Taika Waititi to direct 2 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory animated shows for Netflix

Go with Netflix and Taika Waititi, and soon you’ll be in a world of pure imagination and uncomfortably detached Oompa-Loompas. Per Variety, the Oscar-winning director and the streaming platform have partnered for a pair of animated series based on Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Waititi will be pulling triple duty as writer, director, and executive producer for both projects. There are few specific details available as of now, but Netflix notes that one series will be based on the orange-faced folks of Loompaland and that both shows “will retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time.”