Ralph Fiennes Attached To Play Miss Trunchbull In Netflix & Working Title’s ‘Matilda’
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deadline.comBy Andreas Wiseman International Editor Ralph Fiennes is attached to star as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix and Working Title’s movie Matilda, we understand.
The film is based on the popular musical stage play version of Roald Dahl’s classic story in which a young bookworm prodigy battles with her parents and nemesis headmistress Trunchbull.
Sony will release the feature theatrically in the UK. Matilda The Musical – which has also seen the character of Trunchbull played by a man – has been running in London since 2011 and successfully played on Broadway between 2013-2017.
The show’s original director Matthew Warchus (Pride) is aboard for the adaptation. Dennis Kelly, who won a Tony for adapting the novel, is writing the screenplay.
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