Highly anticipated by Wes Anderson fans, the trailer for his film “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” was unveiled by the platform and it promises a crazy story with Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) in great shape.
Do you know The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar? Wes Anderson will tell you about it. After Asteroid City, the American director is already offering you his new film, based on Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story.
Filmed in 16mm, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar follows the life of a rich man who has a great penchant for gambling. He will discover the existence of a strange patient from India capable of seeing despite his sewn eyes, who uses his abilities for a very lucrative circus act.
After discovering the doctors’ method of taking away this man’s sight, Henry Sugar decides to do the same thing in order to obtain abilities similar to the one who is considered a guru and to set up a scheme that will earn him a huge sum of money. money by scouring the casinos.
The Roald Dahl stories by Wes Anderson
For this new adaptation of Roald Dahl – after Fantastic Mr Fox – Wes Anderson had to team up with Netflix! Indeed, this new film, lasting 37 minutes, will be available to watch exclusively on the platform from September 27. For what ? Because the American giant acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the rights to the Roald Dahl catalog in 2021, after a partnership started three years earlier between Netflix and its heirs, for almost 700 million dollars!
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The platform has already released a new adaptation of Matilda and is preparing animated series drawn from the writer’s universe. In the meantime, Netflix will soon put online the adaptation of the story of Henry Sugar by Wes Anderson, after a preview screening at the Venice Film Festival.
And the trailer which has just been revealed immerses us in the singular and particularly noted universe of the filmmaker with its millimeter frames and pastel colors. It’s the famous Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch, who slips into the skin of this determined Henry Sugar. The actor is surrounded by a great cast made up of Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Rupert Friend, Richard Ayoade and Ben Kingsley.
The first images promise an inventive, theatrical and mischievous film telling a completely crazy story. Wes Anderson fans should be served with this new film, which will begin a cycle of short films adapted from the world of Roald Dahl, with The Swan, Claude’s Dog and Venom, which will be released respectively on the 28th, 29th and 30th. September on Netflix.