A Chocolate Factory in your PC

Burbank, CA - September 2, 2004 - Global Star Software has announced that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has awarded them There's very little information out there as to what kind of game this will be. I know my imagination has been running wild while reading the announcement. I'd love to explore Wonka's factory in the context of a game.

Backbone Entertainment will be developing the PC version of the game.

Will we all be handed the famous Golden Ticket?

Wowee... can you imagine, mixing our 2 favourite things, gaming and chocolate

Mmmmmmmm. Heavenly!

Chocolate....did someone say chocolate???

Oh, Rae, I now have nibble marks on my screen!

Make that three favs - don't forget Johnny Depp! Even a cartoon JD for the game.

I'm glad I'm not the only chocoholic on these boards!
Even at my age, I still enjoy the Willy Wonka movie.

Did someone say Johnny Depp, chocolate and a game?

Johnny Depp, Johnny Depp, Johnny Depp Depp Depp!

Jean

Hi Jean! Hey, Depp, Depp to you too!
Now let's sing Oompa Loompa along with Mary!

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you...

And Johnny, too?

Willie Wonka was one of my favorite movies as a kid!

And yes, I AM DEFINATELY a chocohaulic!

I wonder what the *NEW* Willie Wonka movie will be like.
I expect it will be very different from the old one.

ChocahaUlic?? does that mean you get it by the truckload Mike?? Mind you if it keeps you going whilst creating more adventures for us I'm not complaining

Yeah, I can't get enough of it!! No matter what it is, if it's got chocolate in it, I'll EAT IT!!!

I didn't know there was a NEW Willie Wonka movie coming out - I don't know if I like the idea of that. You can't copy a classic!

"I fell into a vat of chocolate." -Tommy Smothers

That's my idea of heaven.

Yup. They're not trying to copy the first movie though. The new one is supposed to be closer to the book. And Johnny Depp will be Willie Wonka instead of Gene Wilder. From what little I've heard, it will be spookier than the first movie, like many of Tim Burton's movies are. Think "Nightmare Before Christmas" or "Edward Scissorhands."

Dawn, that was good! Now can you sing that while doing a cartwheel? I can't remember the lessons, but I can sure sing the chorus loud and off key!

*succubus voice* "Chocolate! I love chocolate!
ooopps I acc-i-dentally swallowed it!"



Glad to hear they are taking a different direction with that. Johnny Depp is talented enough to try, I know. Be fun to see what he does with the role.

Nothing is likely to budge my fondness for the Gene Wilder classic though. His perfomances are always unique. Can't imagine anyone replacing him in anything! And that movie was great, even though the effects are hokey now. "Grandpa" was really sweet...and some of the naughty kids were wonderfully over the top. Remember Veruka (sp) Salt?

Wonder what kind of game it will be?

*sings along*
oompa loompa doo-puhdee-doo
I've got a perfect puzzle for you
oompa loompa doo-puhdee-dee, If you are wise you'll listen to me..."

It'll be fun to see what Tim Burton does to the chocolate factory.

LadyK, did you yell "FIRE!!!"?

Of course, Granny, because no one would have come if I yelled, "CHOCOLATE!" (On second thought, I should have kept quiet to keep it all to myself.)

I know a lot of people who would come if you yelled "CHOCOLATE!"
Especially if you yelled "FREE CHOCOLATE!"

I do, too, Jenny100. Shhhhhh.

Add me to the list!
The topic caused me to get up from the computer and grab a Hershey's Dark Chocolate Almond Nugget. Yum.

A vat of chocolate with Johnny Depp in it!! My idea of heaven.

I'm a pastry chef and even though I work with pounds of the dark sweet stuff a day, I still never get enough!

Not sure I'll like a remake of one of my all time favorite movies (especially by Tim Burton) but a game has wonderful possibilities

I've read the book three times recently, and I've seen the movie several times, and I'd say the Gene Wilder version is very faithful to the book (other than sort of glossing over how poor Charlie was, and an ending with a twist of conflict that is not in the book at all).

There's really not that much satire in the book, and the chocolate factory isn't really portrayed as a dark and scary place. I found the story to be pretty straight-up - almost a purely child-like perspective. Good is rewarded, bad gets its just rewards, end of story.

Should be interesting to see where Burton takes it.

Most of Roald Dahl's books have a pretty dark undertone to them, and I didn't find Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to be a major exception...Wonka uses Oompa Loompas as test subjects, Charlie's grandparents are all very odd...

There's a potential Tim Burton may do something really wonderful with this one--assuming he can get out of the rut he's been in the last few years.

But Wilder did a wonderful job as Wonka, and it'll be difficult or impossible to replace him. Besides, for most people, the first movie pretty much defined what the Chocolate Factory should look like. Futurama did a spoof in one of ther episodes, and between the songs and the orange/green "grunka lunkas", it was clear they weren't spoofing the book. It'll be hard to overcome the memories of the first movie long enough to create something both original and faithful to the book.

Consider: were you to make a new movie version of "The Wizard of Oz," would you give Dorothy ruby slippers, (as in the movie), or silver ones (as in the books)? Personally I'd do silver, but I can just see all the complaints from people who saw the movie and never read the books.