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The Twits
''The Twits'' is a 1980 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was first published by Jonathan Cape. The story features The Twits (Mr. and Mrs. Twit), a spiteful, lazy, unkempt couple who continuously play nasty practical jokes on each other to amuse themselves and exercise their devious wickedness on their pet monkeys. Dahl's disgust at beards was the inspiration for Mr. Twit. As Dahl stated, he penned ''The Twits'' in an effort to "do something against beards". Dahl's biographer, fellow children's author Michael Rosen, recalls the first time the pair met, Dahl leant across to Rosen's son Joe and said of his father's beard: "It's probably got this morning's breakfast in it. And last night's dinner. And old bits of rubbish, any old stuff that he's come across. You might even find a bicycle wheel in it". In 2003, ''The Twits'' was listed at number 81 in ''The Big Read'', a BBC survey of the British public of the top 200 novels of all time. First of two pages. Arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime Flying ace, fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegians, Norwegian immigrant parents, and lived for most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors. His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the Specsavers National Book Awards, British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanguard Animation
Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American production studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun. The studio has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London, England, United Kingdom. Starz Distribution owns a minority stake in the studio. History The studio was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams. For its launch, it signed with Ealing Studios a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films. The following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties, including '' Valiant'' (2005) produced for Disney. The company was part of the then-new "pipeline-free" trend (reported by '' Variety'' in 2006) in animation production, where the companies did not keep the talent on payroll and instead were "establishing a team from scratch to exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ealing
Ealing () is a district in west London (sub-region), west London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. It is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. Until the urban expansion of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a rural village. Improvement in communications with London, culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to suburban development. By 1902 Ealing had become known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery, and because it was halfway between city and country. As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population. It became a municipal borough in 1901 and part of Greater London in 1965. It is now a significant commercial and retail centre wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Questors Theatre
The Questors Theatre is a theatre venue located in the London Borough of Ealing, West London. It is home of The Questors, a large theatre company which hosts a season of around twenty productions a year, not including visiting companies, and is a member of the ''Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain'' and the '' International Amateur Theatre Association''. Activities The Questors Theatre Club was founded in 1929 by a group of 17 amateur performers and friends, and – pursuing an adventurous artistic policy led by one of the founders, Alfred Emmet – has grown into a vibrant theatre company. Since 2005, The Questors Theatre has had a public licence, changing it from a club theatre and enabling public sales of tickets. The company also runs Questors Academy which provides actor training courses such as the Foundation Course in Acting, the Advanced Performance Course, Acting for All and a youth theatre, the Questors Youth Theatre. Site In 1964 The Questors completed the construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twits (2025 Film)
''The Twits'' is an upcoming American animated comedy film based on Roald Dahl's 1980 children's novel. The film was produced, directed, and co-written by Phil Johnston. It stars Natalie Portman, Emilia Clarke, Margo Martindale and Johnny Vegas. ''The Twits'' will be released in fall 2025 by Netflix. Voice cast * Natalie Portman * Emilia Clarke * Margo Martindale as Mrs. Twit * Johnny Vegas as Mr. Twit Production Development In February 2003, a feature film adaptation of the book entered development at Vanguard Animation with its founder John H. Williams set to produce. As part of a multi-picture deal with Walt Disney Pictures, Vanguard was set to produce a CG animated/live-action film, with John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco writing the screenplay. In November 2004, it was reported that Mark Mylod would direct the feature, and that Cleese may star in the film. In October 2006, after the executive/regime changes at Disney, the project moved to Working Title and Universal. By Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsters Vs
A monster is a type of imaginary or fictional creature found in literature, folklore, mythology, fiction and religion. They are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive, with a strange or grotesque appearance that causes Anxiety, terror and fear, often in humans. Monsters usually resemble wikt:bizarre, bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as Mutants in fiction, mutants, ghosts, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, cannibals or zombies, among other things. They may or may not have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process. Animal monsters are outside the moral order, but sometimes have their origin in some human violation of the moral law (e.g. in the Greek myth, Minos does not sacrifice to Poseidon the white bull which the god sent him, so as punish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrek 2
''Shrek 2'' is a 2004 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book '' Shrek!'' by William Steig. Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon from a screenplay by Adamson, Joe Stillman, and the writing team of J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, it is the sequel to ''Shrek'' (2001) and the second installment in the ''Shrek'' film series. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, who reprise their respective voice roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Princess Fiona. They are joined by new characters voiced by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. ''Shrek 2'' takes place following the events of the first film, with Shrek and Donkey meeting Fiona's parents as the zealous Fairy Godmother, who wants Fiona to marry her son Prince Charming, plots to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage. Shrek and Donkey team up with a sword-wielding cat named Puss in Boots to foi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Vernon
Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American director, producer, writer, storyboard artist and voice actor, best known for his work on the DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks animated film series ''Shrek (franchise), Shrek'' as well as other films such as ''Monsters vs. Aliens'' and ''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted''. He also co-directed non-DreamWorks animated films such as Sony Pictures' ''Sausage Party'' and MGM's ''The Addams Family (2019 film), The Addams Family''. Life and career Conrad Vernon was born on July 11, 1968, a native of Lubbock, Texas, studied at California Institute of the Arts, CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist for animated productions (including Ralph Bakshi's ''Cool World''); he also directed ''Morto the Magician'' (a four-minute animated film written by Steve Martin). Vernon began his career in 1991. In 1996, he joined DreamWorks, where he worked as a storyboard artist on ''Antz''. After ''Antz'' proved a success as the first animated feature f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working Title Films
Working Title Films Limited, formerly Visionensure Limited and Working Title Limited, is a British film and television production company that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. Bevan and Eric Fellner are now the co-chairmen of the company. Company history Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in London in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster, Channel 4, to make a television film, '' My Beautiful Laundrette'' (1985), directed by Stephen Frears. ''My Beautiful Launderette'' was a success at the Edinburgh Film Festival and received a theatrical release, where it was successful internationally. Accountant Graham Bradstreet joined as a third partner in 1986. '' A World Apart'' was entered in competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Grand Prize of the Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Mylod
Mark Mylod is an English director and executive producer of film and television. He began his career directing comedy shows such as ''Shooting Stars (British TV series), Shooting Stars'', ''The Fast Show'', and ''The Royle Family'', for which he received two BAFTA TV Awards. After transitioning into directing episodes of drama series (including ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'', ''The Affair (TV series), The Affair'', ''Game of Thrones (TV series), Game of Thrones'', and both the Shameless (British TV series), British and Shameless (American TV series), American versions of ''Shameless''), Mylod became known for his work as a director and executive producer on the HBO drama series ''Succession (TV series), Succession'' (2018–2023), directing 16 episodes and producing 37. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series once and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk DeMicco
Kirk DeMicco (born May 15, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on animated films, such as writing and directing ''Space Chimps'' (2008), ''The Croods'' (2013), ''Vivo (film), Vivo'' (2021), and ''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' (2023). Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey and a former resident of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Franklin Lakes, DeMicco attended Ramapo High School (New Jersey), Ramapo High School. Journalism After graduation in 1991 from the University of Southern California, where he double majored in economics and political science, he spent three years in Italy, where he worked as a journalist, interviewing individuals involved in the Italian movie industry for an Italian film-business magazine. After returning to the United States, he worked for the William Morris Agency in New York City, before relocating to the firm's office in Los Angeles in a transfer arranged by talent agent Lee Stollman.Spelling, Ian"Monkey Business", ''(201) Magazine'', Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
