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The Deadman
10-19-2016, 06:54 PM
http://411mania.com/movies/warner-bros-developing-willy-wonka-prequel/

Warner Bros. is going back to the Willy Wonka well. Variety reports that the studio has acquired the rights to the character from the Roald Dahl Estate and is developing an original prequel story for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character. The story will be an original one not based on either of Dahl’s books and will tell an early adventure of the candy maker.

The prequel will not be an origin story and if there are sequels, it is possible that other characters from the series such as Charlie Bucket may appear. David Heyman (the Harry Potter films) is producing from a script to be written by Simon Rich (Man Seeking Woman).

The character has been used for two films to date: 1971’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in which the late Gene Wilder played Willy Wonka and Warner’s 2005 film from Tim Burton that starred Johnny Depp.

I cant wait to see what Wonka was really smoking when he decided to create a factory that was off the wall.
Powder
10-19-2016, 07:01 PM
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TheSkeletonMan939
10-19-2016, 07:03 PM
Roald Dahl's corpse just shuddered.
plastroncafe
10-19-2016, 07:12 PM
what's the over/under on this being worse than Burton's?
snake
10-19-2016, 07:12 PM
F*ck

F*CK

This'll probably be just as bad if not worse than the 2005 remake
Autbot_Benz
10-19-2016, 07:32 PM
Love how they announce this a 2 months after Gene Wilder passes away **** you Warner Brothers. All that is needed is the Wilder wanka.
Powder
10-19-2016, 08:42 PM
It's what they (Hollywood folks) do. Someone important dies, they take the reigns & piss on a couple legacies.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
10-19-2016, 09:16 PM
I'm not even surprised. Of course they are.
TheSkeletonMan939
10-19-2016, 09:40 PM
F*ck

F*CK

This'll probably be just as bad if not worse than the 2005 remake

What was wrong with the 2005 one?
All things considered I thought it was pretty great.
JTH
10-19-2016, 09:41 PM
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Autbot_Benz
10-19-2016, 09:47 PM
What was wrong with the 2005 one?
All things considered I thought it was pretty great.

its Depp's Pedo like Wonka that is the thing most people hate about it also its too Tim Burtoney.
TheSkeletonMan939
10-19-2016, 09:48 PM
Well it was directed by Tim Burton so that shouldn't be a surprise.
They added a subplot about Willy Wonka's dad that somehow didn't hinder the movie and make it a trainwreck. That's pretty impressive.
plastroncafe
10-19-2016, 10:18 PM
It was the addition of Wonka's Tragic Backstory that ruined that film for me, much the same way a similar addition ruined Carrey's "The Grinch" for me. Pretty much everything else was done well...but that. It was just unnecessary.
ProactiveMan
10-19-2016, 11:31 PM
Love how they announce this a 2 months after Gene Wilder passes away **** you Warner Brothers. All that is needed is the Wilder wanka.

Of course - free publicity. You know sooner or later they're going to start whacking celebrities for marketing purposes.
Candy Kappa
10-20-2016, 04:21 AM
Roald Dahl's corpse just shuddered.

Well. Dahl hated the 1971 movie, so I can magine any movie adaptation would put him off as he was so upset, he didn't want a movie adaptation of the book sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.


Instead of a prequel, they should make a Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator movie. But I guess the rights might be a issue.
Wildcat
10-20-2016, 04:31 AM
It would be pretty cool to see how the factory came to be but that's not what this is supposed to be? So no Oompa-loompa origin either I guess, ha.