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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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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

Total Film

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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’

Evening Standard

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.

Cinemablend

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

The Guardian - UK

The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

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

Total Film

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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

The Guardian - UK

The people who rejected or gave back their honours including Prince Philip, two Beatles, and Michael Sheen

Some big-name celebrities have turned down knighthoods and peerages for a number of reasons

Wales Online

Are you Daddy Pig or Logan Roy? A Father’s Day celebration of dads

The annual event has been hijacked by online stores flogging merchandise, but there’s more to being a dad than beer and hot sauce

The Guardian - UK

Wes Anderson says Netflix was ‘perfect’ place to release forthcoming short as it’s ‘not a real movie’

‘Do you think Wes knows how much he just insulted Netflix?’ one person asked

The Independent UK

Nancy Mitford novel The Pursuit of Love to be reissued with new ‘trigger warning’

New edition of the 1945 book warns readers of ‘prejudices’ depicted within its pages

The Independent UK

Edinburgh getting free open air cinema showing classic films and new releases

Following immense popularity the first time around, Square Cinema's free open air cinema is set to return to St Andrew Square in Edinburgh at the end of this month.

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New Quentin Blake art trail is set to draw half-term visitors to WWT Washington

The wildlife centre has launched a trail featuring some never-before-seen drawings by the famous Roald Dahl artist

The Guardian - UK

The Enormous Crocodile among latest Roald Dahl books to be adapted for stage

Roald Dahl Story Company announces new shows, including a large-scale circus and a reading of The Magic Finger

The Independent UK

The 100 greatest children’s books of all time, according to the BBC

Philip Pullman, CS Lewis and Roald Dahl feature in top 10

The Independent UK

BBC names 100 greatest children’s books of all time

Philip Pullman, CS Lewis and Roald Dahl feature in top 10

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Cinemablend

Wonka: An Updated Cast List For Timothée Chalamet's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Prequel

Timothée Chalamet will star in Wonka as the titular candy maker, leading an impressive cast for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel.

ABC News

Mem Fox's book Guess What? reportedly included in controversial 'book ban' in Florida

Renowned children's author Mem Fox says a message from her literary agent that one of her books had been banned in the US state of Florida made her "howl with laughter".

Evening Standard

Tom Hanks slams the ‘woke’ trend of rewritting classic books for ‘modern sensitivities’

The Forrest Gump ctor said he will boycott the edited copies

Daily Mirror

Ricky Gervais has 'worst 8 hours of his life' as he's struck by severe illness

Ricky Gervais has taken to Twitter to complain of the worst illness of his life, and in his classic style explicit style, sharing the details of his ordeal with his millions of followers

The Independent UK

‘Unproblematic people don’t age’ reflects the stupidest kind of beauty standard

No, Anne Hathaway doesn’t look eternally ageless because she’s ‘morally pure’, writes Eloise Hendy, and saying so is just more proof that – when it comes to ageing in the public eye – we still don’t know what we’re talking about

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: how to watch (or avoid) the coronation of King Charles III

Kirsty Young is on hosting duties for a full day of coverage. Plus: more than one mystery is solved in Magpie Murders. Here’s what to watch this evening

Wales Online

Review: I took my five-year-old to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Cardiff and she was blown away by a world of pure imagination

Roald Dahl's fantastical story has come home to it's authors birthplace

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