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Netflix's The Twits tosses out Roald Dahl's book. The director explains.

Four years ago, Netflix bought The Roald Dahl Story Company — and with it, the rights to the entire catalog of books by the famous British author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, ...
Polygon

Netflix's latest Roald Dahl adaptation throws out most of the book. The director told us why.

But the movie — directed and co-written by Phil Johnston, a writer on Wreck-it Ralph and Zootopia and co-director of Ralph Breaks the Internet — likely isn’t what any Dahl aficionado was expecting. It ...
Yahoo

‘The Twits’ Review: Unruly Roald Dahl Adaptation Is Tastier Than a Bowl of Worms, If You Like That Sort of Thing

In the twisted children’s novel “The Twits,” Road Dahl describes the repulsive state of Mr. Twit’s facial hair with relish, lingering on details like the “maggoty green cheese” and “slimy tail of a ...
WESA

Phil Johnston discusses his animated adaptation of the classic children's book 'The Twits'

Mr. and Mrs.Twit are two of the meanest characters in children's literature. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to writer-director Phil Johnston about his animated adaptation of the classic book "The Twits." ...
Iowa Public Radio

Phil Johnston discusses his animated adaptation of the classic children's book 'The Twits'

EMILIA CLARKE: (As Pippa) The Twits hate everything, especially each other. They've been married for 47 miserable years, and not a day has passed without a mean, dirty trick. The thing is... RASCOE: ...