Hes now set to come to the small-screen in a much different way.

Deadline understands thatNetflixis preparing a reality competition series based on the Roald Dahl story.

This comes after the streameracquired the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021.

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The expansive project is the latest example of a burgeoning trend in the unscripted market in the U.S.

Discovery, to battle it out.

Bake offs are an epidemic and we hate them, one top unscripted producer told Deadline.

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But now because the markets so bad, they have the opportunity to make people audition.

Its the bane of our existence, the producer added.

Another producer added that its a sign of the times.

I think its just a moment.

Its a new way to do it, added another source.

Many believe that the latest iteration of the trend seems to have started from the UK.