Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Anyone know anything about a Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator or Willy Wonka 2 being made? In our village we have enormous airship hangers, and one is leased by Warner Brothers (they shot the Gotham City night shots in there in Batman Begins). Well driving past on my way to work this morning, what did I spy but "Wonka" trucks parked outside. Anyone know more? Maybe Johnny Depp will be in the neighbourhood!
Originally Posted By barboy I can only hope there will be more Charlie and Co. even though I gave the remake mixed reviews. I am an absolute Willy Wonka junky--- one of my all time favorite movies with Wilder giving one of the greatest performances ever on film.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^But they butchered the story way too much in the older movie. I wish that they had included the square candies that look 'round in the new movie.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Even more Wonka trucks yesterday when I came off the road. I need to find out more about this.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I'll see what we can muster, sadly I am rarely in the area during office hours and they are never out at the weekend.
Originally Posted By barboy "But they butchered the story way too much in the older movie." Is this your way of saying that the original movie deviated from the book too much? If so, then yes.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Very interesting - as after I read this original post I took DS18 to the podiatrist for his horrible ingrown toenail and a man walked in with a purple duffle bag that said Wonka on it in large print. I didn't have the nerve (in a dr office) to ask him about the bag - it did however look brand new. So maybe they are working on another movie - or maybe he just works for Wonka Candy...
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Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Cheers Toony. These are the exact vans I saw. I remember seeing the Batmobile from Batman Begins parked out there and didn't know what I was looking at (it didn't look like any Batmobile I had seen before). This is one of the things I love about our Village - WWI & II airbase, blimps, and movie stars, with a 12th century church down the street. Very cool!
Originally Posted By JeffG I'd guess that they are shooting some other Warner Bros film there and simply used some trucks that still were decorated with the logo. It seems to >very< unlikely to me that they would actually start shooting (or even constructing sets) for a sequel without any kind of announcement of the project. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are, I believe, also still shooting "Sweeney Todd" for release later this year. In fact, that is a Warner Bros co-production that is filming in England, so perhaps that is what is shooting there and the Wonka trucks are a bit of an inside joke... -Jeff
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Maybe, but what is interesting is I did go out to try to get a couple of shots this weekend, and found they have built a fence and covered the vehicles in tarps. Either way it is all facinating.
