I've just finished reading the book to my daughter, who enjoyed it immensely, and was planning to rent the dvd from Blockbusters for her as a treat, but ofcourse it turns out there's a remake in the offing with Brad Pitt as Mr. Wonka.
Just the idea of it irritated me slightly, as I love the 1971 version with Gene Wilder (it surprised me that the film's industrial epionage sub-plot is actually absent from the book), and really couldn't see how it could be improved upon - it seems nowadays nothing is sacred. But I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, as Mr. Pitt is supposedly quite good.
However, just now I thought I'd Google the new film and see if I could find out more and was shocked to find this;
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0367594/Ss/0367594/CCFC-025r.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0367594
This is Brad's take on Mr. Wonka is it? A man so old that he begins a search for a child to ultimately run his business, but is also obviously Michael Jackson's biggest fan and addicted to botox? And why oh why all through the trailer is everybody calling it 'candy'? It's chocolate RAB - it's not a 'candy' factory is it!
It really, really looks like absolute sh*te - can anybody in the know please explain to me why they'd even bother, and how BP could be convinced he could hold a candle to Gene Wilder's version of Mr. W?

Just the idea of it irritated me slightly, as I love the 1971 version with Gene Wilder (it surprised me that the film's industrial epionage sub-plot is actually absent from the book), and really couldn't see how it could be improved upon - it seems nowadays nothing is sacred. But I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, as Mr. Pitt is supposedly quite good.
However, just now I thought I'd Google the new film and see if I could find out more and was shocked to find this;
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0367594/Ss/0367594/CCFC-025r.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0367594
This is Brad's take on Mr. Wonka is it? A man so old that he begins a search for a child to ultimately run his business, but is also obviously Michael Jackson's biggest fan and addicted to botox? And why oh why all through the trailer is everybody calling it 'candy'? It's chocolate RAB - it's not a 'candy' factory is it!
It really, really looks like absolute sh*te - can anybody in the know please explain to me why they'd even bother, and how BP could be convinced he could hold a candle to Gene Wilder's version of Mr. W?



