He seems to be playing Wonka as a flaming gay as well, judging from the hair-do, lipstick, etc
Pass
My sense is that he has one character that he plays in different parts with different costumes. BOOOORRRRRINNNNG!
Apparently, after his success in basing Jack Sparrow on Keef Depp is basing his WW on Marilyn Manson.
I suspect myself that this will be really good - Burton and Dahl are made for each other.
The dark tone of Dahl's work is, many believe, the result of the death of his young daughter.
If any of y'all are ever over in my neck of the woods the Dahl museum has just opened and seems to be well worth a visit:
http://www.roalddahlmuseum.org/