"You should be able to make a scene come alive in the reader's mind." Huzzah! Now that Wes Anderson is a certified Oscar winner, Netflix has released a brand new trailer for his four shorts streaming on Netflix. Anderson's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar won the Oscar yesterday for Best Live-Action Short. Adapted from the Roald Dahl story, the film originally premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival last fall. Netflix also commissioned Anderson to make three other shorts based on Roald Dahl stories - each one an intriguing little tale with just a few characters. The most famous one (and the Oscar winner), Henry Sugar, stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, and Saif Mohsen. The Swan stars Rupert Friend, Ralph Fiennes, and Asa Jennings. Poison stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben Kingsley. The Rat Catcher stars Ralph Fiennes,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Did you know that there are four brand new short films written and directed by Wes Anderson that are adapted from short stories by Roald Dahl and available for you to watch on Netflix right now? It would not surprise me in the slightest if you didn't. I know short films are not the biggest attention grabbers, but this is one of the best and most recognizable American auteurs taking on the work of one of Britain's most beloved authors of the 20th Century. Surely, you would want the word to get out there about this, especially given how successfully Anderson previously adapted Dahl's work with his stop-motion adaptation of "Fantastic Mr. Fox." Alas, Netflix made the plans for these shorts very unclear and definitely did not effectively communicate their release strategy, with one coming out every day for four days. The first short, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,...
- 10/2/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Plot: Wes Anderson directs an all-star collection of short films based on the work of Roald Dahl.
Review: What exactly is Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar? When the famed director was first linked with this Netflix adaptation, everyone assumed he would be making a feature, but that’s not what this is. It’s one of four short Roald Dahl shorts Anderson has dropped on Netflix, which, taken together, roughly add up to perhaps a 70-minute (or so) anthology film.
It’s a fun experiment for Anderson and, surprisingly, perhaps his most successful work since The Grand Budapest Hotel. The centrepiece of this loose quadrilogy of shorts is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar itself, which runs about forty minutes and teams the director with Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Ayode and Dev Patel for the first time (all of whom play dual roles).
Like a lot of Anderson’s films,...
Review: What exactly is Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar? When the famed director was first linked with this Netflix adaptation, everyone assumed he would be making a feature, but that’s not what this is. It’s one of four short Roald Dahl shorts Anderson has dropped on Netflix, which, taken together, roughly add up to perhaps a 70-minute (or so) anthology film.
It’s a fun experiment for Anderson and, surprisingly, perhaps his most successful work since The Grand Budapest Hotel. The centrepiece of this loose quadrilogy of shorts is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar itself, which runs about forty minutes and teams the director with Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Ayode and Dev Patel for the first time (all of whom play dual roles).
Like a lot of Anderson’s films,...
- 9/30/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Wes Anderson has dabbled in children’s storytelling with his films The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle of Dogs. His comedic style and quirky aesthetics naturally lend themselves to stop-motion animation. Anderson now enters the strange world of Roald Dahl with his new short film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. The movie stars Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, and Asa Jennings. The plot of the film reads, “A beloved Roald Dahl story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.”
Anderson recently arrived in Venice for the premiere of the film at the Venice Film Festival. According to Deadline, he was inquired about the controversy of Roald Dahl’s works being edited for the sensitivity of modern times. “I’m...
Anderson recently arrived in Venice for the premiere of the film at the Venice Film Festival. According to Deadline, he was inquired about the controversy of Roald Dahl’s works being edited for the sensitivity of modern times. “I’m...
- 9/1/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
This fall, quirky auteur Wes Anderson follows up this year’s Asteroid City with another project slated to stream on Netflix in the fall. The movie is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and surprisingly, it’s only a short film. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar clocks in at 39 minutes and is scheduled to premiere on the streaming service on September 27. Prior to its premiere on the content platform, Netflix is also proud to announce that the Wes Anderson short will also be making its debut at the Venice Film Festival.
The official logline for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar from Netflix reads,
“A beloved Roald Dahl story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.” In typical Wes Anderson fashion, the filmmaker has assembled an all-star cast for his project.
The official logline for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar from Netflix reads,
“A beloved Roald Dahl story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.” In typical Wes Anderson fashion, the filmmaker has assembled an all-star cast for his project.
- 8/24/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Netflix released a trailer at the beginning of the year that celebrated the great 2022 the company had with subscribers and advertised that the best was yet to come. It’s been a year of interesting releases as far as reception at the box office; however, the streaming platform that started the revolution in entertainment never has such publicity as the streamer doesn’t tend to release information besides the list of trending titles. While last year brought forth such successes as Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Netflix announced its slate for 2023 with notable talent behind it.
We’re now into the third quarter of the year, and Netflix has now unveiled the release dates for some of its big named films that are scheduled to premiere in the coming months. Among those is Wes Anderson’s newest outing. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming out on October...
We’re now into the third quarter of the year, and Netflix has now unveiled the release dates for some of its big named films that are scheduled to premiere in the coming months. Among those is Wes Anderson’s newest outing. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming out on October...
- 8/1/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
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