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.
However, despite its big billing, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical seems determined not to lose what made the stage production so special.
Director Matthew Warchus and screenwriter Dennis Kelly helped created the musical in the first place, and were also behind the wheel of its adaptation. “The hardest thing was, when you’re adapting, you’re just adapting someone else’s work,” Kelly explains. “You’re looking at it, and if there’s bits you like and bits you didn’t, you can go, ‘They’re an idiot.
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