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Taika Waititi has found his very own Golden ticket and he didn’t need to open any chocolate bars for this!
The Academy Award-winning director is set to create not one but TWO new animated series!
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It was recently reported that the Jojo Rabbit director will be taking on a pair of animated series - one of which is based on the wonderful world of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and another based on the Oompa-Loompas.
Based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel, Taika will be adapting the screenplay, writing, directing and executively producing the two new series.
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“The shows will retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time,” a statement noted.
We can’t wait to see what the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside Willy Wonka's chocolate factory would look like coming from Taika’s mind.
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Commercial and entertainment director for the Roald Dahl Story Company, Gideon Simeloff, said, “In the words of Willy Wonka himself – we are ‘Delighted! Charmed! Overjoyed!’ with Taika’s appointment on this project. There is something undeniably Wonka-esque about Taika’s creative flair and inimitable sense of humor and we cannot think of anyone more perfectly suited to leading the creative charge on these first of their kind, feature quality shows.”
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We’re just gonna be here waiting anxiously to begin our search for a golden ticket to enter the world of pure imagination according to Taika!
Are you excited for new animated series based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Let us know what you’re expecting!
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