Taika Waititi is able to bless your Netflix queue with some new Willy Wonka content material and much more of these sneaky Oompa Loompas! The visionary filmmaker, who recently nabbed his first Oscar for his Jojo Rabbit screenplay, will probably be writing, directing, and govt producing two unique animated collection primarily based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Netflix introduced on Thursday that Waititi’s first new streaming collection will probably be primarily based on the e-book’s world and the characters in Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit, whereas the second will probably be a “wholly unique tackle the Oompa Loompas that builds out their world.” These two collection are a part of an prolonged plan from Netflix to deliver new display life to Dahl’s characters; the streaming platform can also be seeking to adapt Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix’s VP of unique animation Melissa Cobb mentioned in an announcement, “Within the phrases of Willy Wonka himself — we’re ‘Delighted! Charmed! Overjoyed!’ with Taika’s appointment on this undertaking. There’s something undeniably Wonka-esque about Taika’s inventive aptitude and inimitable humorousness and we can not consider anybody extra completely suited to main the inventive cost on these first of their sort, function high quality Netflix reveals.”
Taika Waititi will write, direct, & EP two animated collection primarily based on the works of Roald Dahl.
The primary is predicated on the world and characters of Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit.
The second is an entirely unique tackle the Oompa-Loompas, that builds out their world pic.twitter.com/TqIzxTlRSf
— Netflix US (@netflix) March 5, 2020
These two collection are just the start – Matilda, The BFG, The Twits, and lots of different beloved Dahl tales are set to observe quickly!
— Netflix UK & Eire (@NetflixUK) March 5, 2020
Along with Jojo Rabbit, Waititi is understood for his work on movies What We Do in the Shadows (and its TV adaptation), Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Thor: Ragnarok. He is additionally slated to put in writing and direct the subsequent Thor sequel, Thor: Love and Thunder.
This information follows a deal Netflix made with Dahl’s estate in 2018. Along with the titles talked about above, Netflix additionally nabbed the rights to Charlie and the Nice Glass Elevator, George’s Marvellous Medication, Boy–Tales of Childhood, Going Solo, The Huge Crocodile, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, Henry Sugar, Billy and the Minpins, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot, Soiled Beasts, and Rhyme Stew.
Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit was beforehand tailored for the silver display in 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder, and 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp.
Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit