Matilda is one of the great childhood movies of an entire generation. What kid didn’t want to have his powers? Who wasn’t afraid of Miss Trunchbull ? Could we have finished the iconic cake? These are questions that resonate in the heads of all the young people (now not so much) who enjoyed the original 1996 film. The fact is that Matilda is based on the children’s book with the eponymous title that Danny DeVito (father in the fiction of the protagonist) ended up directing with some ease. A family story in which comedy and magic come together to defeat the institutional evil of an orphanage led by an evil director.
The new adaptation of the children’s film will not be one of those remakes that Hollywood likes so much. The story will be inspired by the musical that was performed in 2011 in London , where the play has since won multiple Tony and Olivier awards. The musical version of Matilda will be released in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2022 in theaters, while in Spain and the rest of the countries it will land on Netflix , also at that time. Instead of DeVito, it will be Matthew Warchus ( Pride ) who directs the long-awaited film.
As for the cast, the new version of the villainous Professor Trunchbull will be played by the versatile Emma Thompson , who seems to have taken a liking to putting herself in the shoes of antagonists with Cruella . Thompson won’t be the only familiar face of the production, as Stephen Graham ( The Mole , The Irishman ) and Andrea Riseborough ( Birdman , Oblivion ) will be Matilda’s carefree and detached parents, in the two roles previously held by Danny DeVito and Rhea. Perlman. On the other hand, the ally of the protagonist and sweet teacher Miss Honey will be played by the star of No Time to Die and Captain Marvel , Lashana Lynch. In the role of Matilda, an unknown Alisha Weir will replace the image that everyone knows of the character of Mara Wilson.
There is still a long way to go before we can see the most famous girl with powers in the cinema intoning her life and adventures with grace, while the most nostalgic hope that this version contains the occasional reference to the original film.
