{"id":15410,"date":"2018-11-28T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/netflix-prep-animated-versions-roald-dahl-stories\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:39:11","slug":"netflix-to-prep-animated-versions-of-roald-dahl-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/netflix-to-prep-animated-versions-of-roald-dahl-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix to Prep Animated Versions of Roald Dahl Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has inked a deal with The Roald Dahl Story Company for an exclusive new slate of original animated event series and specials based on books from the author&#8217;s best-selling library.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement includes<em> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em>, <em>Matilda<\/em>, <em>The BFG<\/em>, <em>The Twits<\/em>, <em>Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator<\/em>, <em>George\u2019s Marvellous Medicine<\/em>, <em>Boy\u2014Tales of Childhood<\/em>, <em>Going Solo<\/em>, <em>The Enormous Crocodile<\/em>, <em>The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me<\/em>, <em>Henry Sugar<\/em>, <em>Billy and the Minpins<\/em>,<em> The Magic Finger<\/em>, <em>Esio Trot<\/em>, <em>Dirty Beasts<\/em> and <em>Rhyme Stew<\/em>. The first of these adaptations will kick off production next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission, which is purposefully lofty, is for as many children as possible around the world to experience the unique magic and positive message of Roald Dahl\u2019s stories,\u201d said Dahl\u2019s widow, Felicity. \u201cThis partnership with Netflix marks a significant move toward making that possible and is an incredibly exciting new chapter for The Roald Dahl Story Company. Roald would, I know, be thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmersing ourselves in the extraordinary worlds of Roald Dahl stories has been an honor and a massive amount of fun, and we are grateful for the trust The Roald Dahl Story Company and the Dahl family have placed in our team to deliver more moments of shared joy to families around the world,\u201d noted Melissa Cobb, the VP of kids&#8217; and family content at Netflix. \u201cWe have great creative ambition to reimagine the journeys of so many treasured Dahl characters in fresh, contemporary ways with the highest-quality animation and production values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNetflix is known for innovative and high-quality storytelling,\u201d added Gideon Simeloff, strategy director for The Roald Dahl Story Company. \u201cThere is no other place in the world that can deliver animated entertainment for the whole family at such quality and scale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has inked a deal with The Roald Dahl Story Company for an exclusive new slate of original animated event series and specials based on books from the author&#8217;s best-selling library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":15417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[138,4170],"class_list":["post-15410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-netflix","tag-the-roald-dahl-story-company","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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