Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' is everyone's favorite version of the story, but the 1971 Gene Wilder delight was born ...

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has stood the test of time as a family classic, but the ending proves how much it ...

Corrin’s bald, Scrumdiddlyumptious supervillainis described as a mashup of Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka — the warm and whimsical, yet unpredictable and sometimes manic chocolatier in 1971’s ...

"And you killed it, Gene...you will forever be in our hearts the one and ONLY Willy Wonka," one wrote. "Wilder’s interpretation is what makes this film so special," another fan gushed.

It has been approximately eight years since Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory star Gene Wilder died. The actor passed away due to complications related to Alzheimer's on August 29, 2016 ...

This sounds like sacrilege, mainly because Gene ... Wilder’s charmingly menacing performance style directly, but less sense than having the character in any way resemble Willy Wonka as Dahl ...

Cut to the '71 film, where Wonka's business is booming, but he's shut out the world to keep the secrets of his sweets from the spying eyes of his rebounding rivals. Wilder's Wonka is an eccentric ...

“Wonka” is about to become many people’s “grab a tissue” movie. In the fantasy musical, a young Willy Wonka (Chalamet ... reverse it” is a direct nod to Gene Wilder’s chocolatier ...

Johnny Depp, Gene Wilder ... Editor As Wonka is set to make its theatrical debut on Dec. 15, The Hollywood Reporter is looking back at all the actors who have played the iconic Willy Wonka.

While Chalamet is a "big fan" of the Burton adaptation, he says the new "Wonka" is "really the companion piece to the first film, to the Gene Wilder film." “This is sort of how Willy Wonka would ...