Timothee Chalamet to play younger Willy Wonka in Warner Bros’ origin film

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Actor Timothee Chalamet has been roped in to play the youthful model of chocolate maker Willy Wonka, in a musical movie based mostly on the early lifetime of the character created by creator Roald Dahl.

Titled “Wonka”, the story will concentrate on a younger Willy Wonka and his adventures previous to opening the world’s most well-known chocolate manufacturing unit.

According to Deadline, Chalamet will likely be singing and dancing within the a number of musical sequences set to look within the movie.

The film will likely be directed by “Paddington” helmer Paul King from the screenplay he wrote with Simon Farnaby.

David Heyman is producing by way of his Heyday Films together with Luke Kelly.

Michael Siegel and Alexandra Derbyshire are government producers.

“Wonka” will likely be Warner Bros’ third movie impressed by Dahl’s basic novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.

The first huge display adaptation, that got here in 1971, starred Gene Wilder as Wonka, whereas the second film, launched in 2005, featured Johnny Depp within the function.

Both the movies adopted a poor boy named Charlie Bucket, who wins a golden ticket to tour the world-famous and closely guarded chocolate manufacturing unit run by one Willy Wonka.

Considering that “Wonka” takes place earlier than the chocolate manufacturing unit opened, Charlie and firm is not going to be showing within the movie.

Production is anticipated to start in September, with the film scheduled to debut theatrically on March 17, 2023.

The undertaking hails from Warner Bros and the Roald Dahl Story Co.