Timothy Chalamet will play the function of Willy Wonka in a musical primarily based on the early lifetime of Ronald Dahl’s eccentric chocolatier. Warner Bros. and the Ronald Dahl Story Company introduced on Monday that the 25-year-old Chalamet can be starring in Wonka. The studio mentioned the movie would “focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures before opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.”
Paul King (Paddington, Paddington 2) will direct from a script he wrote with Simon Farnaby, with Harry Potter producer David Heyman producing. Warner Bros. set a launch date in March 2023 earlier this 12 months.
Jean Wilder starred in 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, primarily based on Dahl’s well-known ebook. In Tim Burton’s 2005 reboot, Johnny Depp performed Wonka within the Warner Bros. launch, which grossed $ 475 million worldwide.
Taika Vetti (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) is individually making a pair of animated sequence for Netflix, one centered on the world of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and one primarily based on the Oompa-Loopmas.
The Oscar-nominated star Chalmette of Luca Guadagino’s Call Me By Your Name has a number of high-profile tasks, together with Dennis Villanueve’s Dunne, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up and Guadagnino’s Bones and All .
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