In 2012, the novel was ranked number 88 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. In 2003, The BFG was listed at number 56 in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the British public. A theatrical Disney live-action adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg was released in 2016.Īs of 2009, the novel has sold 37 million copies, with more than 1 million copies sold around the world every year.
It has also been adapted as a theatre performance.
Īn animated adaptation was released in 1989 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. The book is dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World. Production is set to begin in 2019.The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Netflix's deal with The Roald Dahl Story Company also includes The Twits, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, George's Marvellous Medicine, Boy - Tales of Childhood, Going Solo, The Enormous Crocodile, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, Henry Sugar, Billy and the Minpins, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot, Dirty Beasts and Rhyme Stew.
Earlier this month, the company announced that it had six new animated films and series in the works, including an adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Willoughbys and a series from Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken. This is the latest addition to Netflix's growing slate of family content. "This partnership with Netflix marks a significant move toward making that possible and is an incredibly exciting new chapter for The Roald Dahl Story Company. "Our mission, which is purposefully lofty, is for as many children as possible around the world to experience the unique magic and positive message of Roald Dahl's stories," Roald Dahl's wife, Felicity Dahl, said in a statement. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG are just a few of the titles from the author's beloved and award-winning library that will be reimagined for a new generation /ODO6cjqja1 Netflix will adapt the Roald Dahl universe of stories as a new slate of animated event series. Netflix's VP of kids and family content, Melissa Cobb, told Variety that the animation will likely be in the style of Dahl and that the stories will "potentially overlap." "There will be threads that connect all of them," she said.
A number of the author's beloved stories, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and The BFG, are part of Netflix's upcoming slate, and they'll be produced as "original animated event series" and specials. Roald Dahl's stories are headed to Netflix, as the company just announced a major deal with The Roald Dahl Story Company.
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