Fantasy Warner Bros to reboot Willy Wonka

[DarthSkywalker]

Ugh, Chalamet is just so bland. Wilder and even Depp just had so much more going on, as does obviously the Wonka character in the book.

I hope he surprises in the actual film, we’ll see.

There is a lot you can say, but Maud'Dib looking bland? The kid has a legit, "once in a generation" look to him.

 

[Drizzle]

Johnny Depp fans have to make everything about them. They are so embarrassing. But this was unfair to Val.

I remember when Depp was cast as Wonka right on the heels of Pirates of the Caribbean, which made me wonder if his Wonka was basically just going to be Jack Sparrow in a top hat. Of course that obviously was never going to be the case but in hindsight, that still might have been better than whatever the hell this was:

 

[DarkKnight88]

There is a lot you can say, but Maud'Dib looking bland? The kid has a legit, "once in a generation" look to him.

I don't get it, but alas lol

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Kane52630]

Expected nothing less from Paul King in the aesthetic department.

 

[Pennywise]

Wonka Footage Reaction: Timothée Chalamet Inspires More Pure Imagination [CinemaCon 2022]

The first footage for "Wonka" featured plenty of dance numbers and a sweet dose of nostalgia, but it also introduced Timothee Chalamet's take on the famed fictional chocolatier. The CinemaCon glimpse began with a familiar tune: "Pure Imagination." Audiences catch a glimpse of Wonka riding into town on a truck, and before we know it he's charming kids and adults alike with chocolate bars. This version of Wonka hawks his wares on a street corner like an old-timey vendor, announcing, "Ladies and gentleman, my name is Willy Wonka!"

The sneak peek also included our first look at Keegan Michael Key and Sally Hawkins, the former playing a cop who tries Wonka chocolate and loves it, while Hawkins' character offers one of several inspiring, wonder-filled one-liners in the promo, saying, "Every good thing in this world started with a dream."

This younger version of Wonka seems to be less well-established and also a bit of a rascal. When he's not trying to convince townsfolk that his chocolate is magically delicious, he's hiding in a hay truck and dodging policeman who chase him down a sewer. At the end of the promotional reel, he enlists a young girl's help on a world-changing mission, and opens a chocolate bar to reveal a glimmer of gold. The camera captures a reimagined golden note within the bar's wrapper, with a message written on it: "It's not the chocolate that matters, it's the people you share it with."

 

[chamber-music]

Hopefully it's good. Paul King doesn't miss

 

[TheVileOne]

I wasn't impressed with the footage I saw at CinemaCon. Looks like a prequel to Gene Wilder.

 

[Lily Adler]

I wasn't impressed with the footage I saw at CinemaCon. Looks like a prequel to Gene Wilder.

Cause that's what it probably originally was.

 

[TheVileOne]

Cause that's what it probably originally was.

*Shrugs*

Seems superfluous to me.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Drizzle]

Was this always confirmed to be a prequel to the Gene Wilder movie? I like Chalamet but Jeremy Allen White was right there.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Kane52630]

I trust you Paul King but at the same time

 

[samsnee]

Nightmare fuel

 

[Drizzle]

Chalamet's face in that first pic on the left is way more unsettling to me than the Hugh Grant Oompa Loompa.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yeeeah, this ain't gonna be pretty I suspect.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Drizzle]

I need sunglasses to look at that poster.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Iceman]

I knew pretty much nothing about this but loved the book as a kid. Looks cool, great to get Chalamet and also Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa.

 

[Drizzle]

It looks worth a watch. Maybe not in theaters but I'll at the very least check it out on Max.

 

[The Joker]

It looks like a fun romp. I love all the Wilder Wonka-isms in there. "No scratch that. Reverse it".

 

[Lily Adler]

The director of the greatest film of all time.