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Taika Waititi to voice Willy Wonka in Netflix animated movie Charlie vs. The Chocolate Factory

April 19, 2026 by Gary Collinson

Netflix has announced that directors Jared Stern (The LEGO Batman Movie) and Elaine Bogan (Spirit Untamed) and executive producer Taika Waititi (Klara and the Sun) are reimaging Roald Dahl’s beloved novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the new animated feature Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory. Produced by Sony Pictures Imageworks (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie vs. The Chocolate Factory, Kit Connor, Roald Dahl, Taika Waititi

Netflix shares trailer for animated Roald Dahl adaptation The Twits

October 6, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has debuted the first trailer for The Twits, the upcoming animated feature inspired by the classic Roald Dahl children’s novel. The film sees two brave orphans team up with a family of magical animals to save their town from being taken over by the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world – Mr. and […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: netflix, Roald Dahl, The Twits

LEGO Ideas Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Classic Movie Set launching in September

August 22, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

The LEGO Group has officially unveiled the LEGO Ideas Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory set which is inspired by the 1971 musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel. The set recreates the chocolate waterfall scene, complete with the Wonkatania boat and chocolate river and contains minifigures for Willy Wonka, 2 Oompa Loompas, Charlie […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, LEGO, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, LEGO, LEGO Ideas, LEGO Ideas Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Fantastic Mr. Fox at 15: Wes Anderson’s Delightful Stop-Motion Adaptation of the Roald Dahl Classic

November 30, 2024 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Fantastic Mr. Fox as Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated Roald Dahl adaptation turns 15… Many of Roald Dahl’s works have received their big screen treatment in the past but a vast majority of them were in the live-action form with the trifecta of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson

Gobble up the brand new Wonka poster featuring Timothée Chalamet

October 31, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Warner Bros. has released a colourful new poster for their musical prequel Wonka, which puts Timothée Chalamet’s candy-King front and centre on the saccharine one-sheet. Feast your eyes on it below… SEE ALSO: Wonka gets a batch of character posters Directed by Paddington‘s Paul King, Wonka features a stacked cast including Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Colman, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Calah Lane, Hugh Grant, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell, Rakhee Thakrar, Rich Fulcher, Roald Dahl, Timothee Chalamet, Wonka

Feel the pure imagination of the newest Wonka trailer

October 12, 2023 by EJ Moreno

If you were wondering how Willy Wonka got his start, the upcoming film’s latest trailer offers some delicious treats. Wonka, set for release this December, just debuted its second trailer, showcasing more of Timothée Chalamet as the titular character as he begins his business in the cutthroat world of candy making. We also get even […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: Calah Lane, Jim Carter, Keegan Michael Key, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mathew Baynton, Matt Lucas, Natasha Rothwell, olivia colman, Paterson Joseph, Paul King, Rakhee Thakrar, Rich Fulcher, Roald Dahl, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, Timothee Chalamet, Tom Davis, Wonka

Wes Anderson’s Road Dahl adaptation The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar gets a first trailer

September 15, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has released a trailer for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson’s first film in a series of shorts based on the work of Roald Dahl. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Richard Ayoade, the film tells the tale of a rich man who […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, netflix, ralph fiennes, Richard Ayoade, Roald Dahl, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Treat yourself to the first trailer for Wonka

July 11, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Enter the deliciously strange world of Wonka once again. This time, we’ll follow Timothee Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka and how he earned the title of having the world’s most famous chocolate factory. Our first look gives us a look at the world Paul King has crafted, with the upcoming musical looking like a […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Calah Lane, Jim Carter, Keegan Michael Key, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mathew Baynton, Matt Lucas, Natasha Rothwell, olivia colman, Paterson Joseph, Paul King, Rakhee Thakrar, Rich Fulcher, Roald Dahl, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, Timothee Chalamet, Tom Davis, Wonka

Wonka director says prequel will “sit alongside” Roald Dahl novel and 1971 Willy Wonka film

July 6, 2023 by Ricky Church

With Wonka coming out this holiday season, promotion for the film is going to start soon and a trailer was shown at a press event with director Paul King commenting how he made the prequel with the intention for it to work with both Roald Dahl’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as well as the 1971 film Willy Wonka […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Paul King, Roald Dahl, Timothee Chalamet, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka

Wes Anderson shares details on Roald Dahl adaptation The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

June 19, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Wes Anderson is tackling the work of Roald Dahl once again, and his latest project will stretch Anderson’s stylings as a filmmaker. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar will be an upcoming short film, as well as another animated outing as well. Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Richard Ayoade, and Ben Kingsley lend their […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Roald Dahl, Sugar, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Wes Anderson

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