Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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Wonka: Hugh Grant hated the process of playing an Oompa Loompa

Posted 3 years ago

The comedic actor who normally stars in films without special effects found out how much he hated the motion capture process for Wonka.

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Wonka casting of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa draws concern from actors with dwarfism

Posted 3 years ago

Roles like the Oompa Loompas were made famous by the little people in the original Willy Wonka and Hugh Grant portrays one in the prequel.

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Wonka: Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, & more join the scrumdiddlyumptious prequel

Posted 5 years ago

The cast for Warner Bros.’ Wonka is getting more delicious by the day. Sally Hawkins (Paddington, The Shape of Water), Rowan Atkinson (Rat Race, Mr. Bean), Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown), and Jim Carter (Shakespeare in Love, Downton Abbey)...

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New Willy Wonka pinball machine looks so good you’ll want to eat it

Posted 7 years ago

Jersey Jack Pinball has invited silverball wizards into a world of pure imagination with the release of their Collector's Edition machine for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Based on Mel Stuart's 1971 classic family-fantasy musical starring Gene Wilder as...

Netflix creating new animated event series set in Roald Dahl story universe

Posted 8 years ago

The stories of Roald Dahl have been part of the lives of countless children and adults for decades, transcending from pages to the screen in movies like WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, THE WITCHES,...

Weird Al, Finn Wolfhard & more to star in Willy Wonka live concert event!

Posted 9 years ago

Throughout the years, Roald Dahl's classic children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has been adapted into a variety of entertainment mediums. There's Mel Stuart's 1971 film, a Broadway adaptation, Tim Burton's visually splediferous version of the tale, and Tom &...

Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a thing that exists

Posted 9 years ago

There's that old saying "when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you"? Well this is the abyss…this shit right here. I've seen the trailer a few times to make sure it's real, and each time I...

Willy Wonka and Blazing Saddles are headed to select theaters this weekend

Posted 10 years ago

It may have been a while since Gene Wilder was in front of the camera, but that certainly hasn't stifled the love the public has for him or his films. Given his recent passing, two of his most celebrated movies...

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COOL VIDEOS: Willy Wonka Remix

Posted 14 years ago

I love WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. It is one of the films that always takes me back to my childhood. I vividly remember being horrified by Mr. Slugworth and hiding under my bed when The Tinker gives his...

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