New Wonka film will be a prequel

Producer David Heyman has confirmed the new Willy Wonka movie will be a prequel. In February, it was reported that Paddington filmmaker Paul King was in talks with executives at Warner Bros. to make another film inspired by Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. While writer Simon Rich’s storyline for the project remains under wraps, Heyman has divulged that the film will be a prequel rather than a followup tale. “We are still trying to figure out how to tell that story, what the story is,” he told Collider.com.