Timothée Chalamet took to social media to share his first look in costume as Willy Wonka, the eccentric chocolate factory owner from the forthcoming Wonka prequel film.

Chalamet posted a photo from the set of the next Wonka, which shows him wearing a chocolate brown top hat similar to Gene Wilder’s in 1971’s Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, as well as a crushed velvet raspberry topcoat (Wilder’s was grape-colored). In the latest photo, the actor is also wearing a geometric patterned scarf over a multi-colored vest.

A close-up of his hand reaching for Wonka’s cane’s brass knob, from which a miniature present box emerges, is shown in the second image.

“The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last… WONKA,” Chalamet captioned the photo, referencing Gene Wilder’s iconic line from the 1971 film musical “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” in which he played Willy Wonka.

Chalamet received tremendous feedback online. Kiernan Shipka, actress of “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” expressed her delight in the Instagram comments area, saying, “OH MY GOD.”

“It’s all about this x,” Rebel Wilson, star of “Pitch Perfect,” added.

“An extremely promising first look at Timothee Chalamet as the younger Willy Wonka,” one Twitter user said. “I love the costume design & detail so far. You have my attention…”

Another Twitter user said, “When I die, bury me in his cheekbones.”

Paul King, renowned for his work on the highly acclaimed children’s flicks Paddington and Paddington 2, will helm Wonka. Warner Bros. has stated that the film would chronicle Willy Wonka’s early years before he meets the Oompa Loompas and becomes the well-known eccentric proprietor of the famed chocolate factory, with Chalamet in the title character singing and dancing.

Roald Dahl’s literary creation, Willy Wonka, is a masterpiece. Gene Wilder’s “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” from 1971 and Johnny Depp’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” from Tim Burton’s 2005 version made the odd figure renowned onscreen.

EW reported in May that Chalamet was in talks to play a young Willy in Warner Bros.’ planned prequel picture.

The top of Willy Wonka’s cane | CREDIT: WARNER BROS. PICTURES/INSTAGRAM

Chalamet, who will appear in Denis Villeneuve’s next Dune epic, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, and Adam McKay’s star-studded Don’t Look Up, made his big screen debut in 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, for which he garnered his first Academy Award nomination at the age of 22. Beautiful Boy, Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-winning period piece Little Women, and the epic war drama The King were among the critically lauded films in which the young actor appeared. Chalamet has recently finished production on Luca Guadagnino’s next romance-horror thriller Bones & All, reuniting with the director.

In his Instagram collection, Chalamet also included a photo of Willy Wonka’s magical walking cane. The brass top of the cane unfolds to reveal a purple gift with a gorgeous crimson ribbon.

Chalamet told Time magazine that the prequel is “not mining the darker emotions in life” after spending time recording music at London’s Abbey Road for “Wonka.”

In an interview published Monday, he added, “It’s a celebration of being off-center and of being OK with the weirder parts of you that don’t quite fit in.”