Fantasy Warner Bros to reboot Willy Wonka

[Pennywise]

 

[CaptainWagner]

Keegan-Michael Key Joins Warner Bros’ ‘Wonka’ – Deadline

Key is detirmined to be in every musical Hollywood produces from here on out, it seems.

I want to be excited for this. But I can't get past Chalamet as Wonka. Just doesn't work for me.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

All I want from this adaption is to be good and memorable. The 1971 is still awesome, I want something that leaves that impression on me.

1. The set design. The chocolate river actually looks like chocolate this time instead of just brown sewer water.

2. The songs. I know the original songs have a more timeless quality, but I like what they did with setting each song to a popular style of music from different decades in the remake.

I strongly agree when it comes to chocolate river, but replace sewer water with hot water used to wash hardened chocolate from a glass.

Songs are catchier indeed, but they drag the scene longer and give the naughty children more time to die gruesome deaths. Also; Willy gives the impression he enjoys the torture the kids experience.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Also; Willy gives the impression he enjoys the torture the kids experience.

To be fair, the Wilder version came off as pretty sadistic as well.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

To be fair, the Wilder version came off as pretty sadistic as well.

He has a certain level of cruelty, I'll agree with that.

 

[DarkKnight88]

That comes from Dahl himself who hated spoiled children.

 

[Drizzle]

To be fair, the Wilder version came off as pretty sadistic as well.

I love how the tour basically starts with him practically ready to light up a cigarette enjoying the moment:

To him just being over these kids by the end of it:

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

‘Wonka’ Adds Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman & Jim Carter – Deadline

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Broseph44]

He looks great.

 

[Broseph44]

Another pic of his cane as well.

 

[Pennywise]

Another pic of his cane as well.

Love it!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Wait is this a prequel to the Wilder film?

 

[Pennywise]

Wait is this a prequel to the Wilder film?

I don’t think so, but you never know.

 

[Broseph44]

I believe it is a prequel to the Wilder film yes, or am I wrong? That’s what I thought they’ve said.

 

[Pennywise]

An interview from five years ago with the producer for the film, never specifies if it’s a prequel to the 1971 classic:

Willy Wonka Movie Update: It Might Be an Origin Story

Heyman was quick to emphasize that his movie won't just be another rehash of the same familiar tale:

It's not a remake. They've done two films, quite different. But it's possibly an origin story. We're just in the early stages of it, working with a writer called Simon Rich, which is wonderful.
But with two high-profile Willy Wonka movies already in existence, why bother returning to that same character? Heyman continued:

I'm a huge Roald Dahl fan. I've been trying to work on Dahl material for quite some time but they're all tied up. So when this was suggested, I didn't take a moment to pause and want to jump right in.

It's challenging because you don't have Dahl, you don't have a Dahl book, and yet you have a Dahl character. But I think there's a lot in his character that suggests who he is and also where he might come from or what his childhood or his middle age might have been like. So we're exploring that. We're discussing it. We're in the very early stages and very excited about what lies ahead.

 

[samsnee]

That Chalamet is so hot right now!

 

[Scarlet Spider]

I would imagine this is a prequel to the source material. The original novel by Roald Dahl.

Chalamet looks good.

 

[DarkKnight88]

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.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Too much Depp, not enough Wilder IMO. Still wish this had gone to Skyler Gisondo. It is a good look though, just doesn't catch my interest.

 

[Sawyer]

The color scheme is very Depp, but beyond that, I really doubt they’re getting into that characterization.

For one thing, his hair isn’t horrifying.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

He looks like Batman villain, the Mad Hatter.

 

[Drizzle]

I mean, he LOOKS like Wonka. Or rather, how Wonka is portrayed in the book illustrations. Nothing controversial to see here.

 

[Pennywise]

The Promise of Timothée Chalamet

It’s not an easy thing to come by in London, where he’s been in rehearsals for Wonka, an original movie musical that will serve as a prequel of sorts to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, following the titular chocolatier as a young man. He just spent a weekend recording music for the film at Abbey Road. “I felt out of my league,” he says of working in that legendary space. “Like I was desecrating history!” But working on this project has been good for him. “It’s not mining the darker emotions in life,” he says. “It’s a celebration of being off-center and of being O.K. with the weirder parts of you that don’t quite fit in.”

 

[DarthSkywalker]

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