I guess I’m not familiar with the entirety of Roald Dahl’s library because I had no idea he published something called “THE TWITS.” Either way, it makes for an amusing title, for what will hopefully be an amusing movie.
A few years ago Netflix locked down the rights to adapt the Dahl library into animated films, and The Twits is the first such adaption to arrive. According to them, the film is the story of “Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. But when the Twits rise to power in their town, two brave children and a family of magical Muggle-Wumps are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city.”
The best thing about Dahl novels is how ruthlessly creepy they can get; they felt like something you weren’t supposed to be reading. He certainly understood the childhood perspective of scary towering authority figures, whether it was Mrs. Trunchbull in Matilda or the cruel parental figures of James and the Giant Peach, or the Twits in this case (by the way, we love their surname). According to Netflix the movie’s theme is “the never-ending battle between cruelty and empathy,” which could apply to the Dahl library as a a whole.
The Twits stars Johnny Vegas and Margo Martindale as Mr. & Mrs. Twits, Emilia Clarke as Pippa, Natalie Portman as Mary Muggle Wump, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Beesha, Ryan Lopez as Bubsy, Timothy Simons as Marty Muggle-Wump, Nicole Byer as Beverly Onion, Jason Mantzoukas (yes, he’s in it) as Mayor Wayne John John-John, Alan Tudyk as Sweet Toed Toad, Mark Proksch as Horvis Dingle, Rebecca Wisocky as Dee Dumdie-Dungle and Charlie Berens as Gorb Klurb. it was written and directed by Phil Johnston (Zootopia, Wreck-It Ralph)
The film will feature several songs written by David Byrne of the Talking Heads, titled “We’re Not Like Ev’ryone Else,” “Lullabye” and “The Problem Is You,” along with an end-title song called “Open the Door” co-written by Paramore’s Hayley Williams and sung by both as a duet.
There’s no trailer for The Twits yet, so you’ll have to settle for this screenshot revealing what the titular Twits look like. Doesn’t Mr. Twits look like Hermit Bill from that recent King of the Hill episode?
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