BURBANK, CA—Delving into the eccentric character’s backstory to explain how he became so famous, a new prequel from Warner Bros. tells the tale of a young Willy Wonka using his rich father’s money to purchase an already-successful chocolate factory, which he renames after himself. “Wonka is the origin story of the…
I did and I enjoyed it well enough for what it is.
That said, it is not a Willy Wonka movie. It’s something new with the same name.