A month after leading an uprising in the ass-end of the galaxy in Dune: Part Two, Timothée Chalamet will return to Earth to front another movement — one involving a lot of sugar — in Wonka.

Based on the iconic character created by Roald Dahl in his 1964 children’s novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the musical fantasy film tells the origin story of Willa Wonka (Chalamet) and the obstacles — evil chocolate cartel! — he has to overcome to set up his chocolate factory.

It also looks at how he met the Oompa-Loompas, with Hugh Grant as one of Wonka’s famous diminutive, orange and green-haired workers. Did I forget to mention there's a lot of dancing too? 

The prequel, directed by Paul King (Paddington), also stars Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Keegan-Michael Key, Matt Lucas, Rowan Atkinson, and Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter.

Dahl’s book was made into two films — 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Wonka portrayed by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, respectively.

When Chalamet turned up at the CinemaCon in April to present Wonka, he said this take of the chocolatier is “full of joy and optimism”, very different from Wilder’s more cynical interpretation of the character.

In a Vogue interview, Chalamet said he was drawn to playing Wonka because he wanted to make a movie for a younger, more optimistic group of moviegoers.

“To work on something that will have an uncynical young audience, that was just a big joy,” Chalamet said. “That’s why I was drawn to it. In a time and climate of intense political rhetoric, when there’s so much bad news all the time, this is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolate.”

Wonka opens in Singapore cinemas on Dec 13. Dune: Part Two is out on Nov 2. Watch the full trailer below: