Timothée Chalamet Hive, Take Note: 'Wonka' Season Is Upon Us
Will you get the golden ticket? Warner Bros. has announced a contest that may be of particular interest to fans of Timothée Chalamet, star of Wonka, a musical prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that features the actor as a young version of the eccentric chocolatier.
The Wonka Pure Imagination Contest—what the film’s star, now finally freed from the restrictions of the SAG-AFTRA strike, might cheekily characterize as a bit of “shameless self-promotion”—invites chocolate lovers (and Chalamet stans) to make their best Wonka-inspired content, then showcase it on Instagram using the hashtag #WonkaPureImaginationContest. Five creators will receive prizes each week until Wonka premieres on December 15. And who is choosing which submissions float to the top, like Charlie and Grandpa Joe after drinking fizzy lifting soda? Well, sources say it may be Wonka himself—and he may be involved in some of the prizes as well.
Inspired by the central characters from Roald Dahl’s children’s classic, Wonka explores the origin story of ambitious inventor and chocolate-enthusiast Willy Wonka. Directed by Paddington’s Paul King and produced by Harry Potter’s David Heyman, Wonka also stars newcomer Calah Lane, Emmy Award winner Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Oscar winner Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant as a super-serious Oompa-Loompa. Wonka is also an original musical with a screenplay by King and Simon Farnaby and original songs contributed by Neil Hannon of the band the Divine Comedy—even if the trailers haven’t depicted Chalamet showing off his pipes in the film just yet.
The contest submissions begin on November 13. For weekly submission dates, contest rules, prizing check out WonkaMovie.com/pureimaginationcontest. Hopefully contestants fair better than previous contest winners Veruca Salt and Violet Beauregarde.
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