Wonka is the other big holiday release, and they want us to believe that musicals aren't dead We'll see about that one Barbie is all over the convention, and Warner Bros will lean into how well people are responding to that movie if there is a single working brain cell at that studio.
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We got a look at Wonka, and it was revealed — at least revealed to me because we didn't know this, or I forgot — but apparently, this is a musical It goes for whimsey, but star Timothée Chalamet wasn't exactly mind-blowing It wasn't bad, and this isn't going to be a musical where everything is[...]
Finally, Wonka also has a new release date It is moving from March 23, 2023, to December 15, 2023 That is prime real estate for movie releases, so either Warner Bros thinks they have an awards movie on their hands, or they think they it's going to clean up at the Christmas box office Either[...]
Wonka is now filming in the UK, and the rest of the cast surrounding Timothee Chalamet has been filled out Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Coleman, Sally Hawkins, Tom Davis, Simoon Farnaby, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mathew Baynton, Jim Carter, Rich Fulcher, and a slew of Paddington actors and actresses have hopped onboard Paddington filmmaker Paul King is directing[...]