Netflix realizes a series of sixteen children's books by Roald Dahl

The big friendly giant, the crazy chocolatier Willy Wonka and the terrible Miss Bulstronk – from next year they will all be on Netflix. The online video service will create series and animated films based on Roald Dahl's sixteen children's books, such as Netflix and Rights Manager Roald Dahl Story Company, announced Tuesday.

According to The Guardian with characters from Dahl's books, Netflix wants to build a "fictional universe": a network of interconnected films and series, comparable to Marvels superheroes or Disney characters. It also means that Netflix will present scenarios that develop Dahl's work. The agreement contains almost all of Dahl's children's books.

With the large purchase, for an unknown amount, Netflix is ​​preparing for the start of Disney films and series. Disney wants to create its own video platform and will probably get its productions from other platforms such as Netflix. Children's video is important for Netflix. Depending on the service, 60% of subscribers watch movies and children's shows. Netflix has 137 million subscribers worldwide, representing 82 million homes.

Black humor

With 250 million books sold, the Norwegian-British Roald Dahl (1916-1990) is one of the most successful writers in the world, appreciated by both the general public and critics alike. Children can not get tired of imaginary stories in which adults are enemies and children are champions. Never sweet or moralistic, regularly horrible, always full of black humor. Dahl's books have often been filmed by director Steven Spielberg, Wes Anderson and Tim Burton. Warnes Bros works on Willy Wonka a prequel of Sjakie and the Chocolate Factory .

The Financial Times announced Wednesday that Netflix would begin its European production next year with a third wanted to expand. This year, the video service offers 141 European series and films, compared with 221 next year. Costs: 1 billion euros. Thanks to this expansion, Netflix indicates that next year, to comply with the European directive, the offer must include at least a third of European productions. At the same time, Netflix is ​​increasing its pressure on European television channels.

The BBC and UK commercial channels talk about a shared video service designed to resist American video services. For the same reason, politicians in The Hague want NPO, RTL and Talpa to work more on the NLziet common video service.