Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Wonka’ is filming at the Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley

If you’re out in south London this week, you could spot some icons of the silver screen on their way to film a Hollywood blockbuster. 

After shooting in Lyme Regis, Bath and Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, ‘Wonka’ has arrived in Brockley. The film, which is a prequel to ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, stars indie darling Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka and is currently filming at the glitzy 1950s-style venue the Rivoli Ballroom. 

Chalamet is currently in London, but it’s not clear if he will be shooting any scenes at the ballroom. The rest of the ‘Wonka’ cast is packed with British legends like Olivia Colman, Matt Lucas, Sally Hawkins and Rowan Atkinson, plus US stars Keegan-Michael Key and Rich Fulcher, so regardless of Timmy’s schedule there are plenty of big names who could be gracing SE4 with their presence. 

Film crew at the @RivoliBallroom - is it a @bbcstrictly sequence being filmed? pic.twitter.com/GrNq1vkVtH

— LovingLadywell (@LovingLadywell) October 18, 2021

Lunchtime walk distractions, one of about 20 trucks here due to filming at the lovely Rivoli Ballroom for new #Wonka film #croftonpark pic.twitter.com/V12FKYEJmr

— Joe Levenson (@joelondon76) October 19, 2021

You’ll have to wait to see a glimpse of the ballroom on screen, though because ‘Wonka’ isn’t set to arrive in UK cinemas until spring 2023.

This isn’t the first time Hollywood’s greats have turned up at the Rivoli Ballroom. It’s previously been used as a filming location for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, Tom Hardy’s Krays film ‘Legend’ and TV shows like ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘Ted Lasso’.

‘Wonka’ is being directed by Paul King, who made ‘Paddington’, and will follow the titular experimental confectioner in the days before opening his infamous factory and becoming the ‘renowned scrumdiddlyumptious Mozart of chocolate’. It will also show us just how he met the Oompa Loompas, who went on to work for him on his inventive concoctions.

A real-life chocolate factory has opened in London.

Get to know Timothée Chalamet better by revisiting our interview with the star.