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Events of the Week: ‘Wonka,’ ‘Rebel Moon’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Wonka, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, The Iron Claw, Anyone But You and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only screening Kevin Hart and Chris Rock were joined […]
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Eight Actors Who Have Played Willy Wonka in Films and on Broadway
As Wonka is set to make its theatrical debut on Dec. 15, The Hollywood Reporter is looking back at all the actors who have played the iconic Willy Wonka. The fictional character was created by British author Roald Dahl for his 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The character went on to appear in […]
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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’ Director Paul King Talks Gene Wilder References and Why It Was Time to Let Go of Paddington
Paul King’s road to Wonka began with a tough choice between marmalade and chocolate. After two beloved films about a marmalade-loving bear named Paddington, King opted to take on a prequel to Mel Stuart’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) instead of completing a Paddington trilogy of sorts. With Paddington having such extensive source […]
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Are Studios Shy to Market Musicals as … Musicals?
The movie musical has gotten a bad rap. After showing promise at the box office a half-decade ago with original standouts like Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman (which grossed $434 million globally), studios are wary of marketing musicals explicitly as such. The trailers for the Timothée Chalamet-fronted Wonka at Warners barely, if at all, hint at […]
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Timothee Chalamet Says He Was Worried ‘Wonka’ Might Be a “Cynical Money Grab”
Timothée Chalamet has revealed that he was initially a bit skeptical that Wonka was a “cynical money grab” amid the recent reboot trend in Hollywood. The actor, who plays the legendary chocolatier, recently spoke with GamesRadar+ about the movie musical, which focuses on a young Willy Wonka and how he came to meet the Oompa […]
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‘Wonka’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Sings, Dances and Gets Gooey in Cloying Musical Prequel
Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman and Keegan-Michael Key also appear in the origin story of Roald Dahl’s magical chocolatier, from ‘Paddington’ director Paul King.
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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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Olivia Colman Says She and Her Family Left London After Being “Scared” by Paparazzi
Olivia Colman is getting candid about a scary experience she had with paparazzi in London that led her and her family to relocate. During her cover story interview for British Vogue, the Wonka actress also opened up about how she really feels about her growing fame and the negative things that come with it. “We’ve […]
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Timothée Chalamet Remixes “Pure Imagination” From ‘Willy Wonka’ on ‘SNL’ to Celebrate Actors Strike Ending
To kick off Saturday Night Live, Timothée Chalamet remixed “Pure Imagination,” the iconic song from 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, to celebrate the 118-day actors strike ending and being able to talk about his film projects again. During his opening monologue, the actor, who is set to star in the upcoming film Wonka, […]
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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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