The film is based on characters by Roald Dahl, inspired especially by one of Dahl’s most beloved characters, Willy Wonka, and takes place before the events of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

From Gene Wilder to Timothée Chalamet, take a look back at all of the actors who played the iconic character Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Some of the actors, including Peter Ostrum ... this movie is one of the classics. Here's a look at the cast over decades since "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" premiered. Peter Ostrum was 12 ...

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When Hugh Grant was cast, they felt hurt that such a prominent ... Factory is the underlying darkness around the character of ...

Encore! Homeschool Productions will present "Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka" as its spring musical this weekend, Friday-Sunday, April 4, 5 and 6, in Landis Hall at The Junction Center, 1875 Junction ...

What kid wouldn’t love a trip to a chocolate factory? Well, any kid that saw Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, perhaps. Adapted from one of the most-adapted authors ever, the 1971 film ...

“Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” tells the story about Wonka and his band of oompa loompas, who lead Charlie Bucket, along with the other golden ticket winners --Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop, Violet ...

Related: Yes, there's already a Willy Wonka Glasgow experience ... a member of the Wonka cast (Timothée Chalamet? Hugh Grant?) or one of the Glasgow experience actors will step in to lead the ...

Netflix has confirmed a Willy Wonka TV show, but it isn’t what some fans might have been expecting. Titled The Golden Ticket, the project is a competition series in which people will attempt to ...