A Netflix film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits is coming to the streaming service in 2025, according to Deadline.

The novel was first published in 1980 and follows Mr and Mrs Twit, a ghastly couple who play terrible tricks on one another.

The Netflix adaptation will be directed by Phil Johnston, who helmed the 2018 animated feature Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Netflix bought the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021. And since then, the streamer has released Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical and an adaptation of the author’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be realised in December this year.

In a statement, director Johnston said, ‘I love the Twits and their terrible tricks. I love that they lack self-awareness and personal hygiene and any inkling of human decency. And I love this movie because it reminds us that twits like the Twits, whose default emotions are anger and vengeance, can’t be allowed to win in our world.’