Wonka: Hugh Grant revealed as Oompa Loompa in new movie trailer

Hugh Grant has been pictured for the archetypal clip arsenic a CGI Oompa Loompa successful the archetypal authoritative trailer for Wonka.

The movie tells the backstory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, played by US prima Timothée Chalamet.

It is acceptable earlier the opening of his celebrated cocoa factory.

At the extremity of the trailer, Wonka meets Grant's green-haired and orange-faced character, who is trapped successful a solid jar, noting: "So you're the comic small antheral who's been pursuing me?"

It is simply a departure for Grant, 62, who is champion known for playing quintessentially English gentlemen successful films similar Notting Hill, Love Actually and Bridget Jones's Diary.

Portraying 1 of the workers astatine Wonka's factory, helium is seen responding: "I volition person you cognize that I americium a perfectly respectful size for an Oompa-Loompa."

After Chalamet's Wonka appears to beryllium unaware of the radical from Loompaland, Grant's quality opts to "refresh his memory" by playing him a tune and starting to dance.

Chalamet, 27, who roseate to fame successful 2017's Call Me By Your Name and went connected to prima successful Dune, is shown successful the clip implicit with reddish overgarment and apical chapeau astatine the commencement of Wonka's travel to becoming the celebrated confectioner. He's described arsenic "something of a magician, inventor and cocoa maker".

We are informed that the protagonist, who has "spent the past 7 years traveling the satellite perfecting my craft", volition travel up against a feared "chocolate cartel". He besides teams up with a young girl, played by Calah Lane, connected his mode to inventing a cocoa that makes those who devour it fly.

The film, based connected Roald Dahl's much-loved children's publication Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, has been directed by Paddington film-maker Paul King.

It besides stars Oscar victor Olivia Colman, Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and Mr Bean prima Rowan Atkinson, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Great British Bake Off presenter Matt Lucas.

In taking connected the cardinal role, Chalamet follows successful the footsteps Gene Wilder, who starred successful 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; and Johnny Depp, who appeared successful Tim Burton's 2005 adaptation.

According to the on-screen captions, the forthcoming movie volition archer "the wondrous communicative of however the world's top inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we cognize today".

Speaking successful May, Chalamet said: "To enactment connected thing that volition person an uncynical young audience, that was conscionable a large joy.

"That's wherefore I was drawn to it. In a clip and clime of aggravated governmental rhetoric, erstwhile there's truthful overmuch atrocious quality each the time, this is hopefully going to beryllium a portion of chocolate."

Wonka is retired successful UK cinemas successful December.