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Netflix revealed a trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, and Emma Thompson is seen taking on the role of the evil Miss ...

The upcoming Matilda rework isn’t the only Roald Dahl novel slated for another movie adaptation, either, as a Willy Wonka prequel film is also on its way next year. ROALD DAHL'S— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) MATILDATHE MUSICAL comes to Netflix this December. pic.twitter.com/Rw6jd2WRQc June 15, 2022 Today, Netflix dropped a new trailer for its upcoming film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, and there’s a new Miss Trunchbull in town.

In Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Emma Thompson plays a widow yearning to fulfill a desire that's somehow eluded her her entire life: an orgasm.

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Daryl McCormack co-stars as an escort hired by an older woman in Sophie Hyde's frank and funny film.

Daryl McCormack recalls how he and Emma Thompson prepared for the sex scenes in their new indie "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande."

She said, “Of course, love, it’s under the stairs.” And then amongst that were two Oscars, just sitting on the toilet. “I said to my therapist many months ago that I really want to grow in terms of my career and person and responsibility. And then it dawned on me — there’s no one else really in this film, apart from Leo and Nancy. There were two scenes I had to put on tape. Yes. She was in the front garden, and I was like, “Emma, I’m so sorry, but before we go, can I use your loo?” Because I really needed to use the bathroom. “And she said, ‘Oh?’ But then I said, ‘But it’s with Emma Thompson — you know, ‘Love Actually.’” “I remember at one point the three of us standing butt naked in the room, and Emma just went, ‘I feel we’re all being held by something bigger here.

New York (AP) -- The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality.

Based on the Roald Dahl novel of the same name, "Matilda" stars Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson, and Alisha Weir, out this December.

The story is based on Dahl’s 1988 novel of the same name. Per the official logline, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” is an inspirational musical tale of an extraordinary girl who discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. The film will debut this holiday season on Netflix. Sony Pictures UK and TriStar Pictures will exclusively release the film in cinemas in the UK and Ireland December 2.

Netflix released a trailer for 'Matilda the Musical,' its adaptation of the musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, starring Emma Thompson as Miss ...

Matilda The Musical, based off the Roald Dahl novel, has been an incredible success on Broadway and around the world. So much so, that it's being turned ...

Alisha Weir plays the title role and Lashana Lynch is Miss Honey in the upcoming Netflix movie Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, costarring Emma Thompson.

Dahl's Matilda was published in 1988. He added, "Netflix and The Roald Dahl Story Company share a deep love of storytelling and a growing, global fan base." Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results."

The Oscar winner is starring as Miss Trunchbull in the Netflix musical adaption of Roald Dahl's 1988 book.

“Matilda Wormwood, criminals like you need a real lesson,” Trunchbull huffs and puffs. “Matilda: The Musical” is set to drop Dec. 2 on Netflix and in theaters in the United Kingdom. Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough are playing Matilda’s inattentive parents who neglect her daily.

The new Netflix film is based on the 1988 novel by Roald Dahl, but it will have a few key differences to the beloved 1996 film. It will be a musical, and will ...

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Oscar-winner Emma Thompson plays a sexually frustrated widow in 'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,' streaming June 17 on Hulu.

At that juncture, "Good Luck” reveals itself to be not just an exchange of bodily fluids, but an exchange of ideas offering insights into the power of intimacy and human connection. And when it somewhat ploddingly gets there, I can guarantee you’ll be moved by what Nancy and Leo learn about themselves and the errancy of the sheltered lives they’ve led. She’s delightfully cynical in her delivery, yet subtle enough to allow sufficient room for us to sympathize with a woman who has most assuredly never “had it all.” And as Nancy spills, Leo evolves as every woman’s dream: a man who listens. To hear her tell it, it’s almost an act of God that she has two adult children: a son majoring in chemistry, whom she labels “boring”; and a marginally debauched daughter living in an artist colony in Barcelona. Worse, Nancy claims to have never experienced an orgasm. Of the two, Thompson’s Nancy is by far the most repressed. And if, in the end, escort and client do more talking than doing, so be it.

Daryl McCormack co-stars as a sex worker hired by a repressed 60-something woman who hopes to experience a late-in-life sexual awakening.

In Roald Dahl's original 1988 book and the 1996 film, Miss Trunchbull is the ferocious, tyrannical headteacher at the school attended by gifted young bookworm, ...

Matilda will be released across the UK and Ireland exclusively in cinemas on 2 December 2022. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice. Thompson has undergone an impressive transformation for the role.

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming Matilda, and fans can't get over just how different Emma Thompson looks as the devious Miss ...

In the newly-released trailer for 'Matilda the Musical' on Netflix, Emma Thompson is totally unrecognizable as Trunchbull.

Lashana Lynch plays the beloved teacher Miss Honey. The trailer itself is set to the musical’s best-known song, “Revolting Children,” as the audience waits in anticipation to see Miss Trunchbull herself. The musical was adapted from Roald Dahl's 1988 children's book, not unlike the absolutely brilliant 1996 movie adaptation starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, and Rhea Pearlman. Matilda is a girl born to two pretty terrible, negligent parents who have no idea how amazing their intelligent, magical daughter is.

Since the Matilda musical took stages by storm starting in 2010, it was only a matter of time before the tuneful adaptation of Roald Dahl's work became a ...

Filled with an overwhelming sense of justice, Matilda dares to take a stand for what is right and teach Trunchbull a lesson she won’t forget. On meeting her inspirational teacher, Miss Honey (Lynch), Matilda is encouraged and begins conjuring her own fantastical tales. And with Netflix signing a big deal with the Dahl estate, the streaming service is the home for that movie version.

Emma Thompson shines as a repressed widow who hires a male escort to give her an orgasm.

All this risk-taking and spilling of secrets requires space, and Hyde gives it to them by staying out of the way. The Peaky Blinders vet oozes a velvety and unironic sincerity when Leo is providing the full boyfriend experience. “Do you enjoy it?” “Do you feel demeaned?” “Have you been doing this long?” Leo has faced this line of interrogation before, when the unstoppable force of his charm meets the immovable object of a client’s anxiety. Nancy is a 55-year-old widow awaiting the arrival of a sex worker who’ll hopefully give her the first orgasm of her entire life. Emma Thompson is at her prickly, vulnerable, fiercely intelligent best as Nancy, a stand-in for every woman who’s suppressed her sexuality out of shame, feelings of inadequacy or a need to please others. The male escort assigned to this monumental task is the “aesthetically perfect” young Leo (Daryl McCormack) and, as he’ll learn over the course of their four meetings, giving Nancy a chance to premiere her O-face means breaking down her well-established defenses.

A two-hander dramedy about sex and aging is a terrific vehicle for the venerable star.

The politics of the movie are a little tricky, to be sure. The sex is her reward for that effort, not really the audience’s. We’re invited in, but only to see what kind of release and freedom may await us should we try to attend to our own unrealized passions. There is nudity and sex—of the sort that we’d maybe once have patronizingly called brave—but it is held, stylistically and smartly, for a crucial moment late in the film. Surely there are struggles in the work, and a sad enough backstory for Leo is eventually revealed. Nancy (not her real name) has hired Leo (not his, either) because her husband has died and she is trying to make up for lost time. But in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Hulu, June 17) the gag is more softly stated.

Irish actor Daryl McCormack has been building a career for a few years now, mostly gaining notoriety in Britain, having taken over the role of Isaiah Jesus ...

It was just a matter of upping my calorie intake just so that I could grow a bit bigger and work out. I think he is very confident in what he does because he has, in a sense, a calling to do what he does. I was actually in lockdown at the time so I had dumbbells in my room and lifting weights there and going for runs. I knew I had to get into a place with regards to my fitness that represented that moment. We only lived 15 minutes away from the set so we’d walk every morning to work and then walk back (at the end of the day). We just made it our mission to stay in that cocoon and that sense of closeness. I think it’s when Nancy tries to prod and become curious about where that wound is and sees an element (of him) trying to keep the mask up, that was extremely fun to play. They’re very subtly written in by our writer Katy Brand. I feel if we were to have jumped around out of chronological order, to access that emotional arc would have been very very challenging. McCormack: I felt that aspect of how much we show and how much we hide was something interesting in Leo because he’s in a professional environment. That was the first step of the whole process. That rehearsal period was super-necessary and fundamental to us growing that bond and growing that relationship. Angela Dawson: Tell me about working on this together with much of the action and dialogue taking place in this one hotel room set. Problem is, the middle-aged mother of two adult children can’t quite get over her own anxiety about engaging in such unbridled sexual pleasure, so it takes Leo some careful coaxing to get her to relax, which is easier said than done.

Matilda the Musical movie's first trailer has been released by Netflix and Sony, giving fans a glimpse of Emma Thompson's take on Miss Trunchbull.

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical will premiere in UK cinemas on 2nd December, and will be released on Netflix in the US. As well as giving fans a glimpse at the likes of Stephen Graham and Lashana Lynch in their roles, the trailer also teases the film’s epic musical numbers. A first look at the film version of Matilda the Musical has been released, giving fans a glimpse of Dame Emma Thompson’s take on the wicked Miss Trunchbull.