No Time to Die, which has delayed its premiere due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Tony winner Matthew Warchus, who garnered one of his seven Tony nominations for directing
Matilda on Broadway (he won a Tony in 2009 for the play
God of Carnage), will helm the Netflix adaptation. Original scribe Dennis Kelly and songwriter Tim Minchin are also part of the creative team.
Lynch joins the previously confirmed Ralph Fiennes, who will take on the role of Agatha Trunchbull, a role originally played on Broadway. and in the West End by Olivier and Tony Award winner Bertie Carvel.
Based on the 2013 musical, which was adapted from Roald Dahl s children s novel,
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Bridgerton, the steamy new Netflix series based on Julia Quinn’s beloved romance novels may be set in Regency-era England, but a period accurate Jane Austen mini-series it is not.
Instead, showrunner Chris Van Dusen crafted a heightened version of history, one in which the characters are diverse at every class level, and, given that it s a romance, all the less-than-savory elements of 19th-century life, chamber pots and the like, are carefully stored out of view. The overall look of the series is loosely rooted in historical fact the production filmed in Britain s stately country homes and women wear dresses with that classic empire-waist silhouette. But everything is slightly modernized and often comes in a candy-colored palette. Costumes in particular were key to