Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Timothée Chalamet to play Willy Wonka in origin story backed by Warner Bros

Willy Wonka will feature Roald Dahl’s eccentric chocolatier as a young adult and follow his journey before he sets up the chocolate factory

Warner Bros sets Wonka prequel for 2023 release; Paddington director Paul King to direct

Warner Bros has set a release date for long-standing project Wonka, an origin story focusing on the storied chocolate factory owner.

Netflix to adapt Roald Dahl stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda into animated series

Sixteen Roald Dahl books are covered by the agreement to get the television make-over treatment by Netflix.

Paddington director Paul King being considered to helm Willy Wonka reboot backed by Warner Bros

If Paul King is indeed roped in as a director for the Willy Wonka reboot, he would again collaborate with David Heyman, the producer of the two Paddington movies.

Edward Scissorhands: How Tim Burton's cult classic led to an enduring collaboration with Johnny Depp

Edward Scissorhands marked the beginning of one of cinema's most creative and prolific collaborative partnerships as Burton and Depp made the morbid look oddly beautiful and the oddball tragically comic.

Roald Dahl originally wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory hero as black boy, says author's widow

The hero of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book was originally written as a black boy, the author's widow told the BBC.

Johnny Depp's lavish lifestyle is to blame for his financial troubles, former managers claim in lawsuit

Johnny Depp's former business managers countersued the actor on Tuesday, 31 January, claiming his lavish lifestyle that cost more than $2 million a month to maintain caused his recent financial troubles and that the star ignored their repeated warnings.

Throwback Thursday: The timeless, eccentric, wonderful film adaptations of Roald Dahl's books

With Roald Dahl's 100th birthday just behind us, we take a look at some the most memorable adaptations of his stories onto the big screen

Roald Dahl Day: We choose our favourite five imaginative and funny novels

Which is your favourite Roald Dahl book? Ours are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach among others.

RIP Gene Wilder: How the iconic writer-actor transformed American film comedy

The news of Gene Wilder’s death is sure to bring back myriad memories of the funny man for those who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s