timothe chalamet has revealed why he said yes to starring in wonka as the titular chocolatier and its a very wholesome reason to work on something that will have an uncynical young audience that was just a big joy chalamet told vogue thats why i was drawn to it in a time and climate of intense political rhetoric when theres so much bad news all the time this is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolatewonka footage has yet to be revealed to the public but some did play behind closed doors for cinemacon attendees the footage revealed that hugh grant will be playing an oompa loompa while sally hawkins plays wonkas mother and calah lane plays a friend of the chocolatiers this is a willy thats full of joy and hope and desire to become the greatest chocolatier chalamet told the cinemacon crowdthe film will be a prequel that explores wonkas origins directed by paddington and paddington 2 helmer paul king rowan atkinson and olivia colman are also part of the cast along with matt lucas keeganmichael key and jim carter chalamet can next be seen in the highly anticipated dune 2 in which he plays paul atreides opposite an allstar cast that includes zendaya javier bardem austin butler florence pugh and many many more hell also be starring as bob dylan in a biopic of the singersongwriter james mangold is directing and elle fanning will costar wonka arrives this december 15 while you wait check out our guide to all of 2023s major movie release dates for everything else the year has in store