Wes Anderson to direct new Roald Dahl adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog
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Wes Anderson will direct an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Netflix, with Benedict Cumberba𝕴tch playing the ♑title role, according to The Daily Mail's .

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a short story published in a collection of the same naꦚme in 1977. It follows the titular character, a wealthy man with a penchant for gambling who masters the art of seeing through playing cards to find out what's on th✤e other side and predicting the future through meditation. 

Anderson previously directed an adaptation of Dahl's novel 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fantastic Mr. Fox, which was released in 2009. The stop-motion anౠimated movie features the v🐲oices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, and Willem Dafoe. 

His last movie was The French Dispatch, and he's also helmed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Grand Budapest Hotel, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Isle of Dogs, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Moonrise Kingdom, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Royal Tenenbaums

Anderson's next project is Asteroid City, which features a mammoth all-star cast including Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, and Jeff Goldblum. His movies are known for their A-lister ensemble casts, so it's likely we can expect more famous faces to be announced for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar soon🦩.

As for Cumberbatch, he was recently seen in another Netflix movie, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, opposite Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst. He can next be seen in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doctor Strange 2, which hits theaters in March.

While we wait for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar to arrive on Netflix, check out our list of the other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies to get excited about in 2022.

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