Netflix has announced their planned animated film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book “The Twits” will be coming to the streaming service in 2025.
Phil Johnston (“Ralph Breaks the Internet”) directs alongside Katie Shanahan and Todd Demong. Johnson is also penning the script with Meg Favreau and producing alongside Maggie Malone.
Jellyfish Pictures is providing the animation for the film which follows the nasty Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the couple who operate the dangerous amusement park Twitlandia.
As the Twits rise to power, two brave orphans and a family of magical animals are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city. Johnson says in a statement:
“The Twits was my favorite book when I was a kid. I love the Twits and their terrible tricks. I love that they lack self-awareness and personal hygiene and any inkling of human decency. And I love this movie because it reminds us that twits like the Twits, whose default emotions are anger and vengeance, can’t be allowed to win in our world.”
Several other adaptations of Dahl’s stories are on the way including Wes Anderson’s live-action short “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” this Fall, along with an animated retelling of
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.
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