Timothée Chalamet is set to star as young Willy Wonka in Warner Bros.' new film.
After on-and-off negotiations,
the actor has signed on to star in Wonka, which will be a musical.
Paul King, the director of the Paddington movies, will be sitting
in the director's chair when cameras roll in September. David Heyman is producing.
The film is a big-screen reimagining of Roald Dahl's classic children book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Gene Wilder portrayed Willy Wonka in
the 1971 film adaptation of the book titled Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory....
...while
Johnny Depp played him in the 2005 adaptation titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
This won't be the first time Chalamet has followed in Depp's footsteps.
He also channeled the actor as the son of Edward Scissorhands in a Super Bowl ad earlier this year.
Chalamet next leads the ensemble cast for Warner Bros. Dune.
The epic sci-fi adaptation will be released this fall.
For more on this story, go to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.