Wonka
Summary
The managing director ofWonkahas explain why it is a musical . The novel movie , which was helmed byPaddington ’s Paul King , is a prequel to the classic 1971 Roald Dahl adaptationWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factoryand star Timothée Chalamet as a younger version of Gene Wilder ’s eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka . Wonkafeatures music from the original movie by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley let in " Pure Imagination " and the " Oompa Loompa " song , along with original numbers from The Divine Comedy tether singer Neil Hannon .
BFIrecently sit down with Paul King in honor of theWonkarelease . When explaining why the moving picture is a melodic , King shared that they wanted to make " a fellow traveler piece " to the original movie , to which music was very important , as it was to Dahl ’s plant in general . King said it would be impossible to have an " Oompa - Loompa come on and not see the Oompa - Loompa medicine , " which is " what God intended . " Read his full quote below :
Well , because you’re able to ! It ’s like being leave the Key to a magic kingdom . We really wanted to make this as a fellow traveller piece to the 1971 moving-picture show . Obviously , music is at the centre of that , and it ’s how they express Gene Wilder ’s innermost hopes and dreams with ‘ Pure Imagination ’ . And , there ’s the Oompa - Loompa call . It would seem screwball to me to have an Oompa - Loompa come on and not get word the Oompa - Loompa medicine . That ’s what God intended . We were inspire by their selection . Dahl used medicine in a huge amount of what he did . In his books there ’s always birdcall or verses and poetry that ’s supposed to be a song , and the Oompa - Loompas are tattle all the way through it . I recollect he ’s such a accurate rhythmical writer that euphony sit very comfortably with his work , whether it ’s in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . It was distinctly very authoritative to him .
We had the Anthony Newley , Leslie Bricusse standards that are so beloved , but we need to add our own as well . We were lucky enough to get Neil Hannon , who ’s been one of my absolute heroes since a adolescent and those early Divine Comedy albums . I cogitate he ’s a great , great ballad maker . He ’s funny , and the songs are worked up , which is a very rarified compounding . He ’s a modern-day songwriter , for certain . But I experience he also has one foot in the past . That always fathom like an revilement , but there ’s a timeless calibre to what he does . I think he was able to channel the spirit of those songs and build his own humans , which is what we were all render to do .
Hollywood Has A Complicated Relationship With Movie Musicals
It makes sense that Paul King would have an explanation prepared for theWonkamusical numbers . domesticated and worldwide interview can frequently be openly hostile to pic musicals , and in fact quite a few recent debut in the music genre have flopped in dramaturgy , includingDear Evan Hansen , In the Heights , and Steven Spielberg’sWest Side Story . This may be what has led to advertising for the upcoming musicalsThe Color PurpleandMean Girlslargely bedim the fact that they contain melodious numbers .
remarkably , bothThe Color PurpleandMean Girlsare film based on stage musicals that were found on movies that were found on book .
In spite of this , the catch populace also has the power to make modern pic musicals into immense hit . This occurred with 2008’sMamma Mia!(based on the West End jukebox melodic of the same name feature the songs of ABBA ) and its 2018 sequelMamma Mia ! Here We Go Again , both of which gross one C of zillion of dollar worldwide . This can even be the case with an original musical such as 2018’sThe Greatest Showman , which starred Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum and was a sleeper hitting , eventually earning $ 434.9 million by the end of its runnel .
TheWonkabox officehas already proven the movie to be in the latter coterie , as it has earned $ 150 million worldwide by the closing of its domesticated opening weekend ( after opening in some outside market place the week before ) . However , this was not guaranteed to be the case , which excuse some of the movie ’s own skittish , musical - averse merchandising . Whether its success is due to audience ' erratic approach to the genre or the fact that the previous Willy Wonka movies already do a precedent by sport melodic element stay unknown .
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Wonka is a prequel film to Roald Dahl ’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and follow the blood line of the legendary candy maker . From his first meeting with the Oompa Loompas to establish his scrumptiously brilliant headquarters , Wonka explores the character in a unexampled light . Timothee Chalamet simulate the office of Willy Wonka himself .
Wonka is a prequel film to Roald Dahl’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and follows the origins of the legendary candy maker. From his first encounter with the Oompa Loompas to founding his deliciously magnificent headquarters, Wonka explores the character in a new light. Timothee Chalamet assumes the role of Willy Wonka himself.
