30 minutes on the set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Follow my Charlie and the Chocolate Factory account on Twitter: FAQs When/where was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory filmed? It was filmed from June to December 2004 in Pinewood Studios, located near London. They filmed several establishing shots in the US, Germany, and Yemen, but the rest of the film was almost entirely shot at Pinewood Studios. What about the town housing the Wonka factory? The production designer did initially scout several actual mill towns in Northern England for filming, but he came to the conclusion that an actual town wouldn't look stylized enough for Tim Burton. The town was constructed on the Pinewood Studios backlot. The set included the factory courtyard, several streets, nearly fifty townhomes, twenty shops, and the Bucket shack. A miniature was built for overhead shots of the factory and town. Was the chocolate river actually chocolate? No! It was a mix of vegetable oil, water, various thickeni