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War of the Worlds, Chocolate Factory Trailers

Posted by michael on from the slurms-mackenzie dept.

rocketjam writes "The trailer for Tim Burton's version of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is online at Yahoo. The movie stars Johnny Depp and scheduled for release in July of '05. I think Tim Burton is the perfect director for a new Willie Wonka movie. The trailer looks very Burtonesque." And reader daquake writes "Our first peek at Steven Spielberg's contemporary version of War of the Worlds is available from Apple. Spielberg's installment is just one of many that have been developed throughout the years including a film produced last year n England."

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  1. Re:Charlie and Chocolate Factory by UWC · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You're forgetting the crazy psychedelic scenes toward the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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  2. Re:No creativity by Dirtside · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Why not come up with something new instead of redoing movies that there perfectly good to begin with.
    Remakes and adaptations of previously existing works have a built-in audience (because those works already have mindshare), which means they are more likely to make more money. In case you forgot, the Hollywood studios are corporations, and like all corporations, their primary focus is making as much money as possible.

    (I posted this in an earlier thread as well, in case you're wondering why you're seeing it twice.)

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  3. Re:No creativity by megarich · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yea man. with the title charlie and the chocolate factory, you think they would make it a real sequel and flash now into 20/30 years with charlie owning the factory.

    knowing the movie execs, it would turn out to be a big flop but the concept intriques me...