Its debut at the London Film Festival’s opening night gala last week was a success. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical now has an official trailer – check it out above.
Matthew Warchus is directing the new version of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical performers Stephen Graham and Emma Thompson.. Dennis Kelly adapted the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production for the big screen, with original music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
The story centers around Matilda Wormwood (Weir), a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents (Graham and Riseborough) in the world. Matilda is a lover of books and loves to escape from the world while her parents are content with trashy TV and dodgy money making schemes.
Matilda meets Miss Honey (Lynch), her inspiring teacher and begins to create her own fantasies. Excited to attend Crunchem Hall, she’s surprised to find the school is an ominous and oppressive place led by the towering and villainous Miss Trunchbull (Thompson). Filled with an overwhelming sense of justice, Matilda dares to take a stand for what is right and teach Trunchbull a lesson she won’t forget.
Stephanie Bunbury, in her Deadline review, called the movie “an absolute blast”He wrote “It is clear that Warchus and the team have not merely adapted the theater musical but rethought it, top to bottom”With actors who are “turned up to a glorious eleven.”
TriStar Pictures and Sony will release the film in cinemas throughout the UK and Ireland on November 25, Netflix will release the film in the U.S. on December 25, and elsewhere.
Producers: Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for Working Title, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, The Roald Dahl Story Company