Wonka
2023
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Paul Thomas King (born July 1978) is a British writer and director. He works in television, film and theatre, and specialises in comedy. He directed all 20 episodes of the BBC surreal comedy series The Mighty Boosh (2004–2007), and in 2005 he earned a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best New Director.
Director: Wonka. Paul King is a writer and director. He works in television, film, and theatre, and specializes in comedy. He graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge University with first-class honors in English in 1999.
Dec 14, 2023 · In Wonka, a new musical prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Paul King tells the origin story of a young Willy Wonka long before he became the sour fantasy chocolate-maker...
Dec 8, 2023 · ‘Wonka’ Director Paul King Talks Gene Wilder References and Why It Was Time to Let Go of Paddington
Dec 14, 2023 · Paul King directs Olivia Colman in "Wonka." Credit: Warner Bros. In reverse-engineering a backstory for Willy Wonka, King began with, of course, the 1964 children's book Charlie and the...
Mar 1, 2024 · Before Paul King directed Wonka and the Paddington movies, he directed every single episode of the cult favorite British comedy series The Mighty Boosh.
Paul King tells us why Frank Capra was the greatest influence on the Paddington films, what Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond thought of his movie adaptation, and reveals the Phoenix Buchanan dog food jingle we never got to hear.
Apr 28, 2021 · News of the triumph broke in Paddington’s adopted home country of the U.K. overnight, but Paul King — who wrote and directed both Paddington films — says he’s going to try not to get too...
Feb 20, 2024 · Paul King, the director of both Paddington movies explains how the Wonka magic works. Paul King — the man who made both Paddington movies — was, like so many of us, influenced by the blockbusters of the 1980s. “The first movie I saw in the cinema was E.T. ,” King recalls.
Feb 27, 2024 · In an interview with CBR, Wonka director and co-writer Paul King compares Wonka to his duo of uplifting Paddington films. He also reflects on the themes prevalent in Roald Dahl's writing that served as the basis for Wonka. Plus, King explains how Wonka is the first Dahl adaptation to forge new narrative ground.
