the bfg
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Report: Netflix Is Eyeing the Complete Works of Roald Dahl
Netflix, which already has an animation deal in place with the Roald Dahl Story Co., is now hoping to level up by taking control of Dahl’s complete works. As Bloomberg reports, citing sources who wished to remain unidentified, “a deal could be announced in days” that gives Netflix ownership of the author’s full catalogue.
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Steven Spielberg’s The BFG: The Gizmodo Review
The BFG is Steven Spielberg’s first Disney movie and it’s based on a famous book by Roald Dahl, one of the world’s most notable authors. Those things all add up to some pretty daunting expectations. The film, out this week, meets those expectations, but doesn’t surpass them, leaving a suitably entertaining and magical film aimed…
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Robin Williams Was Supposed To Be The BFG
The attempt to adapt Roald Dahl’s The BFG goes all the way back to the early ’90s. And back then, the idea was for Robin Williams to play the titular Big Friendly Giant.