Finally Wonka goes on to fulfill his ambition of opening a chocolate factory after purchasing a ruined castle. These picturesque ruins are Bodiam Castle near the village of Bodiam in East Sussex, though again there's trickery.
I thought I recognised the castle Wonka built his factory in at the end of the movie. Bodiam Castle looks like a castle you would draw as a kid, with it's towers, turrets and moat. But inside, as the film Wonka showed, much of the inside of Bodiam Castle lays in ruins.
A historic castle has a starring role in latest box office hit movie Wonka. Eagle-eyed fans will spot Bodiam Castle in one of the key scenes in the film which stars Timothée Chalamet.
“The center point of the grand city is the Gallery Gourmet, a shopping arcade where Wonka dreams of going to when he's a kid,” remarks Page. “On top of the Gallery Gourmet is the glass dome, which is loosely based on Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.
Watford. The Galeries Gourmet and the wider world of the new Roald Dahl-inspired movie was painstakingly and grandly constructed on sound stages and the back lot at Leavesden.
Per the Film and Television Alliance, Wonka 2 is reportedly in pre-production with filming expected to start on 5 January 2026. Paul King is listed as director, and is said to be co-writing the script alongside Simon Farnaby, who he worked on the first film with, and Simon Stephenson.
Wonka can refer to the following: Willy Wonka, a fictional character who appears in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its film adaptations. Wonka Bar, a fictional chocolate bar produced by the Oompa Loompas of the Wonka Factory.
Finally Wonka goes on to fulfill his ambition of opening a chocolate factory after purchasing a ruined castle. These picturesque ruins are Bodiam Castle near the village of Bodiam in East Sussex, though again there's trickery.
Wonka's Galeries Gourmet was built at the Warner Bros backlot in Leavesden near Watford. That means you can't visit, but there's a very real shopping arcade behind the elaborate set. In an interview with House Beautiful, production designer Nathan Crowley revealed the inspiration behind the Galeries Gourmet.
It's genuinely difficult to find a right answer, since it seems timeless. The movie hints at a 1930s-40s vibe, but it's hard to tell since there's a mixture of large TVs and candy servers with striped suits.
The ending scenes of “Wonka” were filmed around Bodleian Libraries and Radcliffe Camera at the University of Oxford. Such a wholesome and uplifting movie and a beautiful location!
The historic city was transformed into an atmospheric winter scene in October 2021 with smoke and artificial snow setting the mood. The areas of the Kingston Buildings, Bath Street, Parade Gardens and the Riverside Colonnades were all used as locations in the film.
The town in Wonka is a fantastic creation based on 1930s London. Most of it was created on the soundstages of Warner Bros Studio, but it also takes in real-life locations from around the UK, including Bath, Oxford and London itself.
His solace is Noodle (Calah Lane), an orphan that Mrs Scrubbit keeps as a servant. She is what might be called the love interest, but no film could be more devoid of sexual tension. In fact, Willy's great love is his own late mother, played in flashbacks by Sally Hawkins.
Trivia. In the book, there were female and young Oompa Loompa's and also mostly male and a few female Oompa Loompas in the 2005 adaptation, but in the 1971 adaptation, there were only male Oompa Loompas.
What happened at the end of Wonka? Toward the end of Wonka, Willy exposes the crimes of the Chocolate Cartel and chief of police with the help of his friends and finally opens up his own Chocolate Factory. Thanks to Hugh Grant's Oompa-Loompa, Noodle and Willy Wonka managed to survive drowning in the chocolate tanker.
The interiors of the town square cathedral were shot at the iconic St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Rare permission was given for the production to open the Great West Door of the historic church, which is typically used only for special services.
Manufactured by Nestlé and sold under their Willy Wonka Candy Company brand, Wonka Bars sold in the United States until January 2010. Wonka Bars consisted of small graham cracker pieces dipped in milk chocolate. Chicago's Breaker Confections launched the brand in 1976, and Nestle purchased in 1988.
It received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film and Chalamet was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. A sequel is in development.
