Hola What’s Hot Fam,
Tis the season…for remakes! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is making a return for the holidays under the title Wonka. Discover the world of Willy Wonka as we take a look at the plot, cast and trailer below.
Based on ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, Wonka tells “the wondrous story of how a young chocolate maker, armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time.”
“This is a joyous movie. This is about bringing a light into a world that is in desperate need of it, at least that’s how I read it,” said leading star Timothée Chalamet. “When I read Wonka, I did feel the classic thespian challenge—the singing, the dancing. But when I think about the main theme of this movie, when I think about its raison d’etre—it is to bring joy into the world. It’s to encourage dreaming; to encourage the dreamers to continue dreaming; to encourage declaring yourself as you are, who you are, without question. It’s to declare that to share in kindness and enthusiasm is to paint a way forward, not only for yourself but for those around you. It’s about community, and it’s about community surviving in spaces of erosion. It’s about light and love. I’m so proud to have been a part of that.”
Check out the cast list below.
| The Cast of Wonka (2023) | |
| Character | Actor |
| Willy Wonka | Timothée Chalamet |
| Bleacher | Tom Davis |
| Mrs. Scrubitt | Olivia Colman |
| Noodle | Calah Lane |
| Slugworth | Paterson Joseph |
| Prodnose | Matt Lucas |
| Fickelgruber | Mathew Baynton |
| Miss Bon-Bon | Freya Parker |
| Chief of Police | Keegan-Michael Key |
| Abacus Crunch | Jim Carter |
| Lottie Bell | Rakhee Thakrar |
| Piper Benz | Natasha Rothwell |
| Larry Chucklesworth | Rich Fulcher |
| Young Willy Wonka | Colin O’Brien |
| Mamma | Sally Hawkins |
| Father Julius | Rowan Atkinson |
| Gwennie, Mistress of the Keys | Ellie White |
| Jenkins | Rufus Jones |
| Barbara | Charlotte Ritchie |
| Colin | Phil Wang |
| Oompa Loompa | Hugh Grant |
| Baroness Von Schmeichelhammer | Jane Bertish |
| Donovan | Dominic Coleman |
| Dorothy Smith | Tracy Ifeachor |
“Noodle, I’d say she’s like a tough character. She doesn’t wanna open up her heart to anybody, but when she meets Willy, she kinda cracks, and she’s like, ‘Oh, well, somebody likes me.’ So, she cracks and she’s like, ‘Maybe I can bring that out in other people, too,” said Calah Lane about her character. “Working with Timmy’s definitely been great. He’s such a nice person. Just like Willy and Noodle, we laugh, we joke. He knows how to put a smile on my face. He knows how to put a smile on a lot of faces.”
Paul King (the “Paddington” films) is credited as the writer and director alongside producers David Heyman(“Harry Potter,” “Gravity,” “Barbie” and “Paddington”), Alexandra Derbyshire (the “Paddington” films, “Jurassic World: Dominion”) and Luke Kelly (“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical”). Wonka opened in theaters and in IMAX internationally on Wednesday, December 6, and will debut in North America on Friday, December 15.
With Sizzling Love,
Stacey Cake
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