Willy Wonka, an aspiring magician, inventor, and chocolatier, arrives in Europe to establish his chocolate shop at the Galeries Gourmet. It received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film, and Chalamet was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. It has grossed over $535 million worldwide against a $125 million budget, and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was released in the United Kingdom on December 8 and in the United States on December 15 by Warner Bros. Wonka premiered in London at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre on November 28, 2023. The film's original songs were written by Neil Hannon, and its original score by Joby Talbot. Studios, Leavesden, in Watford, as well as Oxford, Lyme Regis, Bath, St Albans and at the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park, London. Filming began in the United Kingdom in September 2021, at Warner Bros. In May 2021, Chalamet was confirmed to portray Wonka, and the supporting cast was announced in September of that year. While it tells a standalone story with no connection to prior adaptations, King developed Wonka to exist as a "companion piece" to the 1971 film by reprising some of the music, thematic elements and visual design of the Oompa Loompas. Pictures reacquired the rights to the character in October 2016 and announced that the film would be an origin story. It is the third live-action film based on Dahl's novel, following Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).ĭevelopment began when Warner Bros. It stars Timothée Chalamet as the title character, with an ensemble cast including Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant. It tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, a character in the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, featuring his early days as a chocolatier. Wonka is a 2023 musical fantasy film directed by Paul King, who co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby based on a story by King.
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