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From Comingsoon.net :

Warner Bros. has tapped Tim Burton to direct Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the second live-action adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic children's novel, reports Variety.

It is one of two projects Burton will make back-to-back at the studio, as he's signed to next do the stop-motion animation feature The Corpse Bride.

"Charlie" has long been considered one of WB's most promising properties, one that the studio hopes will lead to a Broadway musical, adds the trade.

Burton's has not made a deal yet, but it's close after a very positive meeting between the director and WB's Alan Horn, Jeff Robinov and Kevin McCormick. The Dahl estate has already approved Burton as the director they wanted most.

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This could turn out to be a fully fledged score + songs effort just like Nightmare Before Christmas. If we're lucky that is.

After checking my facts; it was made in 1990 directed by Nicholas Roeg music by Stanley Meyers.

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Originally posted by Camillu:
Oh and btw, Moviewave.net has posted a list of upcoming assignments for various composers.

Most of them sound very promising (unless they get rejected of course), but the one that sounds most intruiging is [b]Morricone's attachment to Tarantino' Kill Bill. Any details on this? Doesn't the good old Quentin usually use his sublime music tastes to fill the soundtrack? Is this going to be a full score or just a few snippets in between the songs?[/B]

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Unfortunately I don't believe it's a full score, it's "additional music", apparently for some spaghetti-western style scenes.

My mistake about The Witches - was that film released in theatres? I'd never heard of it. Has anyone seen it?

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Originally posted by Camillu:
My mistake about The Witches - was that film released in theatres? I'd never heard of it. Has anyone seen it?

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I saw it in theaters when it came out; it was a cute film; Jim Henson company was involved in the puppeteering, too.

Camillu, remember you can always check out the IMDb: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0100944

While I personally look forward to every Elfman project, I certainly won't label music as being "great" without having heard a single note of it.

So all I'm saying is that since Elfman usually writes his best work for Burton (granted POTA isn't his best stuff, but it's still great), and since Burton is tackling such a fairytale project, we can hope to expect a fun and (excuse the pun) sugary score from Elfman.

I believe if this news about Tim Burton directing a new musical version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is true, then I believe this is a revelation for Danny Elfman. Just the thought of Burton's version makes me imagine a carnivalesque, quirky, and possibly beautiful version. It has simply been too long since Elfman has been assigned to something remotely like this (same with Corpse Bride). Assuming he will be assigned to both, I believe this will possibly assure us that he will go back to his Nino Rota roots, which will be very welcome approach as opposed to the synth/percussive/action style. I believe he has been a tad overworked especially in these last two or three years in having all of these assignments for action/drama/sci-fi pictures, and it's time for him to go back to the kind of films I believe he was born to score (surrealist stop-motion films, beautiful/quirky/carnivalesque comedy-fantasies). I for one am hoping that Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" comes to fruition.

Dylan

Dylan

NP: Pee-Wee's Playhouse TV music from "Music for a Darkened Theater Volume Two" (Elfman)

For his new adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton is reportedly deciding between two actors to play candy man Willy Wonka: Christopher Walken and Michael Keaton. Which of the two would you prefer?

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