Furthermore, The BFG contains a few clues as to the Queen's identity. When Sophie and the BFG meet with the Queen, she has corgis and calls up her friends "Ronnie and Nancy" (aka Ronald Reagan and ...

This stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic book about the 24-feet-tall Big Friendly Giant and a little orphan called Sophie brings some of Dahl’s most memorable characters to life.

CANNES, France — Downton Abbey star Penelope Wilton steps it up to play a highly unusual version of Queen Elizabeth II in the Steven Spielberg-directed fantasy adventure The BFG, which premiered ...

In this sea of discontent, “The BFG” released by Disney July 1, got lost. Let me urge you ... with mother and father from the Queen’s staff and the BFG remaining as Sophie’s best friend, ...

The BFG and Sophie descend on Buckingham Palace, where they meet the corgi-loving queen (Penelope Wilton), who has just read the alarming news of mass child abductions.

Another important character in the book is the Queen who helps the BFG and Sophie save the children. Based on Queen Elizabeth II, Evans said that as adults will have grown up with her as their ...

The BFG flaunts what Spielberg learned from making his 2010 two-fer War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin. Their gyroscopic elegance is extended in these vertiginous, dream-like images.

“The BFG” will play at the Magik Theatre from May 4 to June 2. ... The rest of the cast includes Trisch Moy, Queen of Sweden, Amy Bouquet, Queen of England, Michael Robets as Mr. Tibbs, ...

The BFG is being adapted from Dahl's 1982 book by playwright Tom Wells ... The gargantuan story's about "this very unlikely alliance between Sophie — an orphan girl — a giant and a queen.

Roald Dahl’s ‘The BFG’ will become a stage spectacular with flying giants by the UK's Royal Shakespeare Company, Deadline's Baz Bamigboye writes exclusively.