Timothée Chalamet is proud to be a part of “Wonka.”    All the singing and dancing aside, Chalamet, who plays the beloved chocolatier in the film, is most proud of being part of “a joyous movie, that is about bringing a light into a world that is in desperate need of it,” he says.    When Chalamet read “Wonka,” he did feel “the classic thespian challenge—the singing, the dancing.” But when he thinks about the film’s reason for being, “it is to bring joy into the world,” he says. “It’s to encourage dreaming; to encourage the dreamers to continue dreaming;...

When Scott Ridley saw Joaquin Phoenix’s Academy Award®-winning performance in Joker, the director was reminded of their collaboration on Gladiator, and he knew that Phoenix would be perfect for the titular role in his new film Napoleon: “I saw him and it all came flooding back – how we worked on Gladiator, and what journey he went on with that character, and I thought, ‘God damn, there’s Napoleon.’”   Phoenix admits that he did not know much about the iconic French emperor before joining the project, and was surprised at some facets of the character that he discovered. “I found...

For his holiday horror movie Thanksgiving, director Eli Roth brought the cast together very quickly – and first to join the film was Patrick Dempsey – McDreamy himself and People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2023. In the slasher movie, Dempsey plays Sheriff Newlon, who has the unenviable job of investigating the gruesome deaths that pile up like food on a Thanksgiving plate in his town.    Dempsey had two main reasons for wanting to join the cast: “My son wanted me to do a horror film,” he explains, “and I wanted to wear a uniform.”   In the movie,...

When director Paul King, known for the family-favorite Paddington movies, was a child, one of the first books he read was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by beloved children’s book author Roald Dahl. “I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” says King. “I read it again and again until the pages fell out of the cover. I remember loving the wild comedy, all the crazy characters, and the magic and mayhem of the chocolate factory.”   Years later, King would read it again from the perspective of an adult – and he found new things to love about the story!...

Enter a universe of mind-bending realities, paranormal detectives and apocalyptic thrillers with these mystery titles that will take you on a riveting journey into the unknown. Here’s what you need to know from Geeked Week, our week-long virtual event highlighting the most anticipated genre titles across films, series, and games.   Leave the World Behind Release date: December 8, 2023   A family’s luxurious weekend getaway is upended when two strangers, a father and his daughter, arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. As the looming disaster grows...