Not a fan of Johnny Depp’sorGene Wilder ’s portrayals of Willy Wonka ? You ’re in circumstances : We can expect to see yet another ocular version ofRoald Dahl ’s 1964 Thomas Kyd ’s novelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory . AsDeadlinereports , Netflix has acquired the rights to iterate the Graeco-Roman children ’s story — and many other Dahl volume — in an animate series .
Netflix certainly has a lot of material to work out with , some of which has already appeared in earlier animated and live - action film . In an understanding with the Roald Dahl Story Company , the cyclosis entertainment company purchase the rights toCharlie and the Chocolate Factoryas well as its continuation , Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator , which has never been adapted for film . Other title in the agreement includeMatilda , The BFG , The Twits , George ’s Marvellous Medicine , Boy : Tales of Childhood , Going Solo , The Enormous Crocodile , The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me , Henry Sugar , Billy and the Minpins , The Magic Finger , Esio Trot , Dirty Beasts , andRhyme Stew .
miss from the inclination areThe Witches , James and the Giant Peach , andFantastic Mr. Fox , which grow their own motion-picture show in 1990 , 1996 , and 2009 , respectively . In a instruction , Netflix confirm that the company " intends to stay close to the quintessential smell and whole step of Dahl while also build out an inventive story universe that expands far beyond the page of the ledger themselves . "
Felicity Dahl read her late husband , who died in 1990 , would have been “ thrill ” by the Netflix agreement .
dhal was n’t always pleased with past retellings of his stories . Hereportedly hatedthe 1971Willy Wonkamovie , calling it “ cheesy ” and labelingGene Wilder ’s characterization of the titular character “ ostentatious ” and “ bouncy . ” Since the writer ’s expiry , the Roald Dahl Story Company has been tasked with overseeing the legacy of Dahl ’s stories in moving picture , television , and theater , and the executors have been especiallycarefulto avoid sequel and spin - offs .
[ h / tDeadline ]
