Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

[heyjupiter678]

Here's the verified cast:

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka
Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket
Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket
David Kelly as Grandpa Joe
Harry Taylor as Mr. Gloop
Ty Dickson as Oompa Loompa
Missi Pyle as Ms. Beauregard
Christopher Lee as Willy Wonka's Father
Jordan Fry as Mike Teavee
AnnaSophia Robb as Violet Beauregarde
Julia Winter as Veruca Salt
Philip Wiegratz as Augustus Gloop
Noah Taylor
James Fox

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

Here's the verified cast:

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka
Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket
Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket
David Kelly as Grandpa Joe
Harry Taylor as Mr. Gloop
Ty Dickson as Oompa Loompa
Missi Pyle as Ms. Beauregard
Christopher Lee as Willy Wonka's Father
Jordan Fry as Mike Teavee
AnnaSophia Robb as Violet Beauregarde
Julia Winter as Veruca Salt
Philip Wiegratz as Augustus Gloop
Noah Taylor
James Fox

awesome, thanx 4 the info!!!~

blessed be~
jill

[DeadliestPoison]

I really wanna see it, even though Johnny Depp scares me. He looks homeless all the time -_-.

I'm a whore for Roald Dahl, so sign me up for this one. The original, I thought, was lame. I'm glad they're not musical-fying it or changing the Oompa Loompas from the ones in the book (they're African/Pygmy instead of orange). And Tim Burton's always gonna be somewhat neat.

[Dreammms]

[QUOTE=DeadliestPoison]I really wanna see it, even though Johnny Depp scares me. He looks homeless all the time -_-.QUOTE]

lol wow i think he is soooooooooo hot

yummy

[sara1998]

Bring it on! This is the first I've ever heard of a remake. This actually made my night! I agree that it won't live up to the original, though.

[amber]

Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

I really wanna see it, even though Johnny Depp scares me. He looks homeless all the time -_-.

I'm a whore for Roald Dahl, so sign me up for this one. The original, I thought, was lame. I'm glad they're not musical-fying it or changing the Oompa Loompas from the ones in the book (they're African/Pygmy instead of orange). And Tim Burton's always gonna be somewhat neat.

yeah, i'm not a fan of the book, the movie, or johnny dep, but with tim directing, it might actually kick ass. I wonder why i didn't like the book? I tried to read it when i was seven or eight, and couldn't understand it, but that seems like the right age... maybe it was a different book. I better check that out...

[hayley]

As weird of an idea as a remake of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory is, if anyone's doing it, it should be Burton with Depp. It should at the very least be completely interesting!

And Johnny Depp brings the pretty! I personally have been anticipating Finding Neverland for quite awhile. That f-ing trailer makes me cry everytime I see it.

[DeadliestPoison]

I wonder if Burton's going to add his trademark "dark" style to it. I'd imagine it wouldn't be too hard (especially if they're going to use the classic boat/tunnel scene, which I think they are). But the book's generally feel-good, so...

[Alison]

I had the book read to me when I was in grade 3. Needless to say that was a long time ago. My kids loved the book and the movie. I'm sick of the movie now.
I do prefer the book. It will be intersting to see what they do to the remake.
I didn't care for the first movie.

[David]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

Is anyone else looking forward to this? I usually don't like remakes, but I can't wait to see this one for some reason.

I hate the original. This one will probably be a CGI nightmare, which is what all big-budget fantasies are these days.

[DownOnRodeo]

I loved the book too much to enjoy one skerrick of the original movie. When I heard that Tim Burton had a plan to remake it, I was excited. I only wish that they'd add on the Great Glass Elevator storyline, which I liked even more.

[Alison]

I liked big fish. Never saw planet of the apes. I liked the old ones to much to see the remake.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

Is this going to be a straight up remake, with the same score and everything? If so, I might see it. I love that song "There is no place I know to compare with your imagination..." and, every time I went shopping for broker tickets on GoldenTickets.com this past tour, I couldn't help it. I'd inevitably start humming "I've got a golden ticket! I've got a golden ticket! I've got a golden chance to make my way! And with a golden ticket it's a Golden Day!"

The remake is supposed to be 100% true to Dahl's book, which was very dark and disturbing. Add to that the fact that Tim Burton is directing it and it's pretty much guaranteed to be a weird and dark movie. With the exception of the Oompa Loompa songs, I don't think there will be any other ones.

The poster itself looks pretty grim, to these eyes at least. I can't wait.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

But the book's generally feel-good, so...

It is?

The kids who misbehave suffer for it. In the book, one of them gets stretched like taffy and sent home that way. Actually, all of the kids ended up deformed. Wonka was a creepy dude who relished punishing bad children.

The original movie was fantastic, IMO. It wasn't like the book, but it was incredibly disturbing. You're watching a normal movie and then WHAM, all of a sudden that unnel scene hits you like a Mack truck out of nowhere. People almost get chopped up by fans, a girl almost gets incinerated, a girl almost blows up, another kid gets permanently shrunk to the size of my big toe; it was weird, man.

[Livia]

I'm looking forward to Burton's take on it. And I think Johnny Depp will be magnificent as Wonka. The original is one of my all-time faves, I'm looking forward to the remake with an open mind....

The book was awesome! Diss, when you mentioned the taffy stretch (Mike Teevee), I vividly remembered the illustration in the book, with all of them walking out of the factory and he was like 20 feet tall! LOL