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Taika Waititi is ready to bless your Netflix queue with some new Willy Wonka content and even more of those sneaky Oompa Loompas!

The visionary filmmaker, who recently nabbed his first Oscar for his Jojo Rabbit screenplay, will be writing, directing, and executive producing two original animated series based on Roald Dahl's classic children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Netflix announced on Thursday that Waititi's first new streaming series will be based on the book's world and the characters in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, while the second will be a "wholly original take on the Oompa Loompas that builds out their world." These two series are part of an extended plan from Netflix to bring new screen life to Dahl's

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