You only have to think back two years to remember the cheers and jeers that greeted the news that not only was a new Willy Wonka movie on the way but that it was going to be a prequel and Timothée Chalamet had clinched the titular lead role. READ MORE: Most Anticipated 2024: 26 Blockbusters & Big Spectacle Movies To Watch How could they touch a classic? They weren’t going to, and no one was going to erase the 1971 Gene Wilder “Grown Up Wonka” movie (which was not a hit, by the way).