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Who’s Playing Willy Wonka In The Upcoming Movie? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Before Willy Wonka whipped up his first
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Speaker 1: batch of chocolate bars, what was he up to? You'll
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Speaker 1: find out soon. Warner Brothers has announced Wonka, an origin
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Speaker 1: story based on the legendary children's character created by a
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Speaker 1: row old doll. According to Deadline, Timothy shallow May has
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Speaker 1: signed on to play a young Mr. Wonka, which has
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Speaker 1: previously been played by Johnny Depp in two thousand five
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Speaker 1: and Gene Wilder Invent One, but both of those projects
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Speaker 1: were firmly based on source material the book Charlie and
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Speaker 1: the Chocolate Factory. While this film story will be entirely new.
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Speaker 1: Little else is known, other than that Timothy will get
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Speaker 1: to show off his incredible singing and dancing skills for
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Speaker 1: the first time, so it will be a musical in
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Speaker 1: some form. Filming for Wonka is expected to begin later
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Speaker 1: this year. That's direct from Hollywood.