The world of Willy Wonka and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, however, opens a whole new universe of IP to Netflix viewers.

Several successful films have been made based on his works, but the most recognisable Dahl adaptation has to be the 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, based on his 1964 novel, Charlie ...

Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket in a scene from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Wolper/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock Jeff Gaspin, the vice president of unscripted at Netflix, shared a ...

March 20 (UPI) --Netflix announced it is casting for The Golden Ticket, a new reality competition series inspired by Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and ... as guests of Willy Wonka to compete in ...