The primal fear emanating from my brain due to viewing this picture has rendered me unable to comment.

Just when you thought Johnny Depp could not get more...eccentric.

Because , dammit, my interpretation of Willy Wonka was far too emotionally stable and respectful of the original source material.

Tragically, the experiment to splice the DNA of Johnny Depp and Carrot Top was not without its initial stumbles.

First thing I thought of:

Yes, well done, Mrs L of Leicester, Mrs B of Buxton and Mrs G of Gotwick, the loony was, of course, the director, Tim Burton

Tim and I were a little puzzled about how to approach the costume at first. Then I said, "How about Raggedy Ann as an undead geisha?" and our problems were solved!

Looks like someone took the wrong "herbal" tea...

That first taste of Earl Grey can knock your socks off.

Actually, looking at the other pictures, I have to wonder what's going on with the Red Queen and Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. That sort of deformity looks OK in a still image but is that how they are going to look in the film?

It's probably that right side of creepy that Burton is going for but you have to wonder how he's going to pull that off.

Checking himself out in the mirror bright and early before the days shoot with his morning cuppa, Depp's thought bubble:

'Damn that Burton, I warned him to stop lacing my tea with LSD!'

"Atleast this time theres no scissorhands...."

One makeup artist to rule them all

in recent events, john dillinger adopted a new disguise while robbing bank. according to police investigator hollis mason "it's ridiculous! dressing up like a clown like that. well two can play at that game!"

@brian

"How about Raggedy Ann as an undead geisha?"

Ha! That's the best one yet. B)

And next, we are going to f**k up Winnie-the-Pooh!

HOW AWESOME!! Everyone is trashing this but what do you expect?? It's Tim Burton! I think it's time for people to get this preconcieved Disney version out of their head and welcome this creativity! And seriously, who would go watch another cliche version of AIW if it was normal?? I cannot wait

I'm getting this strangest urge to start listening to a certain Jefferson Airplane song...

You can see Anne Hathaway as the White Queen here.

Tonio, Blue Man Group did an awesome cover of that song with Esthero. It's on their album The Complex. :)

Great, now I thought Willy Wonka was scary but this. Shudder. There are very few versions of Alice in Wonderland that I have enjoyed (e.g., the Disney animated version and the other with Fiona Fullerton). All the other versions seem to have been overdone and overproduced. Can we please keep Tim Burton's imagination inside his head rather than presenting it to the general population.

My caption:

You didn't think Michael Jackson was *really* dead, did you?

Can we please keep Tim Burton's imagination inside his head rather than presenting it to the general population?

Most of Hollwood is so bland that it's like sipping tepid reheated carboard through a MacDonald's straw. Give me my weird!!

At least with Tim Burton's version of Alice, everybody will know this is a scary and disturbing story that requires careful sitting down and explaining if you are going to let any children watch it.

Disney versions often bring out deeply disturbing and oppressive themes, in just about every story they've ever filmed. Worst of all is the way they fool everyone into thinking they are producing wholesome entertainment, and you can just plop your kids down in front of it and forget about them for an hour or two.

I'm not saying Disney films should be suppressed. I wouldn't support that any more than suppressing Tim Burton's films. But parents need to carefully explore and detoxify the subtle messages their children can pick up from every film, especially the ones from Disney.