Project Detail

Roald Dahl's Matilda

Synopsis

Let them eat cake! Chocolate cake! Dahl’s story of a neglected, prodigiously brilliant little girl is given a joyous treatment in Matthew Warchus, Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s musical. Matilda Wormwood (impressive newcomer Alisha Weir) was never wanted by her parents (played here with comedic slimeball hatefulness by Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough). She’s abandoned, with only library books for company – books far more sophisticated than most adults can absorb. When the authorities notice Matilda has never attended school, her parents hastily sign her up for Crunchem Hall, run by the fearsome Miss Trunchbull (Thompson).
(London Film Festival)

Details

Year: 2022
Type of film: Features
Running time: 117 min
Director: Matthew Warchus
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kell
Editor: Melanie Oliver
Screenwriter: Dennis Kelly
Music: Tim Minchin
Principal cast: Emma Thompson, Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough

Genre

Music Children’s Comedy Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

TriStar Pictures

Working Title Films
The Roald Dahl Story Company

Sales Company

Netflix (International)

Sony Pictures Releasing International (United Kingdom)

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