Timothée Chalamet Dances in the “Wonka” Trailer, Hugh Grant Changes Into an Oompa-Loompa, and More
Timothée Chalamet transports spectators to a realm of unadulterated fantasy. The official trailer for “Wonka,” featuring Timothee Chalamet as the oddball chocolatier invented by legendary author Roald Dahl, has been published by Warner Bros.
The musical fantasy movie chronicles a young Willy Wonka’s travels, including how he first saw the Oompa-Loompas.
Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Keegan-Michael Key, Matthew Baynton, Matt Lucas, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell, Simon Farnaby, Paterson Joseph, Tom Davis, Rakhee Thakrar, Justin Edwards, Colin O’Brien, Ellie White, Freya Parker, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith also appear in the movie alongside Chalamet.
Paul King, who co-wrote “Wonka” with Simon Farnaby, is the film’s director. Executive producers include Michael Siegel and Alexandra Derbyshire.
At their CinemaCon presentation in April, Warner Bros. released fresh “Wonka” video. During the film’s filming, Chalamet admitted that he did, in fact, swim in a pool of genuine, melting chocolate. In the clip, Chalamet tap dances on a cafe table while leading a group of dancers who are holding umbrellas, and a golden ticket can be seen. Seven musical numbers are in Chalamet.
Willy Wonka made his literary debut in Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which centers on Charlie Bucket, a little impoverished kid who receives a golden ticket to visit the world-famous chocolate factory of Wonka. The 1971 movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” with Gene Wilder as Wonka, and Tim Burton’s 2005 remake, featuring Johnny Depp in the eponymous role, are two examples of adaptations.
In an interview with Vogue magazine earlier this year, Chalamet said he was intrigued to the role of Willy Wonka for the simple reason that it would let him to make a movie for a younger, positive public.
Focusing on something that will appeal to an impressionable young audience, in Chalamet’s words, “was just a big joy.” “I was drawn to it for that reason. This is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolate in a time and environment of intense political vitriol and constant terrible news.
The movie “Wonka” will be released on December 15, 2023.
Watch the full trailer below.