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Timothée Chalamet’s new movie, “Wonka,” is coming soon. Unlike the many remakes of Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory, this film will tell the story of a young Willy Wonka. And how he first met the Oompa-Loompas, played by Hugh Grant, in one of his earliest adventures. Over the years, various actors have portrayed the […]

Xbox, Wonka, and chocolate? Sounds like a delicious combination. And now it is. Just unveiled is a new chocolate Xbox controller and Wonka-inspired console from Microsoft, according to 9to5 Toys. Unfortunately, you will have to win this, for as of now, it’s unavailable for purchase. The rules indicated that you must follow Xbox on X […]

The upcoming Hunger Games prequel will give us Viola Davis in style as Volumnia Gaul in The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. With a wardrobe inspired by Willy Wonka. Davis’ Volumnia Gaul character is a ruthless Gamemaker responsible for engineering experiments. All to make the annual Hunger Games more brutal in Panem. Although Dr. Gaul […]

A new trailer for Wonka just dropped, and Timothée Chalamet looks sweet as the iconic chocolatier. Willy Wonka is headed back to the big screen. 27-year-old Chalamet stars as Wonka, and the cast includes Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa. The film was created by Paddington director Paul King and written by Simon Rich. It’s based […]

A recent TikTok video shows Jackass star Wee Man (Jason Acuña) criticizing the casting of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa in Paul King’s upcoming Timothée Chalamet-led Wonka. In the TikTok post, Wee Man said, “Hugh Grant is now playing an Oompa Loompa? So I guess, Hugh Grant, you’re now identifying as a little person?” […]

Auditioning for a part can oftentimes be the hardest aspect of acting. You go in hoping to land a role, and sometimes you get it, other times you don’t. Timothée Chalamet, one of Hollywood’s biggest rising stars, didn’t have to audition at all for the titular role in Wonka, Paul King revealed. Speaking to Rolling […]

Timothée Chalamet will soon grace the silver screen as Willy Wonka in the self-titled film. Director Paul King recently spoke about why Chalamet was the right choice to fill Gene Wilder’s iconic shoes. Wonka tells the story of a young Willy Wonka and serves as a prequel to both Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate […]

Ahead of the Wonka trailer drop, People Magazine has unveiled some exclusive photos from the upcoming Timothée Chalamet-led film including one that gives a glimpse of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa. People Magazine dropped the first official images from Wonka, including one of Noodle (Calah Lane) with the titular character (played by Chalamet) and […]

Paul King’s Wonka film has a lot of question marks given the lack of details known about the Timothée Chalamet-led film, but a recent press event unveiled the first footage from the film and an interesting connection to the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from the director himself. Speaking at the aforementioned […]

Timothée Chalamet recently discussed his upcoming role in Wonka and has teased some important plot details for the film. During the Warner Bros. panel at CineEurope, Chalamet came on stage and teased the upcoming Wonka film. “It was a dream come true. I grew up on the Gene Wilder movie,” he said. He then went […]

The latest trailer release for Wonka unveiled the unexpected sight of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa. As wild as that may sound, it’s nothing but the truth. The forthcoming Willy Wonka origins story stars Timothée Chalamet as the eponymous chocolatier, who begins his journey in a mid-European city after traveling the world to perfect […]

Timothée Chalamet, if nothing else, is committed to the roles he plays. I’m not suggesting he ate human limbs on the set of Bones and All, but upon the news of him doing his own singing in the James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic, he has revealed some of the extreme lengths he went to on […]