Cerio, Gregory (April 29, 1996). "Lessons in Courage". People. Vol.45, no.17. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016 . Retrieved September 20, 2019. Before school, Matilda tells Mrs. Phelps a story about an escapologist who falls in love with and marries an acrobat. Arriving at school, Matilda and her fellow new student Lavender are warned about the terrible way the students are treated there. In Honey's classroom, Matilda solves a complex mathematical equation on the board and confesses that she loves reading most. An impressed Honey asks Trunchbull to move Matilda to a more advanced class, but Trunchbull refuses to let Matilda be an exception to the rules. At home, when Matilda criticizes her father, he rips her book apart and wrongly sends her to bed; the next day, she retaliates by gluing his hat to his head. A sing-along edition opened across United Kingdom cinemas for a limited time starting on New Year's Day 2023; a preview screening was shown on 17 December 2022, in aid of MediCinema. [22] [23] This version began in the United States on 6 January 2023. Spirited Away": Interview with David Newman". ColonneSonore.net. May 6, 2009 . Retrieved July 4, 2023.

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Emma Thompson gives Matilda The Musical a deranged villain to remember". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022 . Retrieved 22 November 2022. Suzie Wilson was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 1995 during filming, and later died on April 27, 1996, four months before the film's release. [11] The film was dedicated to her memory. DeVito revealed that, prior to her death, he had shown her the final edit of the movie so that she was able to see Mara's performance. [12] Music [ edit ]Russo, Stacy Shotsberger (2008). The Library as Place in California. McFarland & Company. p.108. ISBN 9780786431946. With Miss Honey as the new headmistress, the students rename Crunchem Hall The Big Friendly School and renovate the school with a new playground and a giraffe. When Matilda finishes her story for Mrs. Phelps, she is overjoyed that Matilda's true story has a happy ending, in which Matilda and Miss Honey live happily together. On 27 November 2018, Netflix was revealed to be adapting Matilda as an animated series, which would be part of an "animated event series" along with other Roald Dahl books such as The BFG, The Twits, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. [7] In November 2019, DeVito said that he "always wanted to" develop a sequel to Matilda, [8] adding that a potential sequel could star Matilda's own child, due to Wilson having aged in the time since. [8] On 28 January 2020, it was reported that Working Title Films would produce, while Netflix will distribute via streaming, and Sony Pictures Releasing, who previously distributed the 1996 film through its TriStar Pictures banner, would handle theatrical and home video exclusively in the UK through the same banner. [9] [10] It was also confirmed that Warchus and Kelly were still involved with the project. [10] Ellen Kane, who worked with choreographer Peter Darling on the stage production, would choreograph. Bergeson, Samantha (15 June 2022). " 'Matilda' Trailer: Emma Thompson Is Unrecognizable as Monstrous Miss Trunchbull in Roald Dahl Musical". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022 . Retrieved 16 June 2022.

Matilda (2022)". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022 . Retrieved 6 December 2022.Jimmy Karz as Bruce Bogtrotter; Matilda's gluttonous senior classmate who gets abused by Miss Trunchbull for eating her chocolate cake.