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Wes Anderson’s Next Film Is ‘The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar’ With Benedict Cumberbatch For Netflix

January 6, 2022 8:32 pm

Cinematographer Robert Yeoman wasn’t kidding when he said Wes Anderson was heading to England to shoot yet another film—his second production shot within the span of six months— because tonight, we have detail...

‘The Witches’ Remake By Robert Zemeckis Is Heading to HBO Max Just In Time For Halloween

Rafael Motamayor

October 2, 2020 9:44 am

News

After Universal became the first studio to drop one of their 2020 releases on VOD first with "Trolls World Tour," and after Disney did the same with "Mulan" and "Artemis Fowl" it is now Warner Bros.'s turn to ...

Netflix To Develop A Slate Of Animated Series Based On Roald Dahl Classics ‘Wonka,’ ‘Matilda,’ & More

Charles Barfield

November 27, 2018 11:57 am

News, Television

Willy Wonka is coming to Netflix. No, not the Gene Wilder film of the same name. Instead, the streaming service has a new agreement with the Roald Dahl Story Company that will allow Netflix to create a new slat...

DreamWorks Hire ‘E.T.’ Scribe Melissa Mathison To Adapt Roald Dahl’s ‘The B.F.G.’

Oliver Lyttelton

September 28, 2011 2:50 am

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DreamWorks Hire 'E.T.' Scribe Melissa Mathison To Adapt Roald Dahl's 'The B.F.G.'

R.I.P. Patricia Neal (1926-2010)

Oliver Lyttelton

August 9, 2010 2:46 pm

News

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Sad news broke this morning with the report of the passing away of Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal, who died of lung cancer at home in Martha's Vineyard in the early hours of this morning.Neal was b...

Will Wes Anderson & McDonald’s Make Kids Fat With ‘Fox’ Happy Meals?

Kevin Jagernauth

October 27, 2009 12:58 pm

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Ever since "Bottle Rocket," Wes Anderson has earned his fair share of detractors who decry everything from the director's trademark quirks and twee set designs, to his constant return to familiar themes of riva...

Trailer Alert: ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

M. P.

July 30, 2009 6:52 pm

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It's about damn time! The trailer for Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book "Fantastic Mr. Fox" has finally been released online.We're not exactly sure what to make of it. It looks ...

Could McDonald’s Help Shill Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

Rodrigo Perez

May 14, 2009 7:16 pm

News

First order of business, it's been confirmed that Fox Searchlight, not 20th Century Fox will be handling Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox."Some thought we were b...

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