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We all know the story of Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy man who lives in a vaguely European town and owns a candy factory that nobody ever enters or leaves (on a totally unrelated topic, the employees all love to work there and they
definitely get a fair wage). But where did Wonka
come from? 1971 s
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was largely unconcerned with that information, rendering the title character as just a vaguely magical weirdo who
definitely treats his employees right and really wants to give aways his life’s work to some kid. Tim Burton’s 2005 remake, in an attempt to do something different, revealed that Wonka was the son of a dentist who had forbidden him from ever eating candy transforming Wonka from just a weird guy who likes candy to a weird guy who likes candy and also didn’t get to eat candy as a child.
Wonka prequel sets 2023 release date
January 19, 2021 by:
Warner Bros. has added the
Wonka prequel to its release schedule. The film, which will be an origin story focused on the eccentric chocolate factory owner, will hit screens on
March 17, 2023.
Paddington director Paul King will helm the prequel and it will be produced by David Heyman, who also served as a producer on
Harry Potter. Warner Bros. describes the film as focusing on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world s most famous chocolate factory. The character originated in the Roald Dahl 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Gene Wilder famously played the character in the 1971 film
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