Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [2015]

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Wonka Star Calah Lane on Swimming in Chocolate With Timothée Chalamet and Teaching Him Dance Moves". Depp and Burton derived their Willy Wonka from children's television show hosts such as Bob Keeshan from Captain Kangaroo, Fred Rogers, and Al Lewis from The Uncle Al Show, and Depp also took inspiration from various game show hosts. A miniature town was constructed for exterior shots of the town and factory, as Tim Burton considered buildings difficult to achieve with CGI. Colleen Atwood, who served as the costume designer on every live-action Tim Burton film from Ed Wood (1994) to Dumbo (2019), was set to reprise her position on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but ultimately declined citing "personal reasons". The crew came up with the layout of the Nut Room fairly quickly, while the color scheme took more time to develop.

He eventually turns to Charlie for advice, and he decides to help Wonka reconcile with his estranged father, Wilbur. Despite not caring for the overall film, Coleman praised Burton for applying his own vision to the story rather than imitating the 1971 adaptation. The studio reiterated their interest in May 2003; [9] however, the idea was postponed by the time filming began in June 2004. Horn wanted Tom Shadyac to direct Jim Carrey as Willy Wonka, believing the duo could make Charlie and the Chocolate Factory relevant to mainstream audiences, but Liccy Dahl opposed this.

Additionally, the film was digitally re-mastered to simultaneously release in 65 North American IMAX theaters that same day. He announces a competition to reveal all the secrets and magic of his factory to five lucky children, who find a golden ticket hidden in one of the chocolate bars. In 2020, a cosplayer emulating Depp's portrayal of Willy Wonka went viral on TikTok, with Nylon dubbing him "sexy Willy Wonka".

The film received a nomination for Best Costume Design at the 78th Academy Awards, while Depp was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy. You know you're dealing with something that's going to make a lot of people angry, and you just can't think about it. Pescucci received an Academy Award nomination for her work on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but would coincidentally lose to Colleen Atwood for Memoirs of a Geisha.The main tie-in for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory focused on the Willy Wonka Candy Company, a division of Nestlé. Later that month, Tim Burton was hired to direct after receiving enthusiastic approval from the Dahl estate.