In 2005 the crazy adventures of Charlie Bucket, alias Freddie Highmore, in the chocolate factory of Willy Wonka, alias Johnny Depp, melted the world box office with happiness.
The film had brought in 500 million euros of revenue to the producers.
Today, sixteen years later, an indiscretion from the
Hollywood Reporter
reveals that a prequel, whose scenario would return to the youthful career of the eccentric boss of the chocolate factory, could soon see the light of day.
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Charlie and the chocolate factory
?
This film project seems already very advanced since a title has been found,
Wonka
, and the release date has already been set for March 17, 2023. It is the director Paul King (
Paddington
and his sequels) who will direct the film and will be responsible for writing a screenplay that will be themed in the early years of Willy Wonka.
Timothée Chalamet or Tom Holland?
Who will have the heavy task of replacing Johnny Depp who was extraordinary extravagance in the feature film by Jim Burton.
On the web are already rustling the names of actors suggested by indiscretions of Warner.
For now, Tom Holland (
Spiderman
) and Timothée Chalamet (
Call by your name
) would hold the rope.
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Finally, it remains to be seen whether this new reading of the work of the brilliant British writer Roald Dahl (1916-1990) will live up to the previous adaptations.
That of Mel Stuart in 1971 with the brilliant Gene Wilder and especially of course that of Jim Burton with Johnny Depp who, in 2005, showed that chocolate is indeed a material from which dreams are made.
An excerpt from
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Tim Burton in 2005 with Johnny Depp
An excerpt from
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Mel Stuart in 1971, with Gene Wilder
