Willy Wonka Reality Series Heats Up At Netflix As Rise Of Unscripted Bake-Offs Rattles Producers
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Willy Wonka, the eccentric founder of the Wonka Chocolate Factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has been played by Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet on the big screen.
He’s now set to come to the small-screen in a much different way. Deadline understands that Netflix is preparing a reality competition series based on the Roald Dahl story.
This comes after the streamer acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021. The expansive project is the latest example of a burgeoning trend in the unscripted market in the U.S. – The Bake-Off.
We hear that Netflix went out to a number of production companies, believed to include American Idol producer Fremantle, Wall to Wall, the British production company behind Who Do You Think You Are?, Nobody’s Hero, the production company behind Netflix’s Bullsh*t: The Game Show and Snack vs.
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