dennis hopper or robert de niro.


maybe ben stiller

ben stiller? no that wouldnt work. dude this is a horror movie. i think.

what makes you think it is a horror flick? its based on a childrens book.

did you not read through this thread? this movie is supposed to have the "darker" side of charlie and the chocalte factory.

There will only be one Willy Wonka..... Gene Wilder.

Yes it is..:) and Martin Landau who plays Bela Lugosi ...doing one of the strongest characters ever created on film :)

um...yeah...but i have also read the book a few times. nothing in there says "horror".

Hell yeah....i'll give Depp a chance though

The book's content is certainly not horror, but what makes it scary is that Roald Dahl wrote it. All of his stories have a dark side, even in the midst of all the playfulness. That's why I think the pairing of Burton and Dahl's work is going to be good. They both have a way of blending horror with that just-enough hint of childish innocence.

I think the original really nailed that insinuated, subtle, dark side of Dahl's work (although I could have done without most of the songs). What I'm saying, I guess, is that you have to go into the story of the Chocolate Factory within the context of the rest of Dahl's work in order to really be looking for, and finding, that darker side.

It's kinda like that book "Hollywood Babylon". To the surface reader, it's just a pulpy, tabloid-esque, book about different scandals during the Golden Age of Hollywood. But when you know the author, Kenneth Anger, the entire book takes on a sinister foreboding tone, which makes it a classic.

Agreed. It's gonna be a dark film, but then again EVERYTHING Burton makes is dark. I dooooon't think there's going to be children being murdered in this movie as the original post claimed. Johnny Depp is perfect for this role though, he's got that perfect blend of dark atmosphere and comic tone. Good stuff.