DirectorPaul Kingis “definitely thinking about” aWonkasequel, but will wait until the time and ideas are right. Speaking withComicbook.com, the filmmaker revealed the advice and approach that producer David Heyman employs, which is to wait and see what ideas might materialize and if they’re the right ones, rather than simply rushing outWonka 2as quickly as possible.
“It’s definitely something we’re thinking about. One of the things I love most about David Heyman, my producer, is that he has made so many great movies that he doesn’t feel the pressure to just make a movie because it can be made. He has this great saying which reassures me enormously where he goes, ‘We’ll have a think, see what we can come up with, and then see if we want to make it,’ and it’s incredibly liberating, rather than somebody going, ‘You are making a film that’s coming out in September,’ and you’re like, ‘I don’t even have an idea.’ Let’s just take it for a walk and keep calm, and it was about 50 years between the Gene Wilder movie and our one.”
For now, King is happy thatWonkaworks as a standalone story, but he does have ideas about how hewould bring Willy Wonka back for more…he just doesn’t quite have a story yet.
“We can wait a beat, and if we don’t come up with a story, this is a movie with a beginning, a middle, and end that works on its own and if we come up with something that we think can be exciting – certainly Oompa Loompas feel like there can be a plural Oompa Loompas. Of course there are some ideas sloshing around, but we don’t have a story yet, so we’ll see what happens.”
Wonka Is Due to Land on Max Next Month
Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) gains friends and powerful enemies while trying to achieve his chocolatier dreams.
Based on the extraordinary character at the center ofCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time,Wonkatells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
From Paul King, writer/director of thePaddingtonmovies, Timothée Chalamet stars in the title role and leads an ensemble cast that includes newcomer Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman and Hugh Grant.
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Willy Wonka himselfTimothée Chalamet is also on boardto return for more chocolatiering, and believes that there is absolutely more story to tell.
“If there was a story to be told. And evidently there is.”
Considering that Wonka has been both acritical and commercial success, grossing more than $617 million worldwide against its $125 million budget and becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2023, the pressure forWonka 2could begin sooner than King might like…
Wonkawas released for digital download on July 30, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on February 27 in the US. The musical is due to become available for streaming exclusively on Max next month on July 19, 2025.
