While Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet tried with varying degrees of success, neither actor was able to step out from the ...

The famous fictional chocolatier has previously been portrayed onscreen by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp Helen Murphy is a former news writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2020. Willy Wonka could ...

Actor Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka on the set of the fantasy film 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory', based on the book by Roald Dahl, 1971. Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Without ...

Timothée Chalamet is set to play a young Willy Wonka in ... who goes on to inherit Wonka’s business. The first screen adaptation back in 1971 starred Gene Wilder in the memorable role.