Loads of New Wonka Pics..

Basq

Well..

I'm really not too sure what to say about these... first of all, i don't think Johnny Depp looks right as Wonka. The kids look almost identical to the kids from the 70's version. Not too sure what exactly the guy in the red leather jumpsuit is supposed to be? I'm praying it's not supposed to be a re-invented Oompa Loompa!

Share your thoughts!

Images courtesy of Ain't-It-Cool-News.

trotter_inc

Ha ha - I completely forgot this was being re-made!

Not sure about Johnny Depp - think its either going to be a box-office smasher or a pile of crap - would love to see a couple of clips from it - any about yet?

When is due to be released?

weerez

Looks incredibly weird but in a good way. I think Depp will make a great Wonka but won't be a patch on Gene Wilder. Is that guy in the red suit an Oompa Loompa?

ixoy

I can see what you're saying about Depp but we know he can be very good at being barmy, so I'm still not worried.

That red jumpsuit guy is an Oompah Loompah alright - look at this suit: it's embalzoned with a 'WW' for 'Willy Wonka'. However, I'm thinking the reason he's wearing headphones is because he's an Oompah Loompah from Mike TV's ehh.. TV segment when they're in the recording studio. In the original those guys were in white jumpsuits and not the regular Oompah Loompah suits. That's what I'm hoping anyway.

Basq

weerez wrote:

Looks incredibly weird but in a good way. I think Depp will make a great Wonka but won't be a patch on Gene Wilder. Is that guy in the red suit an Oompa Loompa?

Don't think any actor could portray Wonka like the genius that is Wilder!

Whatever happened to Gene Wilder? Last time i saw him was in an episode of 'Will And Grace' - dear God! He must really need work!

Not too sure 'bout the guy in red suit - on Ain't It Cool News, they say:

Ain't It Cool News wrote:

That’s an Oompa Loompa? What happened to the all-CG approach we’d been hearing about? Hey, wait... that's not an Oompa Loompa! That's Deep Roy!!"

trotter_inc

Any pics of Charlie? Who's playing him?

Is the guy in the blue tracksuit Mike TV?

Basq

ixoy wrote:

That red jumpsuit guy is an Oompah Loompah alright - look at this suit: it's embalzoned with a 'WW' for 'Willy Wonka'. However, I'm thinking the reason he's wearing headphones is because he's an Oompah Loompah from Mike TV's ehh.. TV segment when they're in the recording studio...

Think you nailed it on the head there!

It's also worth noting the film will be called 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' (not that it makes it sound any less like a remake!)

Clinical Waste

basquille wrote:

Ironically, this is the only person who doesn't look Gay in the movie.

weerez

Im curious about this one. I love the original and I probably would curse a remake apart from the fact that Burton and Depp are involved.

Basq

trotter_inc wrote:

Any pics of Charlie? Who's playing him?

Is the guy in the blue tracksuit Mike TV?

Newly-discovered actor Freddie Highmore will be playing Charlie - no pics of him as Charlie yet!

I'm having problems with some of the casting decisions in it though, such as:

Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket,
Christoper Lee as Willy Wonka's father (??)

Basq

But i actually like the idea of Irish actor David Kelly as Grandpa Joe..

I think we all know him from something.

Seems perfect for Grandpa Joe's role.

samo

how are they managing to put in willy wonkas dad??

I know the obvious response is 'wait and see' !!

Really not to sure about this, its just one of those films that will be so difficult to improve on (as well as unneccessary!) The augustus gloomp looks good though. The oompa loompa looks likes he's out of the jetsons!

Basq

Also, this is apparently a pic of one of the Wonka Bars to be used in the film:

Nothing too exciting about it..

superfly

that is an oompa loompa as i recognise your man and he is a porg

Goodshape

Don't like the look of these pictures.. judging from them alone it looks like there going for a camp-retro look. But I'll wait and see I suppose.

Is Tim Burton still directing?

Cactus Col

weerez wrote:

Im curious about this one. I love the original and I probably would curse a remake apart from the fact that Burton and Depp are involved.

you mean you're not cursing Tim "Planet of the Apes" Burton?

weerez

Yes Planet Of The Apes is on my curse list. But I was thinking more along the lines of Beetlejuice, Batman and Edward Scissorhands.

aidan_walsh

And not forgetting the simply wonderful "Nightmare Before Christmas", or "Ed Wood"... And lesser known works like "Frankenweenie" and "Vincent"...

Burton is wonderful when it comes to doing his own thing, but as "Planet of the Apes" showed (which I still enjoyed in a brainless kind of way incidentially) he can have a little difficulty in adapting the work of others. I'm willing to forgive PotA, however, as he had little to no influence over the script with that one, and couldn't really imprwess his own stylings on it. But as the pics above show, this just oozes Burton.

Basq

doodle_sketch wrote:

..And not forgetting the simply wonderful "Nightmare Before Christmas"..

Hell yeah, that's the good stuff!

Don't know if a lot of ye knew this.. a little interesting fact bout TNBC is Jack Skellington in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is voiced by none other than Danny Elfman, probably the most famous composer in the movie biz.

He composes most of Burton's films, including Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Anyways, back to the subject of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, i have a fear that it will end up being a really dark film.

But let's face it, they couldn't have got a better director than Burton to take this on. He may all suprise us!

By the way, you can probably expect a teaser trailer to the film over the weekend. It's apparently been attached to prints of 'The Polar Express' in the US.

aidan_walsh

basquille wrote:

Don't know if a lot of ye knew this.. a little interesting fact bout TNBC is Jack Skellington in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is voiced by none other than Danny Elfman, probably the most famous composer in the movie biz.

Elfman only sang the part, whereas Chris Sarandon voiced the spoken dialogue.

basquille wrote:

By the way, you can probably expect a teaser trailer to the film over the weekend.

Schweet...

Cactus Col

ah ... but don't forget he did Mars Attacks too ... which was hardly a great movie ... and one he had a great deal of control over

I was willing to forget about it until Planet of the Apes (and don't forget he produced Batman Forever too!)

I'll keep an open mind about willa wonka though .... but it had better be great ...


(also John Williams is easily as, if not much more, famous as Danny Elfman)

Basq

doodle_sketch wrote:

Elfman only sang the part, whereas Chris Sarandon voiced the spoken dialogue.

My mistake.. Danny Elfman did do the voice of the Clown With The Tearaway Face.

Must actually get a copy of TNBC on DVD for the Christmas - think there's a special edition of it out somewhere....

... I was right. Play have the special edition of it at the great price of 6.99 sterling. But it's out-of-stock right now. Lot of good extras on it too! Will be buying that as soon as it's back in stock.

Will post the teaser trailer of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory here as soon as it's available online.

aidan_walsh

Amazon have it in stock at the better price of £6.97 But its a great value DVD, the original movie, and two bonus films, the afore mentioned Vincent and Frankenweenie.

Basq

doodle_sketch wrote:

Amazon have it in stock at the better price of £6.97 But its a great value DVD, the original movie, and two bonus films, the afore mentioned Vincent and Frankenweenie.

True - but Amazon charge for delivery so it would actually cost you more!

EDIT: On CDWOW.HK, you can get it for HK$89 (roughly EUR8.85) with free shipping and all. SEE THIS FILM! Actually, scratch that... BUY THIS FILM!

Lex_Diamonds

Hmm, Wonka looks a little plain tbh. I expected a more radical design. Still, we'll have to see how it all turns out.

herobear

dont really have an opinion on the willy wonka pics, as im just not that interested in it

i have tnbc(as you so lovingly put it :P) special edition on dvd, its great
just want to make a few comments about it though, Tim Burton did NOT direct the film, thats one of the biggest misconceptions about the film(he only produced it) it was directed by Henry Selick, although Burton did create the story and characters.

and an interesting fact about Danny Elfman, he composed the Simpsons opening theme.

Basq

herobear wrote:

..Tim Burton did NOT direct the film, thats one of the biggest misconceptions about the film..

Yeah, i knew that!

Only found it out recently enough though - think i looked it up on IMDB a week or two back when it was on the telly and realised it wasn't Burton who directed it.

But i think most people consider it a Burton film.

Many reasons:
- The full title of the film is actually: "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" (but this is a commonly used marketing tool used to attract people's interest that his name is attached to it!)

- Has the characteristics of a Burton film particularly the dark humour.

- Tim Burton is credited for the story (possibly because he wrote a poem which TNBC is based on).

- As for TNBC director, Henry Selick. The last film i saw with him as director was 'Monkeybone'.... need i say more?!

herobear

dont get me wrong, i do think of the film as a tim burton film, i just thought that was an interesting trivia about the film, i too only found it out recently too(from hotdog magazine, of all places) anyway to get back on point, its just a big misconception about the film.

and in an attempt to steer this thread back on topic, look what i accidentally found
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/wonka.php - the charlie and the chocolate factory teaser(?) poster

Basq

herobear wrote:

..and in an attempt to steer this thread back on topic, look what i accidentally found
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/wonka.php - the charlie and the chocolate factory teaser(?) poster

Cheers for that.. was posted here a couple of days back. Personally, i think that poster pose of Wonka looks a little too much like Jacko.

Basq

The teaser trailer is not, and will not be, attached to prints of 'The Polar Express' in the US - but there's a growing rumour that it will be in front of 'Ocean's 12'... but there's no real way to know!

I came across these today - they are apparently leaked photos of the Chocolate Factory set... bear in mind, it's early days in terms of production!

Whatcha think?

GuanYin

basquille wrote:

Anyways, back to the subject of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, i have a fear that it will end up being a really dark film.

I wouldn't hold out to much fear of that, apparently the scriptwriter for Burtons version had never even seen the 1971 version before writing the script. After finishing the screenplay, he finally watched the 1971 version, only to be surprised at how much darker it was than the one he wrote.

More pictures including sets here

Basq

syke wrote:

I wouldn't hold out to much fear of that, apparently the scriptwriter for Burtons version had never even seen the 1971 version before writing the script. After finishing the screenplay, he finally watched the 1971 version, only to be surprised at how much darker it was than the one he wrote.

Cheers for that - nice little tidbit there!

Heh.... can't imagine a Burton film that's not particularly dark in some way (apart from possibly 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure')?

But can we really believe this man hasn't seen the original version.. i think everyone's seen it! :rolleyes: It's hard to avoid it each Christmas..!

chewy

I suppose it different when you don't see the film when it came out, in 1971 but to me the film is very scary, not dark scary just trippy, Gene Wilder looked on edge, like he could give you some chocolate or throw you in a dicer especially in the scene at the end of moive in his office *remembers wierd scultpures and walls*

he was also very brash which I gues is hinted in the poster

the oompa loompa don't look freaky enough either, is there no enough ORANGE green haired dwarves around these days?
http://www.maccabiajaxcc.com/cricket/pictures/pipersberg/oompadala.jpg

I hope they don't mess with the song

Roar

the "guy" in the blue is actually violet beauregard, hence the bubble gum. i wouldn't be too worried about the pics, all they are is advance teaser deelies shot against a white background, no-one knows how all the characters will look on screen

*edit*oh btw TNBC is available in virgin's "4 for €40" dealio