Be sure to pack your candy cane oars for the chocolate river! Directed by Paul King, this new musical fantasy family movie casts Timothée Chalamet as the new Willy Wonka, ...

Here's how Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet changed the roles of the famous chocolatier Willy Wonka. The 27-year-old says his version is an "original take" on Roald Dahl's character.

Dark and dandy: Depp’s Wonka. Tim Burton directed a remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005 with Johnny Depp bringing a slightly darker, dandy slant to the character of Willy Wonka ...

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Add Topic. Spoilers! ... the cane. He’s his own character, and this is 25 years earlier, so he’s in such a different place in his life.

He uses his cane a lot to kind of become Willy Wonka. I feel like he did such a great job putting his own flavor into it, but still having the qualities of the Gene Wilder version of Willy Wonka.