Though the creators admit that movie musicals are “inherently difficult to do,” in the words of the film's director Warchus (who oversaw Matilda on the West End and on Broadway), they also relished the challenge of reconceptualizing their musical anew. “I don't think I could have done what Matthew and Dennis did, which is to just really reimagine it and completely change the script-just fundamentally change it, and yet you come out feeling like you've seen the same story.” “Usually people find it hard to truly throw out what they need to throw out in order to make the jump ,” says Minchin. He speaks admiringly of his colleagues Kelly and Warchus-all three artists have the rare honor of being creators who got to oversee the film adaptation of their stage property. “Oh Christ, it's completely different,” says composer Minchin when talking about the differences between the stage show and the film adaptation, which is currently playing on Netflix. When Matthew Warchus, Dennis Kelly, and Tim Minchin set out to adapt their Olivier- and Tony-winning Matilda the Musical into a film, they knew they would have to kill some of their babies.
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