Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsIt’s not pure imagination: Timothée Chalamet set to play young Willy WonkaHe’s got the golden ticket!ShareLink copied ✔️May 24, 2021May 24, 2021TextBrit Dawson If a Sex and the City follow-up, a Clueless reboot, and a live-action remake of Akira wasn’t enough for you, there’s a Willy Wonka prequel on the way, starring none other than Timothée Chalamet. According to Deadline, the Call Me By Your Name actor will star as a young Willy Wonka in Warner Bros and the Roald Dahl Story Co’s Wonka, which will track the idiosyncratic chocolatier’s adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory, as seen in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Plot details are currently under wraps, but we do know that the film is based on characters created by Roald Dahl and that Charlie Bucket won’t be featured (which makes sense, as he wouldn’t have been born yet). Chalamet will also be showing off his musical theatre skills for the first time, with Deadline reporting that the film will include several singing and dancing numbers. Wonka will be directed by Paul King, who co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby. David Heyman and Luke Kelly are on board as producers, while Michael Siegel is set to executive produce. While you’re waiting for costume lewks, look back at Dazed’s investigation into Hollywood’s unbearable obsession with reboots here. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREEuphoria season 3 is a celebration of female degradationThis iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianism7 things to watch from trans film festival TITE10 films we’re excited to see at Cannes Film Festival 2026Exit8: A must-see Japanese horror about an endless commute ‘It’s just the aesthetic’: The Drama and the allure of violent subculturesWhat went down at our 25th anniversary screening of AmélieHow Daniel Blumberg turned water, wind and silence into a film scoreDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy