Paddington director Paul King is in talks to direct a reboot of Willy Wonka, based on Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. King is in final negotiations to direct the movie, being developed by Warner Bros, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

King would be reunited with David Heyman, the producer of the two "Paddington" movies. Wonka is the fictional infamous and eccentric owner of a chocolate factory who figured prominently in Dahl's 1964 book and its follow-up, "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator".