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Taika Waititi to Make Roald Dahl Sequence for Netflix
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Netflix introduced in the present day that Taika Waititi will write, direct, and govt produce two animated sequence primarily based on Roald Dahl’s books about Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. The primary sequence will likely be primarily based on the world of Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility, whereas the second will likely be an authentic tackle the Oompa-Loompas that work within the chocolate manufacturing facility. Extra at Deadline.
Taika Waititi will write, direct, & EP two animated sequence primarily based on the works of Roald Dahl.
The primary relies on the world and characters of Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility.
The second is a completely authentic tackle the Oompa-Loompas, that builds out their world pic.twitter.com/TqIzxTlRSf
— Netflix US (@netflix) March 5, 2020
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Waititi, who’s Maōri, is greatest often known as the director of Thor: Ragnarok; he’s additionally the primary Indigenous screenwriter to win an Academy Award, for Jojo Rabbit. Buffy St. Marie (Cree) was the very first Indigenous individual to win an Oscar, for Finest Unique Track in 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman. Since then, solely two different Indigenous individuals have received Oscars till Waititi: F. Murray Abraham (Assyrian) received Finest Actor in 1984 for Amadeus and Wes Studi (Cherokee) acquired an Honorary Award in 2019 for his physique of labor.
Roald Dahl has been rightfully criticized for his misogyny and anti-Semitism. His racist depiction of the Oompa-Loompas as helpless, animalistic individuals who wanted rescuing by a white savior and solely dwell to make chocolate is deeply problematic. Placing their story within the fingers of an Indigenous director is a wonderful step towards correcting the consequences of racist stereotypes on youngsters (and adults).