The original movie version, based on the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
In January, it was reported that Chalamet was in consideration along with Spider-Man actor Tom Holland to star in Wonka, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel that will follow a “young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.”
Tim Burton would later take a crack at the franchise with the 2005 movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.