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“Jojo Rabbit” helmer Taika Waititi is set to direct two new animated TV shows for Netflix based on Roald Dahl’s timeless “Charlie & The Chocolate Factory”.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the kiwi wunderkind will write, direct and executive produce a couple of original offerings based on the literary classic.
According to the trade, the first series will be based on the world and characters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, while the second is described as a wholly original take on the Oompa-Loompas, the small song-loving humans who worked in Willy Wonka’s infamous factory.
According to Netflix, 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.”
