After virtually two years of sporadic peeks and too-little info, the long-awaited first trailer for Wonka starring Timothée Chalamet is right here. Directed by Paul King of the cult-favorite Paddington films, Wonka is a prequel to the sweet wonderland that captivated our imaginations in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufacturing facility.

The trailer reveals a younger Willy Wonka coming back from travels overseas, throughout which he perfected the artwork of constructing chocolate. “How do you prefer it?” he asks. “Darkish? White? Nutty? Completely insane?” Wonka desires to open a chocolate store, however budding chocolatiers in his city — the place even daydreaming is prohibited — have had their desires crushed by a restrictive chocolate cartel. In true Christmas film style, Wonka and his creativeness will presumably win out, setting the stage for older Wonka’s Eternal Gobstoppers and chocolate river.

In contrast to Tim Burton’s 2005 remake Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility, King “didn’t wish to reinvent” the enduring Gene Wilder film. As a substitute, he needed to create Wonka as a “companion piece” to it, as he advised Leisure Weekly. The solid contains Olivia Colman — who lately appeared within the standout seventh episode of season 2 of The Bear — and Paddington star Hugh Grant, as an Oompa Loompa.

Wonka hits theaters in the US on December 15. To borrow Chalamet’s phrases in Little Girls: “And I’ll watch.”