Aaron Tracy

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I wanna talk a little bit more about the Wes Anderson connection.

Dahl's work has been adapted by so many people, but almost all of them, even the ones we most associate with Dahl, like Tim Burton or Steven Spielberg or Mel Stewart, only directed a single film based on a Dahl story.

Hitchcock and Wes Anderson stand out here because they worked on so many.

When Anderson and Noah Baumbach, one of my all-time favorite screenwriters, were writing the adaptation of The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson thought they should really immerse themselves.

So he contacted Dahl's widow, Felicity, about coming to Gypsy House, where Dahl lived and wrote.

Here's Wes Anderson and Felicity talking about that to the Associated Press.

And I thought it would be nice if Noah and I could visit here and if he could meet Lissy and see what it's like.

And Lissy arranged at my request, I suppose, that we could work here.

And we set up an office upstairs.

Lissy set up an office for us upstairs with our own dedicated telephone line.

and a printer and a desk, and we worked here.

And I think while we were here, it sort of went from being an adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox to being a combination adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox slash... So, I mean, it became about Dahl.

The character became about Dahl.

And the more time we spent here, the more ideas from Gypsy House found their way into the story.

Personally, I really admire the Wes Anderson adaptations.

The man has his detractors, but it's really hard not to be charmed by these films.