Hugh Grant joins the cast of the
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
prequel .
Alongside Timothée Chalamet, he will play one of the Oompa Loompas, the little creatures from Willy Wonka's candy factory.
His engagement was announced at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, where the first images of the film simply titled
Wonka
were unveiled to spectators.
In this feature film, Paul King looks back on the youth of Willy Wonka, played by Timothée Chalamet, and the creation of his chocolate factory.
According to
Entertainment Weekly
,
the unseen footage shown at CinemaCon shows the Franco-American actor in the title role of the character imagined by writer Roald Dhal in 1964. The chocolatier meets an Oompa Loompa - Hugh Grant - locked in a jar glass and hires him to work in his factory.
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Alongside the two actors, we will find Olivia Colman in the role of an innkeeper and Sally Hawkins who interprets the mother of Willy Wonka.
In this prequel, Charlie, the young boy who wins the golden ticket to visit the legendary chocolate factory, will not appear.
This new adaptation, centered on the youth of the confectioner, should be released in American theaters on December 15.
This will be the third time that the universe of Roald Dhal has been brought to the screen.
In the role of Willy Wonka, Timothée Chalamet succeeded Gene Wilder in 1971 and Johnny Depp in 2005 in Tim Burton's adaptation.