Netflix has unveiled a primary have a look at its forthcoming competitors present based mostly on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufacturing unit — and in addition a primary pay attention, which is perhaps the important thing component right here.
Titled Wonka’s The Golden Ticket, the unscripted sequence makes use of the re-created voice of actor Gene Wilder, who performed Willy Wonka within the 1971 film, as a key a part of the sport. Netflix and Eureka Productions, which is behind The Golden Ticket, bought permission from Wilder’s property and labored with AI firm ElevenLabs to re-create the late actor’s voice.
The sequence, which Netflix ordered final yr, will characteristic 12 golden ticket winners and a accomplice of their alternative dealing with a sequence of challenges impressed by the movie and Roald Dahl‘s supply novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit (Netflix purchased the Roald Dahl Story Firm in 2021). The present may also characteristic units impressed by the 1971 film, the place “contestants should navigate a sequence of Wonka’s video games, exams, and temptations designed to problem them bodily, mentally, and morally.”
A teaser for the present options Wilder’s re-created voice; watch it beneath.
“Greater than 5 a long time after Gene introduced Willy Wonka to life, individuals of all ages and backgrounds around the globe proceed to seek out pleasure, laughter and inspiration in his efficiency,” stated Karen B. Wilder, Gene Wilder’s spouse, on behalf of the Gene Wilder property. “Gene had a outstanding means to convey humor, marvel and coronary heart into individuals’s lives, and that connection has endured for generations. We’re delighted that Wonka’s The Golden Ticket celebrates the heat and creativeness that he dropped at the function, introducing that magic to a brand new technology whereas honoring the followers who’ve cherished it for many years.”
Together with Wilder’s re-created voice, The Golden Ticket will characteristic Rusty Goffe, who performed an Oompa Loompa within the 1971 film.
Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Rikkie Proost, David Tibballs, Alison Holloway and Emer Harkin government produce Wonka’s The Golden Ticket. The sequence is scheduled to premiere Sept. 23.
