PLAYBOY founder Hugh Hefner has been called many things over the years, but a modern-day Willy Wonka may not be one of them. That is about to change.

With a combination of director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, this reinterpretation of the classic Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory presses all the right buttons, although in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Warner, €24.95), what we have is a darker more menacing tale, as chocolate maker Wonka (a delightful Depp) invites five competition winners to his surprise-laden factory.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory star Johnny Depp invented his quirky Willy Wonka voice while playing with his daughter Lily-Rose Melody.

A re-make of the classic Roald Dahl Willy Wonka, now in the hands of a director usually to be relied upon for finding the off-beat and startling.

Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has clung to the top spot at the US box office for a second consecutive weekend.

The new Hollywood adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory receives its British premiere tonight.

Movie funnyman Gene Wilder has hailed Johnny Depp as a "magical" choice to play Willy Wonka in upcoming film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - weeks after attacking Depp's casting in the movie remake.

Johnny Depp has reportedly been offered the role of Willy Wonka in a new film.