Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-acquires-roald-dahl-story-company-sale-includes-catalog-1235018402/ Discuss. bruce marshall and pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,475 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Not sure there's much to discuss. Good news, I suppose, as I like most of the adaptations (except, curiously, THE BFG). Nice to have them in one place. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 Good news? This probably means all adaptations from now on will be Netflix adaptations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,393 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Netflix is buying everything they can these days. Soon they'll buy the rights for "JWFan: The Series", which will be a sitcom with live audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Edmilson said: "JWFan: The Series", which will be a sitcom with live audience surreal, Cronenbergian psychological horror series. Manakin Skywalker, Jurassic Shark, Smeltington and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,436 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I can't wait to not see what they come up with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Smeltington said: I can't wait to not see what they come up with! Well, on the one hand, that Wonka origin story movie is obviously eye-rolling, cash-grabbing, Disney-chasing nonsense. But on the other hand, it's being directed by Paul King, who gifted us Paddington and Paddington 2.... so I might actually watch it when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,436 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Well if it's good, it's good. I'm looking this up... Timothee Chalamet is playing Wonka??? LOL! Well it just may turn out to be watchable. But that's apparently Warners and not Netflix? Meanwhile Netflix is throwing Taika Waititi at their own Wonka, which I can do without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Nice for kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blondheim 1,157 Posted September 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2021 I am way more excited for Taika's take on Wonka. Wonka is supposed to be charming, and charming to children too --something that too many adaptations forget. Taika played a lovable Hitler and if that isn't an audition for Wonka, I don't know what else is. Edmilson, Yavar Moradi, Jurassic Shark and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I’ve seen a ton of Dahl adaptations and liked very few (1970s Wonka and 1990s Matilda). I’m excited to see some other cracks at his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules 59 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Always loved Danny the Champion of the World, would kill for a simple and charming Netflix adaptation of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Netflix buys dead people? Micro, macro and necroeconomy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 They bought his soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 14 hours ago, mstrox said: I’ve seen a ton of Dahl adaptations and liked very few (1970s Wonka and 1990s Matilda). I’m excited to see some other cracks at his work. No love for Fantastic Mr. Fox or James And The Giant Peach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Very much none for James, excepting the craftsmanship. Maybe some love for Fox, but again mostly an appreciation of the craftsmanship. Also no love for either Witches or the Burton Charlie (outside of Elfman’s score). I think BFG is somewhere on the docket with our kid in the break between Halloween and Christmas, and I hope to like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, mstrox said: Also no love for either Witches The original is fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,280 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, mstrox said: Very much none for James, excepting the craftsmanship. Maybe some love for Fox, but again mostly an appreciation of the craftsmanship. Also no love for either Witches or the Burton Charlie (outside of Elfman’s score). I think BFG is somewhere on the docket with our kid in the break between Halloween and Christmas, and I hope to like it! Not sure how I feel about any of this but I did like James and the Giant Peach. Charming Randy Newman score too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 The BFG - The Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 22/09/2021 at 9:44 AM, Smeltington said: Well if it's good, it's good. I'm looking this up... Timothee Chalamet is playing Wonka??? LOL! Well it just may turn out to be watchable. But that's apparently Warners and not Netflix? Meanwhile Netflix is throwing Taika Waititi at their own Wonka, which I can do without. From the writer/director of the Paddington films, and now has Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, and Rowan Atkinson in the cast???? Yooo. Shit and it also has Rich Fulcher (who I know best from the classic comedy series Snuff Box that he and Matthew Berry did 15 years ago) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rowan-atkinson-sally-hawkins-and-olivia-colman-join-timothee-chalamet-wonka-movie-1235022596/ Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,306 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 And Neil Hannon is writing the songs Disco Stu and mstrox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,280 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Just now, Jay said: And Neil Hannon is writing the songs Oh wow! The Divine Comedy are my favourite band. Can’t wait. About time Neil got some more high profile exposure too. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Just now, Jay said: And Neil Hannon is writing the songs Literally one of my favorite singer/songwriters ever. Between Divine Comedy and Duckworth Lewis Method every album he's ever put out is awesome. It's like they're making this movie specifically for me, even though in concept it's a movie I think should not exist. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,280 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Literally one of my favorite singer/songwriters ever. Between Divine Comedy and Duckworth Lewis Method every album he's ever put out is awesome. Couldn't agree more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,436 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Well shit, maybe we'll get the Wonka movie we didn't even know we wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,393 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 The Depp/Burton Wonka movie from 2005 is pretty terrible, even as a dumb child I knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I wouldn't call it terrible, it had Tim Burton's quirkiness and elements of gothic horror that made it work in a superficial way. I thought the Bucket family house and the opening sequences were alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I’ll always have a soft spot for the Burton one, it’s not terrible. Misguided at times maybe. I still really like the score, including the songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 The score and songs were great! I don’t think I’ll ever really come around to it, but the movie did improve somewhat in my estimation with a second viewing with my kid a decade and a half later. Burton’s Alice also improved in my estimation, although much more slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,475 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I actually LOVE the Burton film. It's amazing to me that he managed to capture a lot of the feelings and moods I experienced when I read the book as a kid. The score is amazing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,393 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Yeah, Elfman's score and songs is actually great. One of the few things I like about that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 30/09/2021 at 5:19 PM, Smeltington said: Well shit, maybe we'll get the Wonka movie we didn't even know we wanted. And here's the first look at Chalamet in character. Very Dickensian. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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