Will you get the golden ticket? Warner Bros. has introduced a contest which may be of explicit curiosity to followers of Timothée Chalamet, star of Wonka, a musical prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that options the actor as a younger model of the eccentric chocolatier.
The Wonka Pure Imagination Contest—what the movie’s star, now lastly free of the restrictions of the SAG-AFTRA strike, would possibly cheekily characterize as a little bit of “shameless self-promotion”—invitations chocolate lovers (and Chalamet stans) to make their greatest Wonka-inspired content material, then showcase it on Instagram utilizing the hashtag #WonkaPureImaginationContest. Five creators will obtain prizes every week till Wonka premieres on December 15. And who is selecting which submissions float to the highest, like Charlie and Grandpa Joe after consuming fizzy lifting soda? Well, sources say it might be Wonka himself—and he could also be concerned in a number of the prizes as properly.
Inspired by the central characters from Roald Dahl’s kids’s basic, Wonka explores the origin story of formidable inventor and chocolate-enthusiast Willy Wonka. Directed by Paddington’s Paul King and produced by Harry Potter’s David Heyman, Wonka additionally 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 can be an authentic musical with a screenplay by King and Simon Farnaby and authentic songs contributed by Neil Hannon of the band the Divine Comedy—even when the trailers haven’t depicted Chalamet displaying off his pipes within the movie simply but.
The contest submissions start on November 13. For weekly submission dates, contest guidelines, prizing take a look at WonkaFilm.com/pureimaginationcontest. Hopefully contestants honest higher than earlier contest winners Veruca Salt and Violet Beauregarde.