Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the trailer for Timothée Chalamet’s Willy Wonka filmIt evokes Hogsmeade and ButterbeerShareLink copied ✔️July 11, 2023July 11, 2023TextSofia Mahirova Get your golden tickets at the ready: the first full-length trailer for the Timothee Chalamet-starring prequel to Roahl Dahl’s classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka, has arrived. Here are a few things it reminds us of: The Polar Express, Nanny McPhee, flash mobs, prepubescent drama geek, Bake Off, nits, consumption, Paperchase, Call the Midwife, iron deficiency, ye olde YouTube influencers (Joolz Guides), bunting, Galaxy chocolate, Hogsmeade. Slated for release on December 15, the film is clearly meant as a Christmas blockbuster, with family favourites such as Mr Bean and Hugh Grant also on the line-up. It will explore the backstory of how a young Willy Wonka first met the Oompa-Loompas – and, colonial undertones aside, Chalamet’s rendition of the eccentric chocolatier is already giving Disney adult energy. The trailer features Chalamet dancing on a cafe tabletop, leading a chorus of umbrella-wielding dancers in what appears to be one of seven musical numbers in the film. Also starring is Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Keegan-Michael Key, Matthew Baynton, Matt Lucas, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell, Simon Farnaby, Paterson Joseph, Tom Davis, Rakhee Thakrar, Justin Edwards, Colin O’Brien, Ellie White, Freya Parker and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. “To work on something that will have an uncynical young audience, that was just a big joy,” Chalamet told Vogue earlier this year. “That’s why I was drawn to it. In a time and climate of intense political rhetoric, when there’s so much bad news all the time, this is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolate.” How do you like it? Dark, white, nutty? Watch the trailer above. 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 MORE6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsCasting is finally getting its flowers at the 2026 OscarsEscape 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