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Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is clearly having a moment in early 2024. In the wake of Wilder’s death in August 2016, the meme had a resurgence. A lot of people felt that it was in bad taste ...
In a prequel to Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Paul King crafts a musical origin story of Willy Wonka, played by an exuberant Timothée Chalamet.
Willy Wonka is funny and sinister. Timothée Chalamet is neither funny nor sinister. Moreover, when he steps up to sing, he makes Gene Wilder sound like Frank Sinatra .
In a prequel to Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Paul King crafts a musical origin story of Willy Wonka, played by an exuberant Timothée Chalamet.
Paul King offers some sweet food for thought in this interview about how "Wonka" connects to Gene Wilder's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." ...
Even though “Wonka” is not a musical, King heaped praise on Chalamet’s vocal talents, telling Total Film: “[Chalamet]’s got a beautiful singing voice. The person it reminded me of was ...
Paul Connell, who portrayed “Willy McDuff” at Willy’s Chocolate Experience, talks to WIRED about the Unknown, jelly beans, and an impossible vacuum cleaner trick.
Younger, sweeter and significantly less weird than his prior screen incarnations, the latest Willy Wonka — played by Timothée Chalamet — sets off on his adventure with a dream and a smile.
In Wonka, a new musical prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Paul King tells the origin story of a young Willy Wonka long before he became the sour fantasy chocolate-maker from ...