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,

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,

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.