Last night, the Radcliffe Camera was lit up for the filming of the new Willy Wonka motion picture starring Timothée Chalamet.

Last weekend technicians began setting up in the Radcliffe Square, a large crane was seen towering over the building and boxes, clearly marked with the Warner Bros film studio logo, covered the square.

Read more: Wonka starring Timothée Chalamet to film in Oxford

Oxford Mail: Radcliffe Camera lit up for the filming of Willy WonkaRadcliffe Camera lit up for the filming of Willy Wonka

Picture by Tim Hughes

Earlier this month it was reported that scenes will also be shot at Hertford College on Catte Street.

Students were informed though the college’s newsletter, saying that the college cat, Simpkin IV would be ‘competing for quad space with the cast and crew of the new Wonka film’.

Oxford Mail: Workmen begin setting up for filming what is understood to be the new Willy Wonka film in Oxford's Radcliffe SquareWorkmen begin setting up for filming what is understood to be the new Willy Wonka film in Oxford's Radcliffe Square

Timothee Chalamet plays a young Willy Wonka in this origins story about the eccentric chocolate factory owner.

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