\”Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in chocolate and miracle or two\” Duhh the Candy Man can! And now Timothée Chalamet will play the world’s most famous chocolatier in “Wonka” a musical based on the early life of Willy Wonka.

The movie’s plot details are being kept on the low, but it will reportedly “explore the upbringing of the man who later created the world-famous house of confectionary treats.”

Timothee will also be putting his singing and dancing skills to use in the upcoming movie,  If the 25 year old rising star looks familiar it\’s because of his  2017 break out role as Elio Perlman in Luca Guadagnino\’s romantic drama Call Me by Your Name, after which he appeared in the coming-of-age films Hot Summer Nights and Lady Bird. And Tim has a connection to another Wonka man, Johnny Depp, because he once dated his daughter Lily Rose Depp.  See the likeness of Tmothee and the original Wonka genious of Gene Wilder here:https://variety.com/2021/film/news/timothee-chalamet-willy-wonka-movie-1234980218/