Maybe it's just the "Wonka" effect, but Gene Wilder is getting a lot of closeups in 2024. The Milwaukee-born actor who brought the fantastical chocolatier to life in the beloved 1971 movie "Willy ...

Interviewing Brooks, Willy Wonka director Mel Stuart, Wilder’s costars, friends (he and Harry Connick, Jr. were close apparently) and his widow, Karen Boyer, we see an element of bashert in ...

That character is Willy Wonka, and he was played here by Gene Wilder in what’s likely, to many, his most recognizable role (though honorable mentions go out to both Blazing Saddles and Young ...

Gene Wilder criticized Tim Burton's 2005 remake of Willy Wonka as a greedy money grab by Hollywood executives. Despite Wilder's opinion, 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a box office ...

Gene Wilder was beloved in 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,' but fans are concerned as Tom Holland is rumored to star in upcoming 'Wonka' prequel. by John Wolfe. Published on January 21, 2021.

Meanwhile, director/co-writer Paul King’s 2023 movie release Wonka shows a window into Willy’s past, while also channeling the Gene Wilder original in some beautiful ways.

The English filmmaker also acclaimed for Paddington and Paddington 2 noted his Wonka ends about 25 years before Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, in part because Wilder's broken beginning ...

Hey, remember that scene in the original 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in which Gene Wilder as Wonka comes out of his factory, limping and leaning heavily on his cane? Sure you do. If ...