The trailer for Steven Spielberg's The BFG is magical - WATCH
Disney's live action remake is hitting cinemas in July 2016
The trailer for Disney’s live action movie version of Roald Dahl’s The BFG has premiered and it’s all kinds of magical!
Directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg, the film will hit cinemas in July 2016 – almost three decades after the much-loved animated adaptation of the 1982 book was released.
Building suspense, the atmospheric trailer centres on bespectacled orphan Sophie who looks out of her window one night to see a giant trawling the streets at night.
The trailer reaches it climax with The BFG’s (The Big Friendly Giant) hand reaching into the orphanage to pick up Sophie.
According to Disney (and for anyone who hasn’t read the book), the plot synopsis is as follows:
“The BFG” tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows, but Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see the Queen (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.”
Roll on 1st July! We cannot wait!