This is probably going to be an unpopular point of view but the 2005 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory was a vastly superior film to the much beloved Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film that seems to be everybody's favorite. I recently read Roald Dhal's book to my son. After we finished the book, we watched both films side by side. The first thing that I noticed was that the original film deviated from the original story quite a bit. They also made up the Candy Man song (and scene) for the film but failed to use any of Roald Dahl's songs from the book. In contrast, the 2005 film was absolutely faithful to the book including all the original songs and original characterizations. Willy Wonka himself in the book was not the kind hearted character that Wilder played. He was really more like Depp played him, an anti-social weirdo. I know that everybody tends to like best the version that they remember from their childhood, but some of those people also feel that no decent music has been produced since the 70s. Sometimes the remakes are really good.
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That said, I don't think a Willy Wonka prequel is at all necessary or well advised. They would probably do better making Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (and sending it straight to DVD). That was actually a sequel to the first book although not nearly as good of a story.
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Dammit.
