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Let Hollywood Celebrities Read Roald Dahl’s Book To Your Children!
By Chen Shun / 24 May 2020 (Sunday)
The Roald Dahl Story Company has collaborated with a star-studded line-up of global stars and filmmaker Taika Waititi to retell Road Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach”. The project will be titled “James and the Giant Peach, with Taika and friend”, and it will be available on the Road Dahl Youtube channel as a ten-episode short series.
Episodes will be uploaded every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1 am Singapore Time. The line-up of celebrities is — Ryan Reynolds, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong’o, Cara Delevingne, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Cullum, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth, Gordon Ramsay, Eddie Redmayne, Meryl Streep, Tessa Thompson, Olivia Wilde and Archie Yates.
This book reading initiative is created by The Roald Dahl Story Company is actually to support Partners In Health. This charity event is to help out some of the most vulnerable communities in the world, building health systems, protecting the vulnerable, and saving lives. With the ongoing COVID-19 situation worldwide, some countries aren’t able to provide proper healthcare to its people. To support by donating to the good cause and to read more about this initiative, click here.