Writer Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit continues to seize the imaginations of the world since its publication in 1964. However now, a prequel digging into the person often known as Willy Wonka is about to open a brand new chapter for folk younger and previous to uncover. Which has led to our first take a look at Timothée Chalamet and Hugh Grant in Wonka. Primarily based on what I’ve seen right here, I am all in on this lovely gobstopper — together with Grant’s flip as a dancing Oompa Loompa.
Directed by Paddington alum Paul King, all the pieces we learn about Wonka consists of the truth that Warner Bros’ large winter tentpole focuses on the origins of Willy earlier than he was often known as Mr. Wonka. Gazing upon the whimsical world of the superb chocolatier’s early years attempting to make a reputation for himself, King’s hiring is as soon as once more confirmed to be a unbelievable match for this challenge.
The legacy of Willy Wonka and his chocolate manufacturing unit appears to be effectively served for the time being. Even people who grew up loving Gene Wilder’s iconic tackle the identical character must be a little bit extra comfy with this bold growth of Willy and his backstory, because it seems to have been crafted with loving care. Chalmet isn’t doing an impression of Gene Wilder’s character, a lot as he hints at it with gleeful touches right here and there.
Additionally, Wonka exhibits that it’s capable of experience the road between honoring a legacy, and playfully poking enjoyable at it. Which is the place Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa is available in, in one other gag that references Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit’s large musical lynchpin in a moderately droll trend. If anybody thought that Grant being forged in Paddington 2 was a fluke, that is proof that his period of being comedic reduction in tasks for adults and kids is simply getting began.
As if this trailer wasn’t sufficient of a delight, the film’s teaser poster is simply as thrilling to have a look at. It’s not enormous on exhibiting off Wonka’s forged or environments, save for an infinite wall of sweet and a younger Willy standing promisingly in entrance of it. Fairly frankly, that’s all you have to see this image, moreover the gorgeous footage we noticed above after all. However please take a second and simply soak in how beautiful this picture actually is:
Wonka opens the doorways to a really chocolatey previous, on December fifteenth. That’s simply a part of what’s nonetheless to return on the schedule of 2023 new film releases, so don’t neglect to see what different programs are coming earlier than this cinematic dessert arrives.
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