Netflix is launching a competition show based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A search for contestants is underway. Netflix bought the Roald Dahl Story Company four years ago. Four years after acquiring the Roald Dahl Story Company,

Netflix has moved closer to opening the doors to the chocolate factory after confirming it has greenlit The Golden Ticket, a reality competition series inspired by Willy Wonka. This comes nine months after Deadline revealed that Eureka Productions,

Hopefully none of the real-life competitors meet such shocking fates, though Netflix did face some complaints for how it treated Squid Game: The Challenge participants. Casting is in process now, not determined by who finds a special ticket with their candy bar but via a more standard application process.