Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a media franchise based on the 1964 novel of the same name by British author Roald Dahl. It includes two novels, three live-action theatrical films, three video games and miscellaneous other properties, such as touring musicals and theatrical adaptations, various merchandise and defunct amusement park ride.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , continuing the story of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973.
A follow-up to the novel was planned, called Charlie in the White House. Charlie's family and Mr. Wonka are invited by President Gilligrass to have dinner at the White House, as thanks for rescuing the spacecraft from its attack by the Vermicious Knids. Dahl only wrote the first chapter, which is on display at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden. [1]
In 2024, the publication of a collection of twelve short stories based on several Roald Dahl stories was announced. [2] The short continuation novels would be authored by Sibéal Pounder (who wrote the novelisation of Wonka [3] ) and others including Elle McNicoll, Greg James, Adam Kay, Adam Hills, Ben Bailey Smith and Konnie Huq.
Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | June 30, 1971 | Mel Stuart | Roald Dahl | Stan Margulies & David L. Wolper |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | July 15, 2005 | Tim Burton | John August | Brad Grey & Richard D. Zanuck |
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | June 27, 2017 | Spike Brandt | Gene Grillo | Spike Brandt & Tony Cervone |
Wonka | December 15, 2023 | Paul King | Paul King & Simon Farnaby | Luke Kelly, David Heyman & Alexandra Derbyshire |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 musical [4] film adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Mel Stuart, and starred Gene Wilder as Wonka. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on June 30, 1971. It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment despite the fact that it recouped its budget. However, it developed into a cult film due to its repeated television airings and home video sales. [5] [6] In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Development for another adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, filmed previously as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory , began in 1991, 20 years after the first film version, which resulted in Warner Bros. Pictures providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while Warner Bros. either considered or discussed the role of Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Adam Sandler. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory represents the first time since The Nightmare Before Christmas that Elfman contributed to the film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, where Burton avoided using digital effects as much as possible. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was released to critical praise and was a box office success, grossing approximately $475 million worldwide.
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a 2017 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation [7] [8] and Turner Entertainment Co., it is the first Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment internationally and is also the final Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be involved with Warner Bros. Animation's founder Hal Geer, who died on January 26, 2017. The film is an animated remake of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (which in turn is based on the 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl) with the addition of Tom and Jerry as characters and seen through their point of view.
The film was released via digital media on June 27, 2017, and released on home media on July 11, 2017. It was panned by critics, who found Tom and Jerry's inclusion in the story to be forced and unnecessary. [9] [10]
A prequel film, focusing on a Young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world's most famous chocolate factory, titled Wonka, was released by Warners on December 15, 2023 with Paul King directing and David Heyman producing. [11] On May 24, 2021, it was announced that Timothée Chalamet had been cast to portray Young Willy Wonka in the film. [12] The film is an original story that depicts a younger, hopeful Wonka throughout his early days as a chocolatier.
The film was released in theaters on December 15, 2023, received positive reviews from critics, and grossed approximately $632 million worldwide. For his performance in the film, Chalamet was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
On November 27, 2018, Netflix announced they are developing an "animated series event" based on Roald Dahl's books, which will include a television series based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the novel's sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. [13] [14]
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is a musical that combines elements of both Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and of the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with newly created material. [15] The musical has several versions: the original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audience version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka license.
The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned an operatic adaptation called The Golden Ticket . It was written by composer Peter Ash and British librettist Donald Sturrock. The Golden Ticket has completely original music and was commissioned by the American Lyric Theater, Lawrence Edelson (producing artistic director), and Felicity Dahl. The opera received its world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on 13 June 2010, in a co-production with American Lyric Theater and Wexford Festival Opera. [16]
A musical based on the novel, titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory premiered at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in May 2013 and officially opened on 25 June. [17] The show is directed by Sam Mendes, with new songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and stars Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka. [17] The production broke records for weekly ticket sales. [18] Coincidentally, Hodge was also the voice of a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory audiobook, as part of a package of Roald Dahl CDs read by celebrities.
There are three Charlie and the Chocolate Factory video games, one made in 1985, one made in 2005, and another made in 2012. [19] [20] The former is based on the novel of the same name, the centre is based on the 2005 film adaptation, and the latter is based on the 1971 film adaptation.
Since November 15, 2012, the online role-playing video game Poptropica by Jeff Kinney has featured a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island" as one of the game's "islands", in which the player must problem-solve through game quest scenarios, centering on a problem that the player must resolve by going through multiple obstacles, collecting and using items, talking to various characters, and completing goals, serving as a video game adaptation of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory . [19] [20]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride was a dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. Opened in 2006, it was based upon the famous Roald Dahl book of the same name, and took its thematic inspiration from the illustrations of Quentin Blake. The ride was split into two segments, the first being a boat ride along the chocolate river inside Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Passengers encountered all the characters from the book either as simple animatronics or CGI projections. After disembarking the boats, the second segment began with a short pre-show video (involving Mike Teevee). The video was presented as if the viewers are actually trapped within the TV set. The ride continued inside one of two 'Great Glass Elevators' which simulated passengers taking an airborne trip through the rest of the factory. Each elevator was a static room with semi-translucent walls and ceiling on which CGI animations were projected from the outside, and only the floor trembles slightly to give the impression of movement. [21] The attraction closed in 2015.
An unlicensed attraction, "Willy’s Chocolate Experience", opened on 24th February 2024 in Glasgow, and closed within a day. The event was advertised using highly misleading AI-generated artwork, promising features such as "an enchanted garden, an Imagination Lab, a Twilight Tunnel, and captivating entertainment", though instead contained a low-effort mock-up of a chocolate factory in a mostly empty warehouse. [22] The event spawned many internet memes, and featured factory tours offered by several actors playing Willy Wonka, that involved a story in which Wonka would defeat an "evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls" called "The Unknown". According to actor Paul Connell, who portrayed Willy Wonka in the tours, his script contained "15 pages of AI-generated gibberish". [23] Despite the high entrance fee and promised chocolate theme of the event, guests were only given a single jellybean and a cup of lemonade, and the misleading advertisements led to the police being called to the event shortly prior to it being shut down. [24]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
Character | Films | Musicals | |||||
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | Wonka | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (West End) | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Broadway) | ||
1971 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | 2013–2017 | 2017–2018 | ||
Willy Wonka | Gene Wilder | Johnny Depp Blair Dunlop Y | J. P. Karliak | Timothée Chalamet Colin O'Brien Y | Douglas Hodge | Christian Borle | |
Charlie Bucket | Peter Ostrum | Freddie Highmore | Lincoln Melcher | Jack Costello Tom Klenerman Isaac Rouse Louis Suc | Jake Ryan Flynn Ryan Foust Ryan Sell | ||
Grandpa Joe | Jack Albertson | David Kelly | Jess Harnell | Nigel Planer | John Rubinstein | ||
Oompa Loompas | Rusty Goffe Rudy Borgstaller George Claydon Malcom Dixon Ismed Hassan Norma McGlen Angelo Muscat Pepe Poupee Marcus Powell Albert Wilkinson | Deep Roy | Kath Soucie (Tuffy) | Hugh Grant (Lofty) | Ensemble | ||
Augustus Gloop | Michael Böllner | Philip Wiegratz | Rachel Butera | Harrison Slater Jenson Steele Regan Stokes | F. Michael Haynie | ||
Veruca Salt | Julie Dawn Cole | Julia Winter | Emily O'Brien | Polly Allen Tia Noakes Ellie Simons | Emma Pfaeffle | ||
Violet Beauregarde | Denise Nickerson | AnnaSophia Robb | Dallas Lovato | India Ria Amarteifio Adrianna Bertola Jade Johnson Mya Olaye | Trista Dollison | ||
Mike Teavee | Paris Themmen | Jordan Fry | Lauren Weisman | Jay Heyman Adam Mitchell Luca Toomey | Michael Wartella | ||
Grandma Josephine | Franziska Liebing | Eileen Essell | Uncredited voice actress | Roni Page | Kristy Cates | ||
Grandma Georgina | Dora Altmann | Liz Smith | Myra Sands | Madeleine Doherty | |||
Grandpa George | Ernst Ziegler | David Morris | Billy Boyle | Paul Slade Smith | |||
Mr. Salt | Roy Kinnear | James Fox | Sean Schemmel | Clive Carter | Ben Crawford | ||
Mrs. Salt | Pat Coombs | Francesca Hunt | |||||
Mr. Teavee | Michael Goodliffe | Adam Godley | |||||
Mrs. Teavee | Dodo Denney | Francesca Albini | Lori Alan | Iris Roberts | Jackie Hoffman | ||
Mr. Gloop | Kurt Großkurth | Harry Taylor | |||||
Mrs. Gloop | Ursula Reit | Franziska Troegner | Audrey Wasilewski | Jasna Irvir | Kathy Fitzgerald | ||
Mrs. Bucket | Diana Sowle | Helena Bonham Carter | Kate Higgins | Alex Clatworthy | Emily Padgett | ||
Bill / Candy Store Clerk | Aubrey Woods | Oscar James | Jess Harnell | ||||
Sam Beauregarde | Leonard Stone | Paul J. Medford | Alan H. Green | ||||
Mr. Wilkinson "Arthur Slugworth" | Günter Meisner | Mick Wingert | |||||
Mr. Turkentine | David Battley | Sean Schemmel | |||||
Mrs. Beauregarde | Harriet Rosalind V U | Missi Pyle | |||||
Arthur Slugworth | Phil Philmar | Paterson Joseph | |||||
Dr. Wilbur Wonka | Christopher Lee | ||||||
Mr. Bucket | Noah Taylor | Jack Shalloo | |||||
Fickelgruber | Tony Kirwood | Mathew Baynton | |||||
Prodnose | Chris Cresswell | Matt Lucas |
Role | Film | |||
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | Wonka | |
1971 | 2005 | 2017 | 2023 | |
Director(s) | Mel Stuart | Tim Burton | Spike Brandt | Paul King |
Producer(s) | Stan Margulies David L. Wolper | Brad Grey Richard D. Zanuck | Spike Brandt Tony Cervone |
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Writer(s) | Roald Dahl David Seltzer U | John August | Gene Grillo | Simon Farnaby Paul King |
Composer(s) | Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley | Danny Elfman |
| Neil Hannon |
Cinematographer(s) | Arthur Ibbetson | Philippe Rousselot | — | Chung-hoon Chung |
Editor(s) | David Saxon | Chris Lebenzon | Dave Courter Philip Malamuth | Mark Everson |
Distributor(s) | Paramount Pictures [a] | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Film | U.S. release date | Box office revenue | Budget | Ref(s) | ||
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North America | International | Worldwide | ||||
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | June 30, 1971 | $4,000,000 | $58,143 | $4,058,143 | $3 million | [26] |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | July 15, 2005 | $206,459,076 | $269,366,408 | $475,825,484 | $150 million | [27] |
Wonka | December 15, 2023 | $201,034,847 | $371,400,000 | $572,434,847 | $125 million | [28] |
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 91% (54 reviews) [29] | 67 (10 reviews) [30] | — |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 83% (229 reviews) [31] | 72 (40 reviews) [32] | A− [33] |
Wonka | 82% (300 reviews) | 72 (40 reviews) | A− |
Award | ||
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | |
Original Score | Nominated | |
Costume Design | Nominated |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket who, upon finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, wins the chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. The book was published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, a year after the release of the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973.
Willy Wonka is a fictional character appearing in British author Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and several films based on those books. He is the eccentric founder and proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
Wonka was a confectionery brand owned and licensed by the Swiss corporation Nestlé. In 2018, the branding and production rights were sold to the Ferrero Group.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, alongside David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy, and Christopher Lee. The storyline follows Charlie as he wins a contest along with four other children and is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory.
The Wonka Bar was originally a fictional chocolate bar, introduced as a key story point in the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Wonka Bars appear in each film adaptation of the novel: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005); and Wonka (2023). The bar also appeared in the musical adaptation of the novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
"Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. It was written by British composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the movie. It was sung by Gene Wilder who played the character of Willy Wonka. Bricusse has stated that the song was written over the phone in one day. The song has a spoken introduction.
Denise Marie Nickerson was an American former child actress. At the age of 13, she starred as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. She later played Allison on The Electric Company, and had recurring roles as Amy Jennings, Nora Collins, and Amy Collins in the soap opera Dark Shadows. She retired from acting in 1978 and later worked as a receptionist and office manager.
The Everlasting Gobstopper is a gobstopper candy from Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. According to its creator Willy Wonka, it was intended "for children with very little pocket money". It not only changes colours and flavours when sucked on, but also never gets any smaller or disappears. In 1976, the name of the fictional candy was used for a product similar to a normal gobstopper, or jawbreaker.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by Roald Dahl.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride was a dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. It was based upon the famous 1964 Roald Dahl book of the same name, and took its thematic inspiration from the illustrations of Quentin Blake. The ride closed at the end of the 2015 season and was replaced by the Alton Towers Dungeon in 2019.
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, also known simply as Willy Wonka, is a musical with music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and a book by Bricusse and Timothy Allen McDonald. It is based on the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. The musical was commissioned by Music Theatre International and is licensed for performance by amateur theatre groups.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
Willy Wonka is a character from the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Inside Charlie's Chocolate Factory: The Complete Story of Willy Wonka, the Golden Ticket, and Roald Dahl's Most Famous Creation is a 2014 non-fiction book by Lucy Mangan. It was released at the same time as the 50th anniversary edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and looks at the origin and history of that story.
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a 2017 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., it is the first Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment internationally and is also the final Tom and Jerry direct-to-video film to be involved with Warner Bros. Animation's founder Hal Geer, who died on January 26, 2017. The film is an animated adaptation of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with the addition of Tom and Jerry as characters and seen through their point of view.
Wonka is a 2023 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Paul King, who co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby based on a story by King. It tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, a central character in the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, depicting his early days as a chocolatier. The film stars Timothée Chalamet as the title character, with an ensemble cast including Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant.
Wonka (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2023 musical fantasy film of the same name co-written and directed by Paul King, and co-written by Simon Farnaby. Based on the origin story of Willy Wonka, a character in the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, the film stars Timothée Chalamet in the lead role, with an ensemble cast. The album features seven original songs composed by Neil Hannon and written by King and Farnaby, further accompanied by the cues from the original score composed by Joby Talbot. The songs are performed by the cast members, including Chalamet (in his singing debut). The soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on 8 December 2023.