For years,
Sam Mendes has talked about making a stage musical based on
Roald Dahl's book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The most recent time the project cropped up was when the director was going through the early stages of working on the new
James Bond film,
Skyfall. As that project seemed to stall thanks to MGM's financial situation (since resolved) he considered bouncing to the stage production.
Now, with his
Skyfall ...