A brand new trailer for Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet, has been launched – you possibly can watch it above.
The prequel film, which will probably be launched in cinemas on December 15, follows a younger Willy Wonka as he units out to grow to be the world’s biggest chocolatier.
The brand new trailer affords a better have a look at Hugh Grant‘s Oompa-Loompa as he meets Chalamet’s Wonka for the primary time. It additionally incorporates a snippet of Grant singing a basic Ooompa-Loompa tune, in addition to a primary have a look at Wonka’s world-famous chocolate manufacturing unit in its early levels of growth.
Directed by Paul King (Paddington), the movie additionally stars Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Coleman, Sally Hawkins and Matt Lucas.
King is the third director to helm a movie adaptation of the Roald Dahl story, following Mel Stuart’s 1971 model and Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility in 2005.
Timothée Chalamet and Hugh Grant in ‘Wonka’. CREDIT: Warner Bros. Footage
Earlier this 12 months, King once more praised Chalamet’s music chops in an interview with Rolling Stone, pinpointing the actor’s viral highschool theatre exhibits because the second he started “stanning” Chalamet.
“His highschool musical performances are on YouTube and have tons of of hundreds of views,” King stated. “So I knew from stanning for Timmy Chalamet that he might sing and dance very well.”
In the meantime, Grant’s casting as an Oompa-Loompa has drawn criticism from George Coppen and Jackass star Wee Man, who argued that the function ought to have gone to an actor with dwarfism.
Coppen, who’s greatest recognized for taking part in Candy Cupid in Netflix’s The College For Good And Evil, informed the BBC in July: “A number of actors [with dwarfism] really feel like we’re being pushed out of the trade we love.
“Lots of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs must be provided on a regular basis roles in dramas and soaps, however we aren’t getting provided these roles. One door is being closed however they’ve forgotten to open the following one.”