Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a children's novel by the British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973.

Unfinished third novel

A follow-up to the novel was planned, called Charlie in the White House. Charlie's family and Mr. Wonka are invited by President Gilligrass to have dinner at the White House, as thanks for rescuing the spacecraft from its attack by the Vermicious Knids. Dahl only wrote the first chapter, which is on display at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden.[1]

Charlie and the Christmas Factory

In 2024 the publication of a collection of twelve short stories based on several Roald Dahl stories was announced.[2] The short continuation novels would be authored by Sibéal Pounder (who wrote the novelisation of Wonka[3]) and others including Elle McNicoll, Greg James, Adam Kay, Adam Hills, Ben Bailey Smith and Konnie Huq.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 musical[4] film adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Mel Stuart and starred Gene Wilder as Wonka. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on 30 June 1971. It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment despite the fact that it recouped its budget. However, it developed into a cult film due to its repeated television airings and home video sales.[5][6] In 1972 the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Untitled television series (TBA)

On 27 November 2018 Netflix announced they are developing an "animated series event" based on Dahl's books, which will include a television series based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the novel's sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.[15][16]

Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (2004)

Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is a musical that combines elements of both Dahl's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and of the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with newly created material.[17] The musical has several versions: the original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audience version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka licence.

The Golden Ticket (2010)

The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned an operatic adaptation called The Golden Ticket. It was written by the composer Peter Ash and the librettist Donald Sturrock. The Golden Ticket has completely original music and was commissioned by the American Lyric Theater, Lawrence Edelson (producing artistic director), and Felicity Dahl. The opera received its world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on 13 June 2010, in a co-production with American Lyric Theater and Wexford Festival Opera.[18]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1985)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Poptropica: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island (2012–present)

Since 15 November 2012 the online role-playing video game Poptropica by Jeff Kinney has featured a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Island" as one of the game's "islands", in which the player must problem-solve through game quest scenarios, centring on a problem that the player must resolve by going through multiple obstacles, collecting and using items, talking to various characters, and completing goals, serving as a video game adaptation of the 1971 film

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride was a dark ride located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. Opened in 2006, it was based upon the book, and took its thematic inspiration from the illustrations of Quentin Blake. The ride was split into two segments, the first being a boat ride along the chocolate river inside Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Passengers encountered all the characters from the book either as simple animatronics or computer-generated projections. After disembarking the boats, the second segment began with a short pre-show video (involving Mike Teevee). The video was presented as if the viewers are actually trapped within the TV set. The ride continued inside one of two 'Great Glass Elevators' which simulated passengers taking an airborne trip through the rest of the factory. Each elevator was a static room with semi-translucent walls and ceiling on which CGI animations were projected from the outside, and only the floor trembles slightly to give the impression of movement.[23] The attraction closed in 2015.

Willy's Chocolate Experience

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