Category: General Dahl News

The BFG has had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and early reviews are now being published online. I’ve just added three to the movie info page:

• “The BFG review: Spielberg and Rylance’s delicate touch proves hugely charming” from The Guardian
• “The BFG: Cannes Review” from The Hollywood Reporter
• “Cannes 2016: Spielberg creates a landscape of astonishments in The BFG“ from The Telegraph

Interestingly, it appears that one of the reporters questioned Steven Spielberg about Dahl’s alleged anti-Semitism. Spielberg claimed that he’d never heard of this when he took on the project, and that he focused simply on the story.

Two Charlie-related links that I found today that amused me:

• “What Children’s Literature Teaches Us About Money: Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’” – a blog post on The Billfold that makes the case that the traditional interpretation of the story (selflessness is rewarded and greed is punished) is not necessarily accurate!
• “The Sequel To Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory That Charlie’s Mother Deserves” – a piece by the brilliant Mallory Ortberg that points out something that always bothered me about the Bucket grandparents…

A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory LEGO set has been proposed and needs your support to be made! Read more here.

Something big is coming. Click to see the first trailer for the upcoming BFG Film.

Check out A Trip to the Chocolate Factory: A Hotel Chocolat Masterclass blog post from Official Theatre!

The BBC published a list of the 11 Greatest Children’s Books of all time. Dozens of critics were polled for the list, and five different Dahl books were nominated (the most by any author!). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was the highest rated at #8.”

Limited edition prints are available from artist Jill Bennett of some of her illustrations from Danny the Champion of the World and Fantastic Mr. Fox

Take a look at this letter from Roald Dahl, encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated from measles. It’s been getting a lot of attention lately in connection with recent measles outbreaks around the US.

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