Wonka

MisterAnarchy

Warner Bros. is returning to a world of pure imagination, forging ahead with plans for a “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” prequel, newly titled “Wonka.”

The studio hopes to begin casting the film soon, with the goal of releasing it theatrically on March 17, 2023.

MilesMorales1

Warner Bros. is in talks with Paul King, director of the two “Paddington” movies, to helm a reboot of “Willy Wonka,” based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

The project is being produced by David Heyman, producer of the “Paddington” and Harry Potter movies. Simon Rich wrote the new script.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” published in 1964, centers on 11-year-old Charlie Bucket and the legendary and eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka, who has decided to re-open his factory and allows five children to come on a tour of the factory after finding a golden ticket in a Wonka Bar.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/willy-wonka-reboot-paddington-director-1202696320/

Colour me excited. I'm not a fan of either of the previous two Wonka films, but I love the Paddington films.

nix

How can you not like the original Willy Wonka movie? Whats wrong with you?!? :eek:






:pac:

Mr E

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I'm not a fan of either of the previous two Wonka films

Monster.

Well, half a monster.

MilesMorales1

I just don't like them! The shift into that American style bugs me to no end, I feel the same about Matilda too.

FunLover18

I'd prefer he do Paddington 3.

I'd prefer he did a different Dahl story, never a massive fan of Charlie and we already have two adaptations. Don't understand what they could differently.

AllGunsBlazing

More evidence that Hollywood is slowly devouring itself.

Lorelli!

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

More evidence that Hollywood is slowly devouring itself.

Ye, seems to be.

The original although I found it creepy, told the story very well. I don't think it needs to be done again.

GavRedKing

I dont think it needs a reboot at all but nostalgia sells so if it is done, even if its terrible, they'll make money.

branie2

Who'll play Willy?

nix

branie2 wrote: »

Who'll play Willy?

Ryan Gosling of course

Ash.J.Williams

is Hollywood even aware there's a f**ing sequal!!


3 movies on the first book and no mention of the 2nd!!

Mr E

2nd book wasn't great, to be fair.

Rubberchikken

God ive hated both willie wonka films. Always found the character creepy and made me uncomfortable. The johnny depp one even more so than the original one

OwaynOTT

Twits the lot of them in hollywoo

Roar

branie2 wrote: »

Who'll play Willy?

Paddington, hopefully.

branie2

Roald Dahl hated the first version so much that he wouldn't allow a sequel to be made

nix

branie2 wrote: »

Roald Dahl hated the first version so much that he wouldn't allow a sequel to be made

A lot of book writers hate the movies made of their books, King hated the shining, Burgess hated a clockwork orange, Ellis American psycho and Groom hated forest gump.. All great movies though... I'm sure theres a lot more to and id say its very common for a book writer to hate the movie of his/her book. Most of them would have to have complete creative control or direct it themselves to truly like them...

OwaynOTT

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Twits the lot of them in hollywoo

They're talking about Wonka, not the Twits

OwaynOTT

Deleted User wrote: »

They're talking about Wonka, not the Twits

With the way they're just throwing everything into the mix and hoping it works, it's more like George's Marvellous Medicine.

OwaynOTT

OwaynOTT wrote: »

With the way they're just throwing everything into the mix and hoping it works, it's more like George's Marvellous Medicine.

Well that's just Peachy

dr.fuzzenstein

nix wrote: »

Ryan Gosling of course

No! It's obvious it needs to be a black kid, a street smart, wisecracking rapper who is a petty thief with a heart of gold.
Willy Wonka could be played by Mark Hamil in the style of The Last Jedi.
The other kids on the factory tour could be undercover agents for Slugworth, all of them experts in different fighting techniques, inspired by the characters from Kill Bill, with various high action fight scenes where Charlie defeats them one by one.
Damn, this sh*t writes itself! I'll see if I can get Harvey Weinstein on the blower, this will make millions!

Ah the Remake of the Reboot of the original. People have been complaining about Rebooting everything, but now its taking it to another new level of pain. How to coin a remake of a reboot? Gleequel? 3Boot? Requel?

Agent Coulson

Screams need content content content content for our streaming service.

bigar

I was rolling my eyes at first until I read Paul King and David Heyman are involved. After Paddington and especially Paddington 2 they deserve some credit. It will be interesting to see what they will come up with.

pixelburp

Obviously the shelves marked "public domain" had been raided one too many times; some executive then rummaging through the slush pile of licensed IPs knocking about.

bigar wrote: »

I was rolling my eyes at first until I read Paul King and David Heyman are involved. After Paddington and especially Paddington 2 they deserve some credit. It will be interesting to see what they will come up with.

Like you, that's the only thing making me give this project the benefit of the doubt for now. King has clear talent, but you'd hope that a bigger Hollywood project won't crowd out his style; wouldn't be the first time if it did either.

And I still maintain Paddington 2 is one of the best films of the last 5 years. A legitimately fabulous movie.

CastorTroy

So is it a prequel to the book or the Burton film?

Homelander

The Burton film is close enough to the book, isn't it? I thought the 1971 film was way more off-book.

MayoForSam

I wonder would they be tempted to do a 'Joker' type origins story for Willie Wonka and ramp up the horror side of things? Some very creepy elements worth exploring especially in the original movie version. The oompah lumpahs (orange-skinned versions) always freaked me out.

Bill Skarsgard for Willie (based on the first 'It' movie, certainly not the second)?

p to the e

Tom Holland seems to be in the mix

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0120/1190980-tom-holland-tipped-to-play-willy-wonka-in-prequel/

fryup

Homelander wrote: »

The Burton film is close enough to the book, isn't it? I thought the 1971 film was way more off-book.

but its got more charm,

speedboatchase

• Pre-existing IP
• 'Re-imagined' for all audiences
• Precursor to series that has earned hundreds of millions of dollars
• Public domain property

It's Oz the Great and Powerful. It's Maleficent. It's Wonka.

Sigh. Hollywood in 2021. I'm actually surprised that Tom Holland is being courted. WB would be smart to cast a 'diverse' lead to get woke pre-publicity when in reality, they would be making a safe call and avoiding telling new, non-white stories.

bigar

pixelburp wrote: »

And I still maintain Paddington 2 is one of the best films of the last 5 years. A legitimately fabulous movie.

It's a perfect movie with not a single bad moment.

DrSpongeBobz

Tom Holland will be awful in any movie but Spiderman

Goodshape

It's Wonka public domain?

mikhail

Goodshape wrote: »

It's Wonka public domain?

No, Roald Dahl is only dead 30 years. I assume they have an existing licensing arrangement with his estate or heirs or whoever owns it now because of the Tim Burton movie.

Conall Cernach

Wasn't there already a lot of prequel type stuff in the Tim Burton film?

Wouldn't mind that actually.

SEPT 23 1989

Nonsense like this will only show again how good the original actually is

gandalf

Ekkk no not after the mess they made with the remake!

And if they create this monstrosity keep Depp away from it!!!

JP Liz V1

p to the e wrote: »

Tom Holland seems to be in the mix

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0120/1190980-tom-holland-tipped-to-play-willy-wonka-in-prequel/

:eek:

That I cannot imagine

Hellokitty1212

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

:eek:

That I cannot imagine

Playing Charlie? That I could see!

sabat

Nicholas Cage as Wonka.

Hellokitty1212

sabat wrote: »

Nicholas Cage as Wonka.

Jared Harris would eat the screen up!!

p to the e

Can't help but think of this Simpsons clip around the casting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kBY2dO-Gk

JP Liz V1

Hellokitty1212 wrote: »

Playing Charlie? That I could see!

But not young Wonka

Agent Coulson

Timothée Chalamet signs on to play Willy Wonka.

JP Liz V1

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Timothée Chalamet signs on to play Willy Wonka.

He could have been Depp's son in law as he dated Lily

A good decent actor

Homelander

gandalf wrote: »

Ekkk no not after the mess they made with the remake!

I thought it was quite good and so did most people I know who've seen it. Personally I never liked the 70's version at all and much preferred the Burton version though I accept a lot of people like the first movie.

I wouldn't even call the Burton movie a remake though. It's way closer to the book than the Wilder one, it's really the only legit "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie. In fact Roald Dahl himself hated the 1971 movie.

It has 83% on RT, 91% on Google, and 6.6/10 on IMDB. So definitely not a mess.

However having said that I really don't have any appetite for a prequel. I'd love to see Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator.

Duckworth_Luas

Homelander wrote: »

I'd love to see Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator.

Is that not being made by Netflix along with a new version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

JP Liz V1

Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins and Olivia Colman have joined Timothée Chalamet in Wonka, Warner Bros.’ prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Paddington filmmaker Paul King is directing the movie, which begins principal photography Wednesday in London.

King has lined up a slew of Paddington or Paddington 2 vets in the cast, among them Tom Davis, Simon Farnaby and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Also on the roll call are Mathew Baynton, Jim Carter and Rich Fulcher.

Hollywood Reporter