![]() Though there’s no telling which titles Netflix will ultimately choose to adapt from among the collection, the deal secures them the rights to everything from Dahl’s autobiographical tales Boy – Tales of Childhood and Going Solo to little-known stories such as The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, The Magic Finger, and Esio Trot. It also presents that classic moral dilemma: Would you feed pheasants poison raisins to avenge your father’s broken ankle? And who wouldn’t want to see animations of drunk, teetering pheasants wrecking a Rolls-Royce? Like many of Dahl’s greatest books, this one features a child’s realization that the adults in his world may not be able to protect him and may themselves need help. This novel follows 8-year-old Danny and his single dad, who enact revenge on a greedy businessman by poaching his pheasants. ![]() ![]() While the book was adapted into a made-for-TV movie starring Jeremy Irons in 1989, it never saw the success of Matilda or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, making it ripe for an update. ![]() Though it isn’t mentioned specifically in Netflix’s press release, there’s another promising candidate for Netflix adaptation in Danny, the Champion of the World, which epitomizes the absurd schemes and wrought but tender family dynamics that Dahl crafted so well. ![]()
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