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‘Wonka': Timothee Chalamet Meets Hugh Grant As an Oompa-Loompa in New Trailer

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Moviegoers won’t just see Timothee Chalamet in “Dune: Part Two” this fall. After the star gets the sands of Arrakis out of his shoes, he will pick up a cane and top hat and show off his singing voice in “Wonka,” a musical based on Roald Dahl’s enigmatic, colorful and slightly sinister candyman.

The trailer shown at CinemaCon shows Chalamet as Willy Wonka as he gathers cacao beans in Africa and introduces the world to his candy to the first time.

But he faces the wrath of the “chocolate cartel,” which has cornered the market on candy and is crushing any aspiring competitors.

So how does Wonka thwart them? Invent chocolate that makes people fly. “Mark my words, this is going to be the greatest chocolate shop the world has ever seen,” he promises to a delighted crowd.Of course, a Wonka origin story wouldn’t be complete without the Oompa-Loompas, and the trailer offered a first look at Hugh Grant as one of the famous orange creatures.

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