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Tom Holland and Timothee Chalamet Are in the Running to Play Young Willy Wonka in Prequel Film Wonka

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For nearly five years, Warner Bros. has been developing a new Willy Wonka movie that will explore the character's earlier days, before he became the King of Candy, and today, the studio announced it will release Wonka on March 17th, 2023.

Back in 2018, Collider reported that Ryan Gosling, Donald Glover and Ezra Miller were being eyed to star, but those names have all fallen by the wayside since then. Lately, sources say that Warners has its eye on either Tom Holland or Timothée Chalamet to play the eccentric confectioner.

Holland is currently 24 years old, while Chalamet just turned 25, and not only will they be competing for roles for years to come, but they are two of Hollywood's most recognizable and talented leading men under 30. While it's unclear whether Holland or Chalamet are actively pursuing this part, it's easy to see Chalamet as a younger version of Johnny Depp's take on Wonka, whereas Holland is more of a song-and-dance man in the vein of a young Gene Wilder. To be clear, neither has been offered the role of Wonka -- but let's be honest, there are only so many young actors Warner Bros. would agree to finance this film with, as I'd imagine they want it to spark a franchise.

Paul King (Paddington) will direct from a script by Simon Rich (An American Pickle), who will draw inspiration from Roald Dahl's classic children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Wonka will be produced by David Heyman, who also produced the Harry Potter movies for Warners in addition to Paddington and its equally beloved sequel. Variety reports that the studio plans to start production within the next four months.

While I'm not privy to the inner-workings of Holland or Chalamet's schedules, neither appear to have any projects that are due to begin shooting this summer. Chalamet is attached to play Bob Dylan in James Mangold's Going Electric, but Mangold is currently focused on the fifth Indiana Jones movie slated for July 2022. Holland is currently filming a third Spider-Man movie, but he has no other imminent projects on his IMDb page.

Plot details for Wonka are being kept under wraps, and since it's an origin story of sorts, it remains unclear whether the Oompa Loompas will make an appearance. However, given King's experience with the computer-generated character of Paddington, it's possible that the Oompa Loompas could be CG as well.

New 'Willy Wonka' Movie Lands Release Date; Major Young Stars Eyed for Role
 

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Hopefully Tom for the win, IF this movie has to be made. And please keep Tim Burton far away from it.

Ross Lynch should be consider too.
 

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How do these movie execs have jobs? This is the best movie idea they can come up with? Willy Wonka doesn't need a fµck!ng origin story.
 

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but let's be honest, there are only so many young actors Warner Bros. would agree to finance this film with, as I'd imagine they want it to spark a franchise.

Are they really going to churn out a brand new franchise from a 1964 novel/1971 film? Where did the fresh new ideas go?
 

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Hopefully Tom for the win, IF this movie has to be made. And please keep Tim Burton far away from it.

Ross Lynch should be consider too.

While reading the article I was just thinking Ross would be a good and interesting choice. We don’t have to see the same people over and over again. But if it’s not him, it should be Tom.
 

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i feel like tom has the sense cunning type sense of humor but timothee got that creepy aura, gonna be interesting
 

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How do these movie execs have jobs? This is the best movie idea they can come up with? Willy Wonka doesn't need a fµck!ng origin story.
seriouslt because everything. Is just being remade instead of coming up with new stories!!!! Where’s the originality? Why not just turn a book into a movie? What happened to the spark movies used to have? I’m so underwhelmed by everything that’s been coming out, lately I find myself turning to streaming services to watch their content because these movies are just a big fat NO.
 

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seriouslt because everything. Is just being remade instead of coming up with new stories!!!! Where’s the originality? Why not just turn a book into a movie? What happened to the spark movies used to have? I’m so underwhelmed by everything that’s been coming out, lately I find myself turning to streaming services to watch their content because these movies are just a big fat NO.

I get the argument that movie studios are trying to cash in on already established movie properties so they can theoretically bring in more money but they be remaking movies that DO NOT NEED A REMAKE. The Craft reboot they did last year was fµck!ng trash. Also, children these days watch YouTube more than anything. I really don't think kids want to see a Willy Wonka film. They really don't understand what children want to watch and it's annoying.
 
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I'll rather watch a movie about the Oompa Loompa.
An origin story about where they come from.


I was thinking Jersey with their orange guido look.
The 2 sentences was enough just had to take a cheap shot at the end.
 

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I get the argument that movie studios are trying to cash in on already established movie properties so they can theoretically bring in more money but they be remaking movies that DO NOT NEED A REMAKE. The Craft reboot they did last year was fµck!ng trash. Also, children these days watch YouTube more than anything. I really do think kids want to see a Willy Wonka film. They really don't understand what children want to watch and it's annoying.
a movie about a child playing with toys, while they watch and not play with their own toys. jk
 

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I want to see how they play off the human trafficing bit with the Oompa Loompas. No one can convince me they have working papers. Those fired factory workers would have rioted if they knew they were being replayed by orange people.
 

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If this movie has any chance then only with Timothy.

I’m still amazed at his performance in The King. He has such a remarkable screen presence. He would just sit there and I’d go like: yeah, yeah this makes sense.

He’s a fantastic actor and I’d love to see I’m him in more things.
 

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They tried giving wonka a backstory in the johnny depp version, it was stupid and unnecessary then and it's stupid and unnecessary now. We don't need to know everything about everyone
 

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How do these movie execs have jobs? This is the best movie idea they can come up with? Willy Wonka doesn't need a fµck!ng origin story.

Lmao! Movie execs are not qualified for their jobs at all. Most of them have aged out, they don't know what's happening half the time.

I have seen better casting on Twitter and LSA. In fact, they should hire LSA folks!
 

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They tried giving wonka a backstory in the johnny depp version, it was stupid and unnecessary then and it's stupid and unnecessary now. We don't need to know everything about everyone

It was weird. Some sh!t about his father being a dentist and not allowing him to eat candy
 

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As much as I think Spidey is a good actor they can keep this and that Johnny Deep bs.
Nobody will EVER top Gene. NOBODY.
 

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I think that both have the charisma to pull off a weird and excentric Wonka instead of a sinister and borderline sadistic Wonka (Depp's version was terrible, fµck Burton for that one).

But really, no thank you.

Edit: someone said Robert Sheehan as Wonka and I kinda want that now
 
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If this movie has any chance then only with Timothy.

I’m still amazed at his performance in The King. He has such a remarkable screen presence. He would just sit there and I’d go like: yeah, yeah this makes sense.

He’s a fantastic actor and I’d love to see I’m him in more things.

I loved The King. I thought he was great in it too. I can't wait for Dune.
 

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Both are okay I guess. They both have dance backgrounds, but I think Tom actually sang in musicals, so he would win over Timothee for that. Timothee has the almost creepy, eccentric look about him that would fit. Frankly I think they should keep looking. I've seen the trivia on films on what actors were considered for roles. They could possibly choose an actor that does so well it would be make these two look like a joke of a suggestion.
 
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They tried giving wonka a backstory in the johnny depp version, it was stupid and unnecessary then and it's stupid and unnecessary now. We don't need to know everything about everyone
Everyone that talks down on the 2005 version obviously is old. Most of yall about 40 plus so your statement is invalid.
 

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