The …”Erm, all right…” WONKA trailer.

WONKA is not really what I was expecting. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this. I wonder if it’ll grow on me.

On the other hand: I guess Hugh Grant needed money really badly last year, because he sold what was left of his dignity for this one. Does that sound disapproving? – because it is not. The end result promises to be highly amusing.

Quote of the Day, How To Make All Of You Swear Using Only Twenty-Three Words edition.

Filming has officially started on Wonka, the upcoming prequel in the works at Warner Bros. Pictures inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “

…Sorry about that, but you needed to know.

Via Penny Arcade, who also notes the one possible out: the people doing this were also involved with Paddington. I haven’t seen those movies, but Tycho apparently has — and their quality was enough to make him worry about the insidious torment of false hope. I get that worry, I truly do.