Warner Bros.’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore, took over the North American box office with an estimated $55.4 million from 3,770 theaters. The opening marks the sixth best ever for the month of July and biggest for Depp. Depp’s last big family film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, opened in first with $46.6 million in July, 2003 and ended up with $305.4 million. “Chocolate Factory” was based on the book by Roald Dahl, which was previously made into the 1971 Gene Wilder film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

From: comingsoon.net

Director Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore, opened to an impressive $20.8 million from 3,770 theaters on Friday. The adaptation of the Roald Dahl book was released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

From: comingsoon.net

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is out in US theaters, go see it!!

Johnny attended the World Premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, pictures are here. I’ve also added pictures from the Press Conference.

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Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay! I was finishing my graduation projects and didn’t have time to update. But now I have!

So, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens on the 15th, which is next week, prepared yet? Check here for internation release dates.

The WB has released websites for the characters, go check: veruca-assault.com, violetreaction.com, iwantmymiketeavee.com, gloopwantsyou.com and oompainvasion.com. Go check them out!

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The Official Website for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has a new look and has been updated. Click here to check it out.

I’ve also added a small page with more info on the movie. View it here

The BBC reports that Johnny Depp is being courted to star in a film about a drug addict who turns his life around after living on the streets of Wrexham. “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and King Kong star Andy Serkis will direct the movie.

The 61-year-old writer said the film will be all about his life as a young man addicted to amphetamines who drifted into crime and ended up living on the streets of Wrexham for a few months.
Source: comingsoon.net

I’ve uploaded the theatrical trailer for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I’ve made some screen caps.

The trailer:

and the caps:

According to IMDb.com, Johnny Depp is set to reprise his acclaimed role as journalist Hunter S. Thompson in the sequel to his first 1998 hit Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
The follow-up, entitled The Rum Diary, is based on Thompson’s very first novel, which journals his career and personal escapades in the 1950s Puerto Rico.

Thompson shot himself to death at his secure compound in Woody Creek, Colorado, on February 20.

Source: star-ecentral.com

Arsi has sent me this link which has an early review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. WARNING: Might contain spoilers (I’m not reading myself, I like staying spoiler free!)

Some people have e-mailed me about comments not appearing. I was getting bombarded with over 200 spam messages, a day, and I had to install a very high spam protection control, but, it’s not perfect and it will block actual comments sometimes. I’ve modified it a bit, and hopefully it won’t delete any more comments.