‘Wonka’s The Golden Ticket’ Is Moronic
You already knew AI Gene Wilder was going to be problematic, but Netflix’s insipid new competition also feels like a million other shows that have come before.
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Back in 2021, Netflix acquired the rights to the entire Roald Dahl catalogue, building on an animation-specific arrangement the streamer struck with the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2018. The reportedly billion-dollar deal meant the author’s beloved books for children, which include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and Fantastic Mr. Fox—all of which had already been adapted prior to 2021, some of them more than once—would be fair game for future projects.
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