Willy Wonka Animated Movie Announced

Netflix and Sony Pictures person announced Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory, a caller instrumentality connected the classical children's communicative acceptable to merchandise successful 2027.

Directed by The LEGO Batman Movie's Jared Stern, and from the aforesaid Sony Pictures Imageworks workplace arsenic KPop Demon Hunters and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the animated movie volition besides diagnostic the vocal talents of Heartstopper's Kit Connor and Thor: Ragnarok's Taika Waititi.

Actor and manager Waititi volition lend his dependable to Willy Wonka, the legendary chocolatier antecedently portrayed connected surface by Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and — astir precocious — Timothée Chalamet. Connor, meanwhile, volition play caller quality Charley Paley — who sounds decidedly antithetic from the classical story's Charlie Bucket.

Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory tells a caller story, acceptable years aft Wonka's infamous Golden Ticket contest. Indeed, Wonka has conscionable returned to his mill pursuing a stint down bars (for turning a kid into a blueberry, arsenic seen successful the archetypal Charlie and the Chocolate mill publication and film).

"Having served his time, Wonka returns to his mill determined to adhd a small sweetness to a bitter world," reads an authoritative blurb. "But 1 happening stands successful his way: teen Charlie Paley (Connor) and his friends. Facing eviction, this adjacent procreation of 'rotten' kids crippled to interruption into the factory, nab a priceless Wonka Bar, and prevention their homes. But similar galore earlier them who participate the fantastical satellite of the factory, these kids are successful for a spot much than they tin chew..."

Artwork shown contiguous reveals a modern London skyline dominated by the colorful Wonka cocoa factory, its gathering towering implicit adjacent terraced houses. Enormous purple solid windows and a agleam pinkish Wonka logo tin beryllium seen, portion gangly chimneys puff retired a rainbow of colored smoke. In the foreground, a bored-looking teen with blond hairsbreadth looks on, dressed successful a hoodie and jeans and holding a lollipop.

Other upcoming movies from Sony see Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (currently owed June 18, 2027) and a K-Pop Demon Hunters sequel, not expected earlier 2029.

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