Timothée Chalamet will star in this feature film based on the youth of the eccentric chocolatier born under the pen of Roald Dahl.
Hugh Grant joins the factory Charlie and the chocolate factory. The 62-year-old actor will play one of the Oompa Loompas, these little creatures employed by Willy Wonka, in a prequel to the saga born under the pen of Roald Dahl.
soberly baptized Wonkathis feature film will explore the youth of the eccentric chocolatier – whose role was entrusted to Timothée Chalamet – as well as the creation of his famous confectionery factory.
Charlie and the other characters seen in previous adaptations of the book on screen will not be present in the film directed by Paul King (Paddington).
Third film adaptation
Hugh Grant’s role was revealed at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, where exclusive first images of Wonka were previewed to viewers.
As reported Entertainment Weekly, these new sequences feature Timothée Chalamet in the skin of Willy Wonka. The latter meets an Oompa Loompa (Hugh Grant), trapped in a glass jar and then hires him to work in his factory.
Audiences also got a first look at the characters played by Olivia Colman (an innkeeper) and Sally Hawkins (Willy Wonka’s mother).
Published in 1964, Roald Dahl’s book, Charlie and the chocolate factory, tells the story of a little boy who wins a golden ticket to visit the legendary chocolate factory run by Willy Wonka.
Announced for December 15 in US theaters, Wonka is the third film adaptation of the famous children’s book. Before Timothée Chalamet, Gene Wilder (1971) and Johnny Depp (2005) also lent their traits to the chocolate maker.
