#‘Barbie’ Producer, ‘Supacell,’ ‘Wonka’ Among Production Guild of Great Britain Awards Winners

#‘Barbie’ Producer, ‘Supacell,’ ‘Wonka’ Among Production Guild of Great Britain Awards Winners

The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) celebrated the likes of Warner Bros. film Wonka, Netflix series Supacell, and Barbie, Paddington and Harry Potter franchise producer David Heyman at its awards ceremony on Saturday night. Hosted by comedian, presenter and actor Patrick Kielty from Northern Ireland at The Grove Hotel in Watford, near London, Heyman…

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#‘Wonka’ Star Calah Lane on Swimming in Chocolate With Timothée Chalamet and Teaching Him Dance Moves

#‘Wonka’ Star Calah Lane on Swimming in Chocolate With Timothée Chalamet and Teaching Him Dance Moves

Calah Lane is relishing her life of pure imagination after starring alongside Timothée Chalamet in Warner Bros.‘ anticipated holiday release Wonka. The musical, which hit theaters Friday, features the 14-year-old actress as Noodle, a hard-working but underprivileged orphan who has never tasted chocolate until she ends up in the same boarding facility as Chalamet’s dessert-adoring…

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#Timothée Chalamet Remixes “Pure Imagination” From ‘Willy Wonka’ on ‘SNL’ to Celebrate Actors Strike Ending

#Timothée Chalamet Remixes “Pure Imagination” From ‘Willy Wonka’ on ‘SNL’ to Celebrate Actors Strike Ending

To kick off Saturday Night Live, Timothée Chalamet remixed “Pure Imagination,” the iconic song from 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, to celebrate the 118-day actors strike ending and being able to talk about his film projects again. During his opening monologue, the actor, who is set to star in the upcoming film Wonka,…

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#Hugh Grant’s ‘Wonka’ Casting as Oompa Loompa Criticized by Actor With Dwarfism: “We Aren’t Getting Offered Those Roles”

#Hugh Grant’s ‘Wonka’ Casting as Oompa Loompa Criticized by Actor With Dwarfism: “We Aren’t Getting Offered Those Roles”

An actor with dwarfism isn’t pleased that Hugh Grant was cast as an Oompa Loompa in Warner Bros.’ forthcoming film Wonka, which stars Timothée Chalamet as the titular candymaker. During an interview with the BBC that published Wednesday, George Coppen said that many actors with dwarfism “feel like we are being pushed out of the…

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