DreamWorks Making Live Action Version of The BFG

The BFG, the book about a giant who becomes friends with a orphan girl, has been picked up by DreamWorks to be turned into a live action film.  read more

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Release Date: November 25, 2009 Director: Wes Anderson
 Writer: Roald Dahl (novel), Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (screenplay)
 Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman, Brian Cox, Michael Gambon, Anjelica Huston 
Studio/Run Time: Twentieth Century Fox, 87 min. Wes Anderson’s whimsical animated film features his familiar themes and undeniable fingerprints, but has broader-than-usual appeal....  read more

Roald Dahl: war hero, author, sex spy

There are moments when you learn something about your heroes that forever changes the way you remember them. Be warned, dear reader, if you continue, you may never be able to look at James and the Giant Peach or The BFG without conjuring a horrible double entendre, and we won't even touch the cheap laughs promised by the titles of other books in his ouevre....  read more

Jarvis Cocker to compose for Wes Anderson's Fox

It's been 30 years since Jarvis Cocker formed Britpop should-have-been-a-sensation Pulp, seven since the band broke up, three since he appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as the lead singer of wizard band, The Weird Sisters, two since he entered his solo career phase with Jarvis. The man is unquenchable....  read more