1. Johnny Depp - There's very FEW movies that Depp has the starring role that aren't good, but those are pretty much early 90's. Anything after that is either pretty decent (Secret Window) or damn good (Blow, Fear & Loathing, etc)
2. Tim Burton - Someone above said "not as dark as the original", hahaha riiiight. Burton will take the original and make it DARKER. Remember.. Nightmare before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, and the first two Batman films. All pretty dark/twisted in some way.
This movie should be good. I hated the original. Too cheesy.. all that singing