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Timothée Chalamet is set to play a younger version of the iconic chocolatier Willy Wonka in the upcoming musical film Wonka.
Warner Bros. is releasing a prequel film on the origin story of Willy Wonka, the eccentric character from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. According to a Variety report, Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name, Little Women) will be singing and dancing himself. Specific plot details have yet to be released.
The film is slated for a March 2023 theatrical release in the US, with production set to begin in September 2021.
Paul King (Paddington) will be directing Wonka, David Heyman (Harry Potter) will be executive producing, and Simon Rich will be writing the script.
Chalamet, 25, stars in the upcoming sci-fi fantasy thriller Dune and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, both set for a 2021 premiere. He is also part of Netflix’s new comedy Don’t Look Up, which just finished production.
The last Charlie and The Chocolate Factory reboot in 2005 starred Johnny Depp as the candy-crazed Wonka and was directed by Tim Burton. The 1971 film adaptation starred Gene Wilder.
The films are based on Dahl’s novel of the same name, which was published in 1964. It centers around a poor boy named Charlie Bucket, who wins a golden ticket to the world-famous, mysterious chocolate factory owned by the quirky candy man. – Rappler.com
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