Wonka: Timothée Chalamet’s new film

ToThe new film based on Roal Dahl’s novel The Chocolate Factory hits theaters on December 14, starring Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka.

From the Chocolate Factory, a children’s novel by Roald Dahl

Who doesn’t know the Umpa Lumpa? If you have a young boy in your home or you grew up with Roal Dahl’s books then you will be familiar with this one. The Oompa Loompas are small characters whom Willy Wonka meets during his journey into the jungle and who begin working in his chocolate factory in exchange for the cocoa beans he so loves. Novel chocolate factoryBorn to Boys in 1964, they have enthralled generations of children and their parents, sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide (Roald Dahl’s books are published by Salani in Italy) and have also inspired cinema. has prompted. The first film based on the novel was made in 1971 and starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. He was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

And he already had all the insidiousness, irony and magic that Roal Dahl skillfully put into his story.

movie with johnny depp

The most famous film, also because it’s the closest we get, was the one with the wonderful Johnny Depp, who was so bewildered that he fit the part of Wonka perfectly. chocolate factory It’s from 2005 and directed by the aptly named Tim Burton, who is both deeply disturbing and very visionary. The film was a whirlwind of color and craziness, a world seen through the eyes of a little boy, sometimes compelling – just remember the Umpa Loompa scenes and their “Too Bad” song.

New movie with Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka

But what did Willy Wonka do before opening the world’s most famous and magical chocolate factory? How was he when he was young? What was it really like meeting the Oompa Loompas for the first time? Many children, driven by curiosity to know what was there before, wonder and thus continue to dream. Some secrets will be revealed from the new film in the cinema on December 14 WonkaDirected by British director Paul King – Similar to paddington — and with French actor Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka.

And there really could be no better successor than Johnny Depp. Timothy is also handsome and sexy and sometimes has the same boyish grace that seems to stumble over things that the older (in age) Johnny Depp has. And then the cylinder gives it to him (no small thing!). Warner Bros. Italy has launched the trailer and from the first images you can tell just how magical this new Wonka really is. The atmosphere is fairy-tale-like and reminiscent of Harry Potter – the creators are the same – and Wily has a little girl-assistant who acts as his counterpart. The cast is stellar: they’re there Olivia Coleman And Rowan Atkinson (the famous Mr. Bean) as a priest. And those funny little men in the Umpa Lumpa, with the green wig, nothing less Hugh Grant, And then there is no lack of imagination, even if a gendarme pats Chalamet on the shoulders and says “do not imagine”: here chocolate makes you fly, but you can also do it with balloons «Because all in this world Beautiful things started with a dream. So don’t give up yours.” There’s something to lose between mom’s advice, crazy inventions, ballet, cotton candy, and “nutty chocolate” and you really want to see it.