We often lament that Hollywood has run out of ideas for new stories and new characters, which is why it seems like every new film is a sequel, prequel, remake, gender-swapped version, musical, or a different point of view of an existing franchise. But you can't argue with the fact that it works, or at least sells an awful lot of tickets. From the looks of the first trailer, the movie Wonka may work very well. This is a musical, and a prequel to the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. On paper, that sounds like throwing in all possible guaranteed shortcuts to a hit, but if the movie lives up to the trailer, it will be a lot of fun.
Wonka follows a young Willy Wonka, played by Timothée Chalamet, as he sets out to open a chocolate factory, but must first battle the existing chocolate cartel. Other characters are played by Keegan-Michael Key, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman, Tom Davis, Sally Hawkins, and Hugh Grant -as an Oompa-Loompa! Wonka was originally scheduled to open in March of this year, but now will open on December 15. One look will tell you it will work much better as a Christmas movie. -via Gizmodo
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sounds like something that might be worth the moderately inflated price of admission ?!?
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