burton doing a remake of charlie and the chocolate factory!

now this is the best movie related news i've heard for ages! i'm not a big fan of remakes, except if they're done by one of *the* directors. yesterday ivar tipped me to the coolest upcoming movie:

tim burton is directing the remake of charlie and the chocolate factory and johnny depp is doing the role of willy wonka!

"well, i don't want to crush people's childhood dreams, but the original film is sappy," burton says. "it's sappy when it shouldn't be sappy and it's weird. let's just say it's not one of my personal favorites. i'd rate 'chitty chitty bang bang' much higher."

this should be good!