The BFG is back and bigger, friendlier and more giant than ever.
Spielberg's version marks the first time the book has been adapted into a live-action feature length film (as opposed to the animated version many of us would have grown up with) which, in case you're unfamiliar with the story, sees a ten-year-old girl called Sophie end up in Giant Country after witnessing the Big Friendly Giant going about his business of dream catching, who then introduces her to the world of magic and mystery of dreams.
"I think it was kind of genius of Roald Dahl to be able to empower the children. It was very, very brave of him to introduce that combination of darkness and light, and being able to do scary, but also be redemptive at the same time and teach a lesson, an enduring lesson, to everyone, it was a wonderful thing for Dahl to have done, and it was one of the things that attracted me to want to direct this Dahl book," says Spielberg.
From a screenplay by Melissa Mathison, the woman behind E.T., the film stars newcomer Ruby Barnhill as Sophie and Mark Rylance as the titular BFG and features SNL/Trainwreck's Bill Hader, Flight of the Conchord's Jermaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and more.
The BFG is set for release in Irish cinemas on July 22nd 2016.
