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Netflix in the UK has announced that Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, the new Netflix movie version of the stage musical starring Emma Thompson, will not appear on the service until Summer 2023..
The movie features the Grammy and Tony Award-nominated songs from the original West End production of Matilda The Musical, written by Tim Minchin, as well as an original score by composer Christopher Nightingale. The movie is directed by the stage show’s director Matthew Warchus and has a screenplay by Tony Award winner Dennis Kelly.
The cast includes Emma Thompson (Miss Trunchbull), Alisha Weir (Matilda); Lashana Lynch (Miss Honey), Stephen Graham (Mr. Wormwood), Andrea Riseborough (Mrs. Wormwood).
The movie premiered in November as the opening film of the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, to rave reviews from the film critics, and is now showing in UK cinemas.
The movie was expected to drop on Netflix in the UK sometime in December given that it will be available on Netflix in the US and rest-of-world from 25 December 2022.
But Netflix has delayed the released in the UK. Exact dates for the UK release have not currently been announced.
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