You can now watch 4 fantastic short films on Netflix that were more expensive than Lord of the Rings

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Since September 30, 2023, Netflix has four short films in its program that not only come from the eccentric director Wes Anderson, but also cost the streaming service over a billion. You can see the trailer for the first of the four films here.

What kind of films are these? Netflix launched a total of four short films at the end of September, which are based on the fairy tales and fantasy stories by the writer Roald Dahl. He is known for his subtle, black humor and surprising endings in his works.

Directed by Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest Hotel), one can rightly assume that this template will certainly be good short films with a rather strange sense of humor mixed with a melancholic mood. Above all, you can expect Anderson’s typical visual gimmicks.

We have included the trailer for the first and longest short film for you here:

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You watch the films in the following order:

  • I see something you don’t see – 39 minutes
  • The Swan – 17 minutes
  • The Pied Piper – 17 minutes
  • Poison – 17 minutes

    • Netflix secured the rights to Roald Dahl’s stories a while ago for over a billion dollars (via Moviepilot). Even though the short films may not have been that expensive to produce, they were a multi-billion dollar project for the streaming service.

    Netflix’s competitor Amazon is said to have paid “only” an estimated $250 million for the global TV rights to JRR Tolkien’s novels in order to work on a “Lord of the Rings” series (via Filmstarts).

    Director Wes Anderson had been dreaming of making a film adaptation of the short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More for two decades and quickly realized that a feature-length film was out of the question.

    What is the first short film about? The first film deals with the story of a gambler, played by Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), who wants to learn a trick that seems rather impossible. Without using his eyes, he wants to be able to see through his fellow players in order to read their cards.

    You can also see Dev Patel (Gawain from The Green Knight), Ben Kingsley (Trevor from Iron Man 3) and Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort from Harry Potter) in the cast. The actors will also appear in the other three films.

    The writer and author Roald Dahl will also play a role in the short films and will be portrayed by Ralph Fiennes.

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