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4. The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar
As much as Wes Anderson's films lend themselves to the big screen, he's the latest in a long line of auteurs to be lured over to streaming with his recently announced adaptation of Roald Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
The stories, ranging from autobiographical tales of Dahl's own life to entirely fictional ones, seem like a perfect fit for Anderson's sensibilities, who of course previously adapted Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox to the big screen in stop-motion animated form in 2009.
This new film will reportedly be a live-action adaptation with Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade and Ralph Fiennes signed to star.
It's reasonable to expect a bevy of more familiar Anderson regulars to also be announced within the coming weeks and months.
Shooting hasn't started yet and Anderson still has one previous film, Asteroid City, awaiting release this year, so it may not arrive until sometime in 2023.
Still, it's tremendously exciting for a director of Anderson's caliber to throw his hat in with Netflix.