Dahl’s classics were previously adapted into big screen films including 1971’s Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder, 1996’s Matilda starring Mara Wilson, 2005’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp and Steven Spielberg’s 2016 animated film The BFG.
Among those getting the 2D treatment are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Twits, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Boy–Tales of Childhood, Going Solo, The Enormous Crocodile, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, Henry Sugar, Billy and the Minpins, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot, Dirty Beasts and Rhyme Stew.
A new generation will soon immerse themselves into Roald Dahl’s strange, wonderful and imaginative world.
Netflix has enlisted an elite team of creative artists for the project and is working closely with Dahl’s family to make sure they get it just right.