Wonka

speedboatchase · 22-01-2021 06:29PM

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 · 23-01-2021 12:29AM

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 · 23-01-2021 12:33AM

Tom Holland will be awful in any movie but Spiderman

Goodshape · 23-01-2021 02:15AM

It's Wonka public domain?

mikhail · 23-01-2021 04:38PM

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 · 23-01-2021 04:43PM

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

23-01-2021 05:08PM

Wouldn't mind that actually.

SEPT 23 1989 · 23-01-2021 10:25PM

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

gandalf · 24-01-2021 11:18AM

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 · 24-01-2021 02:13PM

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 · 24-01-2021 02:15PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

:eek:

That I cannot imagine

Playing Charlie? That I could see!

sabat · 24-01-2021 02:18PM

Nicholas Cage as Wonka.

Hellokitty1212 · 24-01-2021 02:18PM

sabat wrote: »

Nicholas Cage as Wonka.

Jared Harris would eat the screen up!!

p to the e · 25-01-2021 11:02AM

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

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

JP Liz V1 · 27-01-2021 06:52PM

Hellokitty1212 wrote: »

Playing Charlie? That I could see!

But not young Wonka

Agent Coulson · 24-05-2021 07:07PM

Timothée Chalamet signs on to play Willy Wonka.

JP Liz V1 · 25-05-2021 10:30AM

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 · 25-05-2021 11:23AM

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 · 25-05-2021 03:03PM

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 · 30-09-2021 05:22AM

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

JP Liz V1 · 30-09-2021 05:25AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058151790/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-prequel-announced

Could threads be merged please mods

JP Liz V1 · 30-09-2021 05:27AM

Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins and Olivia Colman have joined Wonka

pixelburp · 30-09-2021 03:51PM

I'm guessing this project remains unaffected by Netflix's acquisition of the Roald Dahl Story Company? Will it become a Netflix production, or are WB simply allowed to continue, given it predates Netflix's action.

JP Liz V1 · 30-09-2021 11:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058151790/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-prequel-announced

Could threads be merged please mods

conorhal · 01-10-2021 02:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/106144247#Comment_106144247

I tend to reffer to them as reborquels (a soft-reboot-sequel-prequel).

Personally I just can't wait for the backstory on how Wonka got his top hat and the intricate meaning behind his use of a cane combined with a 'gritty retelling' of his origin and probably how he got his name.... *sigh*

~Rebel~ · 02-10-2021 09:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117963570#Comment_117963570

I judge these things much more on the talent involved than anything else, and in fairness to him Paul King hasn't really put a foot wrong in either his writing or directing thus far - I daresay if he's doing this, it's because he has a good idea for it.