I was checking out the IMDB page, to see if Stompy's question was answered there (it wasn't), and on the trivia page I read:
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Screenwriter John August had never even seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) when asked by Tim Burton to write the script. After finishing the screenplay, he finally watched the 1971 version, only to be surprised at how much darker the "family film" was to his own.
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That doesn't inspire me to see this remake. The trailer didn't do much for me either. I don't know why people bother to remake movies that were done correctly the first time around.