"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" prequel movie "Wonka" began filming in London this Wednesday local time, and the film also determined the main cast:
"Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson and Sally Hawkins ("The Shape of Water") are newly exposed. Starring Timothy Chalame, Olivia Coleman, Jim Carter, Ricky Furcell, Cogan-Michael Kay, Tom Davis, Kobrer Holderbrook-Smith, Peterson Joseph and others also starred.
The film, featuring chocolate factory operator Willie Wonka, focuses on the adventures of the young Wonka before the opening of the world's most famous chocolate factory, and will have elements of song and dance.
Paul King (Paddington Bear) directed and wrote screenplays with Simon Farnaby (Paddington Bear 2), with David Hayman (Harry Potter) as producer, and released in North America on March 17, 2023.
The character of Wonka appears in Roald Dahl's famous novels Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Big Glass Lift, which were adapted into two versions of the film (2005 and 1971 editions), and this prequel will be the original story.
(Original title: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" prequel began filming "Bean" surprise joined)