WONKA: New Willy Wonka Has Finally Been Cast!
Move over Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, Timothee Chalamet (Dune) is set to star in Warner Bros upcoming Will Wonka origin story, WONKA.
Dune) is set to star in Warner Bros’ upcoming Willy Wonka origin story,
Wonka.
Charlie Bucket will not be featured.
Deadline reports
Wonka will mark the first time Chalamet gets to show off his singing and dancing skills with several musical numbers set to appear in the film.
Paul King will direct from the screenplay he wrote with Simon Farnaby (with prior writers including Simon Rich, Simon Stephenson, Jeff Nathanson, and Steven Levenson). David Heyman is producing with Luke Kelly. Michael Siegel executive producing.
Timothee Chalamet Is Young Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Prequel
Timothee Chalamet Is Young Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Prequel
Timothée will play a young Willy Wonka for Warner Bros. in Wonka, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel that serves as the candy maker s origin story.
Spider-Man actor Tom Holland to star in
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel that will follow a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world s most famous chocolate factory. Per a new report by Deadline, Chalamet has now officially signed on for the part.
Harry Potter franchise producer
Luke Kelly, and
This will be entirely different from the first two movies based on
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, because they won’t be rehashing the familiar story of the five children who are tested as they tour Wonka’s grand candy factory. However, it will take some cues from those first two movies, because there are said to be several musical numbers throughout the film, marking the first time Chalamet has done any big singing and dancing on the big screen.
Chalamet became a rising talent after his turn in
Call Me By Your Name, and he’s quickly become one of Hollywood’s hot young stars, both because of his good looks and his incredible talent. Though I believe Chalamet has the comedic sensibilities to pull off a role like this, I’m worried that his take on Wonka will skew more to the kind of character that Johnny Depp gave us rather than Gene Wilder, and I’m sure that’s what Warner Bros. is hoping for as well. Then again,
Timothee Chalamet set to step in Johnny Depp’s shoes & star as young ‘Willy Wonka’ in an origin story
Academy Award-nominated Timothee Chalamet has been cast in the ambitious Willy Wonka origin story to be directed by Paul King. Written By
Pinkvilla Desk 5416 reads Mumbai Published: May 24, 2021 09:59 pm Timothee Chalamet set to step in Johnny Depp’s shoes & star as young ‘Willy Wonka’ in an origin story
‘Call Me By Your Name’ star Timothee Chalamet is gearing up to put on his dancing shoes as he is confirmed to star in an origin story based on the early days of the fictional character Willy Wonka’s life. Gene Wild portrayed the character for the first time in 1971 with ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’. Since then many renditions of the character have been put forward with the latest one being played by Johnny Depp in the 2005 release ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ directed by Tim Burton. Non
Screenshot: Warner Bros.
Paul Atreides is your Wonka now. Deadline reports that Timothée Chalamet, known for every recent movie that calls for a twentysomething man with dark hair and cheekbones (including the one pictured above), will star in a film that explores Willy Wonka’s life before he opened his iconic chocolate factory. The film will be somewhat anticlimactically titled:
Wonka.
Though the film comes from Warner Bros and the Roald Dahl Story Co., it’s not specifically based on either of Dahl’s books about Wonka, but simply on his characters meaning the writers can play fast and loose with Wonka’s history. A host of writers have been involved (including Steven Levenson, Jeff Nathanson, Simon Rich, Simon Stephenson), but the current version is co-written by Simon Farnaby and director Paul King (