Timothee Chalamet
Box Office: Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Wonka’ Whips Up Sweet $3.5M in Previews
The Christmas season has officially kicked off at the box office, as Wonka sets out to warm moviegoers’ hearts with a whimsical origin tale about the iconic candyman from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. From Warner Bros. and Harry Potter franchise producer David Heyman, the musical started off its North American run late Thursday with […]
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Natasha Rothwell Teases ‘White Lotus’ Season 3, Says She “Gasped Out Loud No Less Than Five Times” Reading the Scripts
Though details of the third season of The White Lotus are being held tightly under wraps, star Natasha Rothwell is giving a little tease of what fans can expect when the hit HBO series returns. Rothwell, who appeared in the Hawaii-set first season of The White Lotus, is so far the only publicly revealed cast […]
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Global Box Office: ‘Wonka’ Wins Weekend With Sweet $43.2M Overseas Opening
Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka provided some much-needed sweetener at the weekend box office, where it placed No. 1 on the global chart in earning $43.2 million from its first 37 overseas markets. That’s a promising start for the Christmas musical, which opens everywhere in North America on Dec. 16 as it continues to roll out across […]
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‘Wonka’ World Premiere: Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Grant Bring Roald Dahl’s Chocolate Factory to London
London’s Royal Festival Hall was transformed into a festive version of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory on Tuesday for the world premiere of Warner Bros.’ musical Wonka. Timothée Chalamet — who plays Wonka — was among the guests at the event and spent over an hour signing autographs and posing for selfies on a red carpet decorated with giant […]
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Hollywood Studios Launch Rescue Mission to Save 2024 Tentpoles as Actors Strike Ends
The rescue mission to save Hollywood’s 2024 calendar — and the summer lineup in particular — has officially commenced now that the actors strike has been resolved. One source says some major film productions are up and running as of Thursday. High drama unfolded Wednesday as the studios informed SAG-AFTRA that it had until 5 […]
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Timothée Chalamet Recalls “Disorienting” Armie Hammer Accusations While Making Cannibal Love Story ‘Bones and All’
Timothée Chalamet is speaking out about his experience of preparing to star in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story Bones and All just as similar allegations were being leveled against Armie Hammer, his Call Me by Your Name co-star, back in 2021. “Disorienting is a good word,” Chalamet told GQ in a magazine story about keeping […]
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Timothée Chalamet Becomes Genius Chocolatier in New ‘Wonka’ Trailer
Timothée Chalamet as inventor Willy Wonka is determined to transform humanity one delicious chocolate bon bon at a time in the latest whimsical trailer for Wonka, which Warner Bros. released on Thursday. “I guess it’s time to change the world,” Chalamet playing the titular chocolatier declares in the teaser trailer (below) for the upcoming tentpole […]
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‘Wonka’ Director Praises Timothée Chalamet’s Singing Voice, Says the Movie Isn’t a Musical
Wonka director Paul King is praising his star, Timothée Chalamet, once again. In a new interview with Total Film to promote the upcoming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, King took a moment to shout out Chalamet’s singing voice. “[He]’s got a beautiful singing voice,” he told the publication. “The person it […]
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Denis Villeneuve Says It “Would Be the Dream” to Make a Third ‘Dune’ Movie
Denis Villeneuve returns to Arrakis for Dune: Part Two, and he hopes his journey doesn’t end there. The filmmaker opened up in an interview with Empire Magazine about wanting to continue to explore the desert planet created by Frank Herbert in a third movie based on Dune Messiah, if it were to get greenlit. “If […]
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Is Barbenheimer a Last Hurrah? Studios, Theaters Brace for Tentpole Havoc If Strikes Linger Into Fall
The extraordinary success of Barbie and Oppenheimer was a needed shot of adrenaline for Hollywood and theater owners as domestic box office revenue hit $311.1 million over the July 21-23 frame, the fourth-biggest weekend of all time. Never in history has one movie opened to $100 million or more, and a second one to more than […]
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‘Wonka’ Director on How Many Sweets Were Eaten on Set, Creating a Massive Vat of Chocolate for Timothée Chalamet
The Wonka cast and crew had a steady supply of chocolate on the set of the upcoming Timothée Chalamet-starring Warner Bros. prequel. In an interview with People magazine, director Paul King discussed the “great deal” of chocolate that was consumed on set, joking that he was one of the taste testers and hopes to lose […]
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‘Wonka’ Director Paul King Cast Hugh Grant as Oompa Loompa “Because He’s the Funniest, Most Sarcastic Sh** I’ve Ever Met”
Having effectively sparked the Hugh Grant renaissance after casting the British star as the chief villain in Paddington 2, director Paul King turned to the actor once again for a key role in his upcoming Roald Dahl prequel, Wonka (released by Warner Bros. Dec. 15). But it may not have been for reasons Grant approves […]
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