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Tom Holland, Donald Glover, Ryan Gosling, and Ezra Miller have also been rumoured for the role since a prequel was announced in 2018

Karu F. Daniels New York Daily News January 22, 2021 Willy Wonka will live on for a new generation of film-goers. Warner Bros. is gearing up to release “Wonka,” an origin story focusing on the storied chocolate factory owner. Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, in a scene from the 1971 film ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,’ based on the children’s classic by Roald Dahl. (Courtesy of ABC Family/Entertainment Pictures/Zuma Press/TNS) The studio has already announced a release date for March 17, 2023. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Paddington” filmmaker Paul King will direct ...

Willy Wonka Prequel Set for 2023, Tom Holland, Timothee Chalamet Being Eyed to Star Willy Wonka Prequel Set for 2023, Tom Holland, Timothee Chalamet Being Eyed to Star Wonka has been set for a 2023 release with rumors of Warner Bros. eyeing Tom Holland and Timothée Chalamet to play a young Willy. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel that tells the origin story of eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka. Per the studio, the movie will follow a "young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world's most famous chocolate factory." Scheduled to release on March 17, 2023, the movie com...

Photo: Silver Screen Collection (Getty Images) We all know the story of Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy man who lives in a vaguely European town and owns a candy factory that nobody ever enters or leaves (on a totally unrelated topic, the employees all love to work there and they definitely get a fair wage). But where did Wonka come from? 1971's Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was largely unconcerned with that information, rendering the title character as just a vaguely magical weirdo who definitely treats his employees right and really wants to give aways his life’s work to some k...

Warner Bros. has recently announced the premiere date for Wonka — the prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movie, which premieres in cinemas on March 17, 2023, and will follow a young Willy Wonka, as well as his adventures before he opened he world’s most famous chocolate factory. The production company first announced theirs plans for the prequel back in 2016. Paul King, who helmed Paddington will be directing Wonka, with a screenplay from Simon Rich. Meanwhile, Harry Potter‘s David Heyman will be putting on his producer hat once again for the project...