King is in talks to tackle a new movie based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — which, let’s be real, seemed like a really, really ridiculously uninspired idea…until Paul King came along.
But hey, maybe Paul King, who made two of the most adorable, kind-hearted and charming-so-charming movies of the past decade can turn these weird-ass Wonka stories into something less…troubling.
After working his magic on the really, really ridiculously charming Paddington movies (which, according to Film Twitter, could very well lead to world peace), director Paul King is ready to bring a bit of that charm to the world of Willy Wonka.
The story was adapted again by Tim Burton for 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp as a talking hat the maniac candy inventor.