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MSRP: $41.99 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, much like The Wizard of OZ, is a film that was not well-received upon its initial theatrical release but gained in popularity over the years thanks to theatrical re-releases, television broadcasts, and eventually home video. Based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the title was changed to tie-in with a new line of candy bars from Quaker Oats), Gene Wilder plays the man-child reclusive candy-maker extraordinaire (Wonka would become one of his signature roles) who opens up his factory for a guided t...

Last modified on Wed 9 Jun 2021 12.17 EDT The Gold Diggers of 1933 The Gold Diggers of 1933 is a film of quarters, and not just the giant coins that cover the chorus line’s modesty. Four wisecracking kids are dying to make it on Broadway: Joan Blondell is a singer, Ginger Rogers a sex kitten, Ruby Keeler a sweetheart and Aline MacMahon has the jokes. But the shows they hustle into close before they open. As Rogers snarls, it’s “the depression, dearie”. But then Dick Powell changes their luck with catchy tunes and deep pockets. This is a bona fide pre-Code musical, so the talkie scenes...

WONKA: New Willy Wonka Has Finally Been Cast! Move over Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, Timothee Chalamet (Dune) is set to star in Warner Bros' upcoming Will Wonka origin story, WONKA. Dune) is set to star in Warner Bros’ upcoming Willy Wonka origin story, Wonka. Charlie Bucket will not be featured. Deadline reports Wonka will mark the first time Chalamet gets to show off his singing and dancing skills with several musical numbers set to appear in the film. Paul King will direct from the screenplay he wrote with Simon Farnaby (with prior writers including Simon Rich, Simon Stephenson, Je...

Timothee Chalamet Is Young Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Prequel Timothee Chalamet Is Young Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Prequel Timothée will play a young Willy Wonka for Warner Bros. in Wonka, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel that serves as the candy maker's origin story. Spider-Man actor Tom Holland to star in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel that will follow a "young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world's most famous chocolate factory." Per a new report by Deadline, Chalamet has now officially signed on for ...

"Reps for Chalamet confirm he will be singing and dancing in the movie," writes the trade outlet. Music is baked into the classic Roald Dahl property thanks to the Oompa-Loompas, Wonka's petite factory workers who have a famous penchant for breaking into song. Spider-Man's Tom Holland. Produced by David Heyman ( Harry Potter), the film will be directed by Paddington veteran, Paul King. Specific plot details are currently hidden under a nondescript Wonka Bar, but it is confirmed that the movie will center on the candy maker's earlier years before he invited a group of spoiled children — ...