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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

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

Swallows and Amazons and other great classic children’s book-to-film adaptations

November 23, 2016 by Villordsutch

To celebrate the release of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons – directed by Philippa Lowthorpe – on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Download from December 12th, we take a look at some of the best book to film adaptations to have captivated young audiences. Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome’s classic series of novels have been loved by […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Villordsutch Tagged With: Alice In Wonderland, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Swallows and Amazons, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Jungle Book, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Wizard of Oz, Where The Wild Things Are, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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