‘The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar’ Trailer: Wes Anderson Is Back With New Roald Dahl Adaptation
etcanada.comWelcome back to the whimsical world of Roald Dahl. On Thursday, Netflix dubuted the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new short film “The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar”, based on the short story by the beloved children’s author. READ MORE: Wes Anderson Is Already Working On His Next Film Starring Michael Cera: Report In the tale, featured in a 1977 collection of Dahl short stories, “a rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eye, and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.” Benedict Cumberbatch plays the rich man, Henry Sugar, while Ben Kingsley plays the guru.
Dev Patel and Richard Ayoade. The 39-minute film is Anderson’s second this year, after his acclaimed, star-filled feature “Asteroid City”.
It’s also the director’s second Dahl adaptation, after his 2009 stop-motion animated film “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. “Henry Sugar” is also the first of four planned shorts adapted from Dahl’s stories, including “The Swan”, “The Ratcatcher” and “Poison”, also starring many of the same company of actors.
Ralph Fiennes will appear in all four shorts, playing Dahl himself. READ MORE: A Wes Anderson-Directed ‘Star Wars’ Trailer Created By AI Is Going Viral And The Internet Is Divided Earlier this year, Anderson spoke with IndieWire about how he came to write and direct the Dahl short story adaptations for Netflix. “In my case it’s a little bit of a weird thing.
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