Wes Anderson’s 37-minute “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” will premiere on Netflix September 27. No word yet on whether the other three Roald Dahl shorts Anderson shot will also be there. Check out the Venice poster below.
Anderson told The Daily Beast that the upcoming anthology was “not quite a movie” and that “they’re separate from each other; they’re not one thing”.
It’s kind of an unusual form for the storytelling that we do, because my way into it was that I realized that what I liked were his words. The way the stories are told in Roald Dahl’s words. Just turning it into a movie, you can lose his words, by and large. We decided not to lose his words. When you see it, you’ll see what I mean. We use the words.”
The film is based off of four short stories penned by author Roald Dahl and was shot on a stage in 16mm. There’s also stop motion animation. It does sound very different to previous Andersons.
Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.