The Colorful Trailer for 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' Is a Whimsical Delight

whimsNetflix has released the trailer for its upcoming Roald Dahl adaptation The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and it pretty much looks exactly like what you'd expect from a film that combines Britain's most imaginative children's author with Oscar nominee Wes Anderson (Asteroid City), a director who is known for his pastel-infused, dreamlike storytelling style.

Based on Dahl's 1977 collection of short stories called The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, the film follows the story of the titular Henry Sugar, who steals a book from a famous guru in the hope of teaching himself to see through playing cards and get rich gambling. Because this is a Dahl story, it's also a meditation on greed, generosity, and the ways we can all collectively care for one another, with a climax that also manages to involve opening a whole lot of orphanages. (It works, really.)

If the trailer is anything to go by, Anderson appears to as fully leaned into this reputation for quirky weirdness, crafting a final product that is comprised of four parts, but that runs for just 37 minutes. The movie's odd, dreamlike feel is apparent throughout the series trailer, which features star Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) doing some fourth wall-breaking narration, amidst a set that is candy-floss colorful