Netflix owns the screen rights to Roald Dahl’s entire catalog

Looks like Netflix enjoyed Willy Wonka’s chocolate grew so much that he decided to buy the whole chocolate factory. The streaming service turned production giant has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company, giving them screen rights to works such as Charlie and the chocolate factory, Mathilde, The BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and the giant peach, and many other classics.

Full acquisition follows three years of partnership between the two companies, under which the Roald Dahl Story Company gave Netflix access to 16 titles for animation adaptations. Current projects include Charlie and the chocolate factory series by Taika Waititi and Phil Johnston (Ralph’s Wreck, Zootopia), as well as an adaptation of Mathilde the musical from Sony.

Many of Dahl’s important works have received a page-to-screen adaptation, including The Gremlins, Charlie and the chocolate factory, The BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and the giant peach, and more recently The witches. However, British author writing nearly 50 pounds, screenplays, plays and anthologies during his lifetime, which Netflix now owns.

At this time, Netflix is ​​not stopping other studios’ plans for Dahl adaptations. Netflix has promised to work alongside “existing rights holders”, meaning Warner Bros. ‘ big screen adaptation of Chocolate factory is sure to move on, for now. The story of musical origin, titled Wonka, is crossed out by Paddington director Paul King, and the stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy.

“There is a moment in James and the giant peach when the Ladybug says, “We are now going to visit the most wonderful places and see the most wonderful things!” The Centipede responds: “we don’t know what we’re going to see! “, Wrote Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in a blog post. “Netflix and The Roald Dahl Story Company share a deep love for storytelling and a growing global fan base. Together we have an extraordinary opportunity to write several new chapters of these beloved stories, delighting children and adults around the world for generations to come. “