Wonka is in Words With Friends.
Wonka is in Words With Friends.
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Zynga brings Warner’s Wonka film into Words With Friends 2

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga and Warner Bros. Pictures are merging two entertainment worlds in an unlikely match. Zynga, a division of Take-Two Interactive, will insert Wonka characters into its Words With Friends 2 game.

It’s part of a promo of the holiday film Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet as the titular character.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.