Burton would later reflect, "I think all artistic endeavors are a way to resolve things, a form of therapy, a fantasy of resolving something. The storyline follows Charlie as he wins a contest along with four other children and is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory. With no prior professional dancing experience, each musical number involving Roy took a month to rehearse and six months in total to film.

Burton was having trouble casting Charlie, until Depp, who had worked with Freddie Highmore on Finding Neverland (2004), suggested Highmore for the part. The film's cast provided their voices for the game, with the sole exception of Depp who was replaced by James Arnold Taylor. When you purchase through links on our site we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you.Burton shot the film simultaneously alongside the stop-motion animated film Corpse Bride, which he also directed. According to studio exit polling conducted during its opening weekend, 54 percent of the film's audience was under the age of 18 and the majority was female. The Russian ticket is revealed to be a forgery just as Charlie discovers the real ticket inside the wrapper. In addition to the film's cast and crew, the Los Angeles premiere was attended by John Stamos, Seth Green, Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin, Larry King, Frankie Muniz, Emma Roberts, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, and Britney Spears.

Despite their intention to remain close to the source material, Burton and August diverged from the book to explore themes of family, and in doing so unearthed Willy Wonka's origin. Synopsis: A poor little boy wins a ticket to visit the inside of a mysterious andmagical chocolate factory. Guy Lodge of The Guardian claimed that the film's reputation was hurt by Depp's "off-puttingly fey, chilly spin on Wonka", even though "Burton's film handily trumps [the 1971 adaptation] for cinematic verve and vibrancy. Charlie and the other ticket holders are greeted outside the factory by Wonka, who then leads them into the facility. The release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory rekindled public interest in Roald Dahl's 1964 book, which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list from July 3 to October 23, 2005.For the film's HD DVD release in October 2006, all the behind the scenes featurettes from the two-disc edition were included. Charlie and the rest of the winners find themselves in a magical world of chocolate rivers, Oompa Loompas, everlasting gobstoppers, lickable wall-paper, golden egg-laying geese and chilling tales to warn children not to misbehave. The single-disc version of the film included two special features: an Oompa-Loompa dance tutorial and "Becoming Oompa-Loompa", which documented Deep Roy's experience on the production. Wonka Star Calah Lane on Swimming in Chocolate With Timothée Chalamet and Teaching Him Dance Moves".