Netflix to screen popular novel

US Netflix will screen Roald Dahl's Matilda, Report mentions, citing The Hollywood Report.

The film will star 11-year-old Alisha Weir. Oscar-winner Emma Thompson will play the role of Agatha Trunchbull, a cruel director in the novel.

According to the plot, Matilda is a wunderkind. But parents treat her with disdain, and the school principal makes fun of her. Matilda decides to reprimand them.

The previous screening of the tale took place in 1996. The film was directed by Danny De Vito and played by Mara Wilson.