Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet will sing and dance as a young Willy Wonka in Warner Bros. musical Wonka helmed by Paddington director Paul King.The 25-year-old native New Yorker beat out Tom Holland, Ryan Gosling, Donald Glover, and Ezra Miller for the part of the future chocolate factory owner.King and co-screenwriter Simon Farnaby's origin tale about how Wonka met the Oompa-Loompas is inspired by Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel - according to Deadline.
Pure imagination: Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (pictured in 2019) will sing and dance as a young Willy Wonka in Warner Bros.
musical Wonka helmed by Paddington director Paul King No more Charlie Bucket! King (R) and co-screenwriter Simon Farnaby's origin tale about how the future.
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