‘Wonka’ Movie: The First Trailer, Release Date & All The Latest About Timothée Chalamet’s Film

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Timothee Chalamet
'Wonka' connected  acceptable   filming, Bath, UK - 14 Oct 2021

Timothee Chalamet
'Wonka' connected  acceptable   filming, Bath, UK - 14 Oct 2021

Timothée Chalamet stars arsenic a young Willy Wonka.

The Wonka trailer was released connected July 11. The movie volition deed theaters connected December 15.

Let your imaginativeness tally chaotic due to the fact that a caller section of Willy Wonka is upon us. Wonka volition beryllium hitting theaters during the 2023 vacation play and diagnostic Timothée Chalamet in the legendary relation of Willy Wonka. The suspense implicit what’s to travel successful Wonka has been unspeakable to hold for, but the intrigue has ne'er wavered. The archetypal trailer was released by Warner Bros. connected July 11, and it was the cleanable saccharine dainty for fans.

Wonka is going to beryllium a saccharine dainty for movie-goers, but the movie has been shrouded successful mystery. Thankfully, we’ve gotten immoderate morsels of accusation implicit the past twelvemonth adjacent with Wonka being kept nether wraps. From the authoritative merchandise day to what we cognize truthful acold astir Wonka’s plot, HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize astir Wonka.

Timothee ChalametTimothee Chalamet arsenic Willy Wonka. (Mirrorpix / MEGA)

Wonka Release Date

Wonka’s merchandise day is presently December 15, 2023. The film’s archetypal merchandise day was March 17, 2023. In March 2022, Warner Bros. announced a slew of merchandise day changes, pushing Wonka’s theatre debut 8 months. With its caller merchandise date, Wonka volition be the movie to spot of the 2023 vacation season.

What Will The Wonka Movie Be About?

Warner Bros. hasn’t released a afloat synopsis for Wonka conscionable yet, but the movie volition beryllium a prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Wonka volition absorption connected young Willy Wonka successful the years earlier helium started moving the world’s astir celebrated cocoa factory. It volition beryllium a genuinely epic root story.

Similar to the archetypal movie, Timothée volition beryllium showing disconnected his vocal chops successful Wonka. He has a whopping 7 philharmonic numbers successful the movie. “I hatred to accidental it, but the imagination arsenic an creator is to propulsion immoderate the f**k you privation astatine the wall, you know?” the 27-year-old told Vogue UK successful October 2022. “And I conjecture what I’m realizing is that one’s idiosyncratic life, one’s big life, tin beryllium rather boring and the artist’s beingness tin inactive beryllium extraordinary.”

Timothee ChalametTimothee Chalamet filming ‘Wonka.’ (Click News & Media / Dean / SplashNews)

In 2021, Timothée told TIME that Wonka is “not mining the darker emotions successful life. It’s a solemnisation of being off-center and of being O.K. with the weirder parts of you that don’t rather acceptable in.”

Is There A Trailer For Wonka?

Yes, determination is simply a trailer for Wonka arsenic of July 11, 2023. The archetypal trailer features the young candymaker arsenic helium tries to unfastened his cocoa shop. He runs into occupation with the cocoa cartel, but they’re nary lucifer for his dreams. The footage ends with young Willy capturing an Oompa Loompa who’s been pursuing him. That Oompa Loompa is played by nary different than Hugh Grant.

Timothee ChalametTimothée Chalamet with Hugh Grant successful the ‘Wonka’ movie. (Warner Bros.)

A trailer was archetypal shown exclusively to the CinemaCon assemblage successful April 2022, but it wasn’t released publically astatine the time. The footage was astir 2 minutes agelong and featured Timothée’s Wonka “busking cocoa truffles successful the thoroughfare arsenic constabulary and clergymen seemingly effort to tally him retired of town,” according to Variety. He besides tap-danced connected a array and led a chorus of dancers who spelled retired his name.

A aureate summons appeared successful the footage with a enactment from Wonka’s parent written connected it. The CinemaCon trailer included a snippet of Timothée’s singing astir an “invisible thread” that connects us. “It’s not the cocoa that matters. It’s the radical you stock it with,” Timothée said successful the trailer, according to Deadline.

Wonka Cast & Crew

Timothée Chalamet plays the 1 and lone Willy Wonka. He volition play a younger mentation of the legendary quality created by Roald Dahl successful his 1964 caller and originated onscreen by Gene Wilder successful the 1971 classical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Johnny Depp took connected the relation of Willy Wonka successful Tim Burton’s mentation of Dahl’s novel.

Gene WilderWilly Wonkas past and contiguous — Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp, and present Timothee Chalamet. (Everett Collection/Mirrorpix / MEGA)

Back successful 2018, Collider reported that Ryan Gosling, Donald Glover, and Ezra Miller were the archetypal apical contenders for the relation of young Willy Wonka. After 3 years of development, Deadline announced that the Call Me By Your Name prima would play Wonka successful May 2021.

In October 2021, Timothée shared the archetypal look astatine his quality successful an Instagram post, which helium has since deleted. “The suspense is terrible, I anticipation it volition past …” the Dune star captured the photograph of himself successful a purple overgarment and brownish apical hat. His caption was a motion to 1 of Gene’s iconic lines successful the 1971 film.

Sally Hawkins volition play Wonka’s mother. The formed besides includes Keegan Michael-Key, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman, Jim Carter, Matt Lucas, Calah Lane, Natasha Rothwell, and more.

Keegan Michael KeyKeegan Michael-Key and Matt Lucas filming ‘Wonka.’ (SplashNews)

Keegan had thing but praise for Timothée’s show arsenic the iconic Wonka. “There’s this fantastic effortlessness astir however helium plays Wonka,” Keegan told The Hollywood Reporter. He added that Timothée “drips charisma and a fantastic confidence. He’s conscionable a truly delicious artist.”

Wonka was directed by Paul King, who notably wrote and directed the beloved Paddington movies. He co-wrote Wonka with Simon Farnaby, a writer and actor. David Heyman, Luke Kelly, and Alexandra Derbyshire served arsenic producers. The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon wrote archetypal songs for the film, according to Deadline.

Where Was Wonka Filmed?

Timothée ChalametTimothée Chalamet successful the ‘Wonka’ trailer. (Warner Bros.)

Wonka started accumulation successful October 2021 and was filmed successful England. In February 2022, Timothée was seen successful afloat Wonka cogwheel filming successful Oxford and Bath. He transformed into young Willy Wonka successful a purple velvet overgarment and a apical hat.

The Oscar nominee besides spent clip signaling euphony for the movie astatine Abbey Road Studios successful London. “I felt retired of my league,” helium told TIME. “Like I was desecrating history!”

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