Now that the film has officially premiered at the Cannes Film Festival we've been given a more in-depth look at the Big Friendly Giant himself (who is most certainly not a cannibal--or, as he says it, a "canniabal").

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I think this trailer may have been enough to get my butt into a movie theater seat come July 1st.

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The official village seal of a small town in upstate NY made headlines this week, due in part to an ongoing investigation by Jessica Williams of The Daily Show.

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McDonalds is teaming up with the Roald Dahl estate to distribute some of the author's books in some 14 million Happy Meals.

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"There is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs [...] Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it."

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So many things wrong with the new “Penguin Modern Classic” cover for Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I can't. I am unable to can.

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Kid's books with movie versions currently in development: The BFG. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The Giver. R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Paddington. And many, many more. And yet still no movie for Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch, about the man who painted this. (Yes, it's a real book.) I don't understand you, Hollywood.

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Not only is it an adaptation of an adorable Roald Dahl short story, it's also just acquired two adorable lead actors, Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench.

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Inquiring minds want to know: Did Mike's Amazing Cakes just clean one of the egg beater whisks they used to make this awesome Dalek cake and then use it for decoration? (via That's Nerdalicious)

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The BBC is reporting that Elisabeth Sladen, who became most famous for her role as Sarah Jane Smith, companion of the fourth and fifth Doctors of Doctor Who, died today at the age of sixty-three. She had been battling cancer for some time.

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First, the good news: Kids still read non-electronic devices at the breakfast table! More good news: some of them will get to read things by Roald Dahl at the breakfast table! Puffin, who publishes Dahl's work, has worked out a deal with the author's estate and the UK supermarket chain Asda to print excerpts of stories such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, and The Twits, among others.

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Back in the 1950s, CBS wanted to fill one of its half-hour time slots with something they could show alongside The Twilight Zone. So they created Way Out, which interpreted Roald Dahl's more adult, twisted stories (even though he was known for his more light-hearted, kid-friendly work) into a television series similar to its successful companion piece. It only ran for 14 episodes, but five of them are available online at Archive.org. This episode, entitled "William and Mary," shows a bitter, verbally abusive husband on his deathbed and the neurologist who wants to keep his brain alive after death. It's a really twisted story, and it certainly makes you want to read Dahl's work, but I'd be lying if I said this wouldn't be amazing if given the MST3K treatment. Especially the part when the good doctor says he's "been wanting to have a go at a man." Oh, yes. The full 26-minute episode is embedded above. (Metafilter via Boing Boing)

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