Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danny DeVito and Mara Wilson in Matilda (1996) The release of the critically acclaimed film Wonka, an origin story based on Roald ...

Roald Dahl’s books have captured the hearts of children — and adults — for generations. His imaginative stories have made way for many popular movies. You may not even know that a handful of your ...

When it comes to iconic children’s book authors, few have had such an impact on Hollywood and cinema at large as the late Roald Dahl. The British writer penned nearly 20 novels and over 60 short ...

When I was a kid, before graduating to books by authors like Stephen King and Clive Barker, I was an avid reader of Roald Dahl novels. Dahl’s books for children are full of the marvelous and macabre, ...

He brought us Oompa-Loompas and whizzpopping to snozzcumbers and Mrs Trunchbull. Roald Dahl’s fantastical stories cemented him as the inimitable king of nonsense, and whether we realise it or not, his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Matilda -- The Musical" will be performed Dec. 14-31, 2023, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington. Glimpsing Roald Dahl's ...

Now, The Fantastic Mr. Fox is unusual for a Roald Dahl story because its about animals, not children. As NPRs Elizabeth Blair reports, some of the best movie adaptations are made by filmmakers who ...

Renee O’Connor is perhaps best known as Gabrielle from the popular TV Show Xena Warrior Princess. Along with her roles in many movies, she is now stepping into the role of director for Encore ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, a new incarnation of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka is on the big screen. However, Wonka is not directly based on Dahl’s classic children’s novel, Charlie and the ...