Gene Wilder's performance as the titular character in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from 1971 is so iconic, and one of his best roles, that anybody who took on the role in Tim Burton's 2005 ...

In 1971, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory revealed them to be smaller than average humanoid creatures with orange skin and cartoonish features. Tim Burton's 2005 adaptation of the story ...

The films of Tim Burton are ... Though Burton's version of the film doesn't often improve upon its predecessor (there's just no beating Wilder as Willy Wonka), the section with the squirrels ...

"The version of Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s film is heinous and terrifying," said Wood. "There’s nothing pure or beautiful about it." Wood states that directors usually want to "make something ...

Tim Burton had a fairly conventional ... him to make Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wanted Burton to make the character of Willy Wonka more loveable and a ‘father figure’ to Charlie.