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The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson Returns To Roald Dahl’s Universe With A Spellbinding Adaptation

In 1977 Roald Dahl released The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar in a collection of seven short stories. A few decades later, the tale written by the illustrious children’s novelist is adapted for the silver screen by the master of escapist pastel-hued motion pictures: Wes Anderson. The Texan filmmaker has strongly advocated for the English-author’s…

Exclusive Video Interview: Director Marc Turtletaub on ‘Jules’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. In the new film Jules, Milton (Ben Kingsley) finds his routine life forever changed when an alien crashes his ship in his backyard. While some might report this UFO sighting to the authorities, Milton deals with it with the way he tends to tackle…

Dalíland, Filmmaker Mary Harron Merges Artistic Creation With Subconscious Intuition

Director Mary Harron depicts the poetic decline of the master of Surrealism through the cinematic medium. Her film, Dalíland, had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. We meet Salvador Dalí, played by Sir Ben Kingsley, at the height his career as he entertains himself with extravagant parties whilst keeping up with…

Dalíland – Official Trailer | Starring Sir Ben Kingsley | Directed by Mary Harron | Opens June 9

Director Mary Harron has been tackling a very engaging subject nearly thirty-years of her career. Now, Magnolia Pictures has dropped a new trailer for Mary’s latest outing, “Daliland” which Ezra Miller and Ben Kingsley both portray famed artist Salvador Dalí.  Harron’s new film examines Surrealist legend Salvador Dalí, in Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the film…

Magnolia Pictures to Distribute Mary Harron’s Salvador Dali Film, ‘Dalíland’

Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Mary Harron’s “Daliland” and is planning a theatrical release in 2023. The biopic about the legendary Surrealist, Salvador Dali, was the closing-night film in the recent Toronto Film Festival. It stars Ben Kingsley as the mature Dali and Ezra Miller as his younger incarnation. Barbara Sukowa plays…

Wes Anderson Returning to Roald Dahl for Netflix with Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, and Ben Kingsley

Fresh off his latest cinematic success, the long-delayed The French Dispatch, filmmaker Wes Anderson has set his sights on a new project. According to The Guardian, Anderson will adapt The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, the 1977 short story by author Roald Dahl, into a film for Netflix, which acquired Dahl’s catalog several months ago….