum.

Tim Minchin said it is surreal hearing his music as the soundtrack to Hollywood blockbuster Matilda The Musical. The movie based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book kicked off the 66th edition of the London Film Festival on Wednesday, two months before its cinematic release. Directed by Tony winner Matthew Warchus, it stars Dame Emma Thompson as bullish headteacher Miss Trunchbull and Bafta rising star Lashana Lynch as Matilda’s kindly teacher Miss Honey.

There are stories so good they can withstand any amount of retelling. Matilda began life as Roald Dahl’s rollicking tale of an outrageously spirited, clever little girl who defeats the bullying headmistress whose vocation is to make children miserable. The Royal Shakespeare Company turned it into a Christmas musical that burst the banks of the festive season, running for years and winning seven Olivier Awards in 2012 in London, then five Tonys the following year in New York. Now, director Matthew Warchus, along with writer Dennis Kelly and songwriter Tim Minchin, has directed the London Film Festival opener Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical for the screen. And once again, it is an absolute blast.

Guy Lodge Film Critic What children love about Roald Dahl’s books is the very thing other writers tend to dodge when adapting them: that icy, unapologetic streak of misanthropy, so exhilarating to kids who have been instructed to see the good in everyone, opening their eyes to the nastier, more ironic adult world that awaits them. Even the craftiest, classiest Dahl adaptations tend to mollify that cruelty somewhat: Nicolas Roeg’s “The Witches” is viciously frightening but tacks on an unmitigatedly happy ending, while Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” muffles the violent survivalism of its source tale with its director’s more gently quirky world-building. Already based on one of his kindlier stories, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” further softens matters by pruning the presence of its funniest adult grotesques to accommodate more child’s-eye exuberance. The long-late author probably would have grumbled; young viewers will be delighted nonetheless.

Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham, and Lashana Lynch passed through the London Film Festival on Wednesday, where they discussed their new film Matilda The Musical, directed by Matthew Warchus.

The Crown once played a grumpy whip-wielding tyrant. Meg Bellamy is seen scowling as Miss Trunchbull – the demonic head in Roald Dahl’s Matilda. She was in her early teens and, her old performing arts tutor says, was already a star in the making.

down. When offered £750,000 for a non-fiction book, he was so appalled he withdrew from the deal completely. To date, his books have sold 100 million copies – and not only to spotty teenagers called Nigel, though they may be the stereotypical Discworld fan.

Timothee Chalamet has revealed new details about his upcoming movie, Wonka.

Ethan Shanfeld With leading turns in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal coming-of-age story “Bones and All” and Denis Villeneuve’s fantasy epic “Dune: Part Two,” Timothée Chalamet is wearing many hats. Next December, he will literally wear a top hat in Paul King’s movie musical “Wonka,” an origin story about Roald Dahl’s sugary anti-hero. While details about the pic are limited, paparazzi photos leaked from the set ignited a social media frenzy, as fans were quick to turn Chalamet’s Wonka into a meme. (In a viral tweet, Ben Schwartz wrote, “In this one, Wonka fucks.”) In an interview with British Vogue, Chalamet teased the upcoming movie and reacted to the internet jokes. “You know what’s really funny about that is it’s so misleading. The movie is so sincere, it’s so joyous,” he said, adding that he has seven musical numbers.

Leonardo DiCaprio.The actor, known for his breakout roles in Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird and Dune, first met DiCaprio in 2018, where he shared some advice for his future career.As revealed in an interview with Vogue, DiCaprio told Chalamet: “No hard drugs and no superhero movies.”Speaking to Time in October last year, Chalamet previously said that he received the advice from “one of my heroes” without revealing his identity. “One of my heroes – I can’t say who or he’d kick my ass – he put his arm around me the first night we met and gave me some advice.“No hard drugs and no superhero movies,” he told the outlet.Chalamet has reunited with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino for his next film, Bones And All, a coming-of-age romantic horror road film based on the novel of the same name.Alongside Chalamet, the film stars Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Michael Stuhlberg, Andre Holland, Chloe Sevigny, Jessica Harper and David Gordon Green.

Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast opposite Jodie Comer in upcoming survival thriller film The End We Start From.Directed by Mahalia Belo (Requiem, The Long Song) and based on the novel by Megan Hunter, The End We Start From follows a young family who are torn apart by devastating floods in the city of London.A synopsis reads: “When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman and her newborn try to find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this dystopian portrayal of family survival and hope.”Alongside Cumberbatch and Comer, the film stars Mark Strong, Katherine Waterston, Joel Fry, Gina McKee and Nina Sosanya.The Killing Eve actor also shared a first look at the project on Instagram.

The BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full list of titles, with the program comprised of 164 features and 23 world premieres across film and TV.

Here in its near entirety are the streaming and some theatrical dates for Netflix’s fall and holiday movie lineup.

EXCLUSIVE: Kirill Sokolov set to direct TriStar Pictures’ thriller Ultra, with script penned by Colin Bannon. TriStar Pictures preemptively purchased the spec amid significant buzz in November 2021, just before it placed in the Top Ten on the Black List in December. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

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.

The 66th BFI London Film Festival has set Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical as its Opening Night Gala. Directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee and Alisha Weir as the eponymous Matilda, the film will have its world premiere on October 5 at the Southbank Centre in the Royal Festival Hall. Sony Pictures UK and TriStar release theatrically in the UK on December 2. Netflix will release the film elsewhere during the holiday season.

Heat prequel film.Pacino, who played detective Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime film, recently took part in a panel discussion about Mann’s novelisation of Heat 2 and speculated on a potential film.According to Entertainment Weekly, panel moderator Bilge Ebiri asked Pacino and his Heat co-star Robert De Niro (who played criminal Neil McCauley) who they would like to play the younger versions of their characters.Pacino then shouted “Timothée Chalamet!” to which the audience cheered, then adding: “He’s a wonderful actor.”Heat 2, co-written by Meg Gardiner, is set to be released on August 9 and is billed as both a sequel and prequel to the events of Heat.Meanwhile, Timothée Chalamet is next set to play Willy Wonka in the forthcoming Charlie And The Chocolate Factory prequel film.The actor will play a young version of the chocolate factory owner in Wonka, which is set to be released in 2023.Wonka will look at the Roald Dahl character’s adventures before he opens his chocolate factory, with song and dance numbers reportedly set to be included as well.

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.

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.

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.