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first trailer for "Wonka" was released on Tuesday, showing the
27-year-old "Dune" and "Call Me by Your Name" actor playing a
younger version of the famed candy maker, discovering cocoa
beans, befriending a young orphan girl and dreaming of having
his own chocolate store.
The film, out in December, is set before the 1971 movie "Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", starring Wilder as Wonka in an
adaptation of Dahl's beloved 1964 book "Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory".
"('Wonka') tells the wild and wonderful story of Willy Wonka...
what chocolate means to him and why he's so driven to become
this extraordinary chocolate maker," Director Paul King said at
a press preview of the trailer, adding he wanted to stay "true"
to Dahl's book when writing the script.
"(He) is a very interesting, beguiling character and it seemed
really interesting to dive a little deeper into him and try and
come up with something that perhaps Roald Dahl might have
approved of if he'd ever tried to write a prequel."
Dahl's book told the story of impoverished Charlie Bucket, who
wins a golden ticket to tour Wonka's chocolate factory alongside
other children - the greedy Augustus Gloop, gum-loving Violet
Beauregarde, spoiled Veruca Salt and television addict Mike
Teevee.
The new movie sees Wonka arriving in a fictional European city,
which is home to master chocolatiers. Like Wilder, and Depp in
the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Chalamet is
dressed in Wonka's top hat and long jacket.
"(Chalamet is) following in some extraordinarily big shoes with
the people who've played the character before and I think he
more than lives up to them," King said.
"He manages to bring that sort of mayhem and that
mischievousness but with a deep emotional grounding."
The trailer also shows Chalamet's famous co-stars, including
Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Grant as
an Oompa Loompa.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Sharon
Singleton)
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