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Actor with dwarfism hits out at Hugh Grant casting as an Oompa Loompa in Wonka

‘Notting Hill’ star will play famous chocolate factory worker in prequel of beloved Roald Dahl novel

The Independent UK

Hugh Grant’s casting as Oompa-Loompa in Wonka criticised by actor with dwarfism

‘Notting Hill’ star will play famous chocolate factory worker in prequel of beloved Roald Dahl novel

The Independent UK

Wes Anderson short film starring Richard Ayoade to premiere at Venice Film Festival

Netflix production The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar to get premiere at distinguished festival

Evening Standard

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Firm behind Roald Dahl’s modern rewrite transforms Britain’s most-loved comic

Inclusive Minds, who helped remove ‘offensive’ material from the Roald Dahl novels, have played a role in the transformation of The Beano.

The Independent UK

Quentin Blake: If sensitive people had their way The Twits would not exist

Sir Quentin illustrated children’s classics including Matilda, The BFG, and The Twits.

The Independent UK

Roald Dahl Museum says the author’s anti-Semitic views are “undeniable and indelible”

Beloved children's author Roald Dahl died in 1990, however, his books are widely read and enjoyed by adults and kids across the world even today. Dahl is known for his children's classics like 'The BFG', 'Matilda', 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' among other books, which have sold over 300 million…

The Times of India

Roald Dahl museum condemns author for ‘undeniable and indelible racism’

The Dahl family and The Roald Dahl Story Company apologised for author’s comments in December 2020

The Independent UK

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Roald Dahl condemned for ‘undeniable racism’ by his museum

Roald Dahl has been condemned by his museum for what the charity called the “undeniable racism” of the children’s author.

The National (Scotland)

Roald Dahl museum condemns author for ‘undeniable racism’

The Dahl family and The Roald Dahl Story Company apologised for his comments in December 2020.

The Independent UK

Roald Dahl museum acknowledges author’s antisemitism

Museum has condemned ‘all racism directed at any group or individual’ in statement about the writer

The Guardian - UK

Wonka Director Explains How The Heck He Got The Idea To Cast Hugh Grant As A Dancing Oompa Loompa

Wonka director Paul King's decision to cast Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa comes from some surprisingly traditional thinking.

Cinemablend

Wonka stars were submerged in real warm chocolate that ‘tasted as good as it looked’ on prequel set

Paul King said there was a ‘great deal’ of chocolate on set

The Independent UK

New Wonka trailer starring Timothée Chalamet released with Hugh Grant as Oompa Loompa

"Hugh Grant Oscar nomination for Wonka is imminent!"

Wales Online

Hugh Grant fans stunned as he transforms into miniature Oompa Loompa for Wonka Movie

Fans get first taste of the chocolate factory with a new hilarious shot of Hugh Grant as a bright orange Oompa Loompa in a sneak peek preview of the highly anticipated Wonka movie

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Inverse

'Wonka' Trailer Reverts the Source Material to Where it Belongs

Paul King's prequel take on Willy Wonka isn't really book-accurate — and that's a great thing.

The Independent UK

Timothée Chalamet reveals take on Roald Dahl’s eccentric chocolatier in first Wonka trailer

Star-studded film is set to tell ‘the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today’

The Independent UK

Wonka: ‘Hilarious’ first images show Hugh Grant as tiny orange Oompa-Loompa

Actor plays famous chocolate factory worker in prequel of beloved Roald Dahl novel

The Guardian - US

Wonka: first trailer for Timothée Chalamet’s chocolatey prequel

Oscar nominee stars as a young version of Roald Dahl’s sweet mogul with Hugh Grant playing an Oompa Loompa

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Total Film

Wonka director on Gene Wilder's legacy and finding the "emotional truth" in Roald Dahl's book

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Paul King breaks down the first trailer for his Willy Wonka origin story

Evening Standard

A first glimpse into the fabulous world of Wonka: ‘Chalamet brings mayhem but with emotional grounding’

‘With a Willy Wonka flm, you live or die by your Wonka’

Cinemablend

Wes Anderson's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Everything We Know About The Roald Dahl Netflix Adaptation

With The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson will adapt Roald Dahl's 1977 collection of short stories for a unique Netflix experience.

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical and the best adaptations of classic children’s books

The latest all-singing version of Matilda, now on Netflix, joins an impressive library of thoughtful film versions of seminal kids’ books, from Paddington to Kes

Total Film

The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From Skrulls to chefs, here's what to watch this weekend

The Guardian - UK

Home truths: literature’s enduring love affair with landlords

From Orwell’s ‘horribly observant’ Mrs Wisbeach to Andrea Levy’s benign Queenie – how writers portray landlords tells us much about about changing society through the ages

The Guardian - UK

Emily to Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Emma Mackey is excellent in a smart biopic of the Wuthering Heights author, and Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch will have you toe-tapping non-stop

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