According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Harry Potter producer David Heyman have set plans in motion to bring Willy Wonka back to the big screen. Warner Bros. recently acquired the rights to the intellectual property and wants a film focused solely on the character.
Simon Rich (Saturday Night Live) will write the script focused on his early adventures before the events of the 1971 musical without being an origin story.
No word yet on who would be cast in the titular role