WTF Happened to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

Fifty years after its launch, it appears laborious to imagine that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility, the basic adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility” truly didn’t carry out nicely on the field workplace throughout its preliminary run, solely slowly turning into a household favourite over time. In reality, it was solely as a consequence of repeated showings at Thanksgiving that the Gene Wilder-vehicle grew to become such a timeless basic, to the purpose that it bought an enormous finances remake with Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, and is now getting a prequel with Timothee Chalamet.

The film began life as a feature-length sweet commercial and confronted a variety of manufacturing challenges, and the ultimate product was hated by the writer himself! So how did the movie go from being a flop to a basic? Lick some wallpaper and discover out “WTF Occurred to WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY!”

WTF Occurred To This Film? – The JoBlo sequence that appears at troubled productions, curious inventive selections, box-office failures, stunning successes, and cult favorites!

WTF Happened to this Movie is produced and narrated by Dave Davis. Berge Garabedian is the chief producer. This episode is edited by Juan Jiminez, and written by Brad Hamerly. Watch earlier episodes beneath!