The film is based on characters by Roald Dahl, inspired especially by one of Dahl’s most beloved characters, Willy Wonka, and takes place before the events of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Released just before Christmas 2023, the big budget prequel "Wonka" pulled ... and with some characters probably returning, others not coming back, and new ones added, a cast is hard to predict.

Off of his role in a popular $632 million movie in 2023, Hugh Grant continues a career trend by starring in a new Netflix ...

Cast: Timothee Chalamet ... What a wishfully whimsical, winningly wholesome, and weirdly warmhearted wonder Wonka is. And what a cheekily charismatic charmer that Chalamet chap is.