Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar chose to shoot at Maidstone Studios throughout 2022. This new 39-minute adaption is the second Roald Dahl to be directed by Anderson and is shot entirely in Kent. The short film is faithfully adapted from an anthology of short stories contained in the 1977 collection […]
Following its acquisition of The Roald Dahl Story Company in September 2021, Netflix has announced it will release an animated adaptation of The Twits, written and directed by Phil Johnston, in 2025. The Twits marks the first screen adaptation based of the Roald Dahl book of the same name, which has been translated into 41 […]
The top 50 UK film and TV companies have seen their turnover rise by 15.4 per cent in the last year to £8.1 billion (€9.5bn) as streaming services’ demand for content drives growth in the industry, shows research by accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO LLP. The appetite for streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon […]
Netflix has announced the acquisition of the Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC). In a joint statement, Ted Sarandos Netflix Co-CEO, and Luke Kelly, MD at RDSC and Roald Dahl’s grandson, said: “This acquisition builds on the partnership we started three years ago to create a slate of animated TV series. For example, Academy Award winning […]
Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nick Mohammed, Nina Sosanya and Bill Bailey join Dawn French this Christmas Filming begins this week on new Sky original Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true story of when a six-year-old Roald Dahl meets his idol Beatrix Potter. […]