Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: According to Variety, Freddie Highmore is confirmed to star as Charlie in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Warner Bros.

The actor is featured in J.M. Barrie's Neverland and the upcoming Brit pic Five Children and It.

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he plays the poverty-stricken boy who stumbles across one of the five golden tickets that wins an exclusive tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The other four winners are grotesque brats who get their comeuppance in the course of the tour, leaving Charlie to become Mr. Wonka's heir.

Johnny Depp plays Willy Wonka. Shooting starts this summer at London's Pinewood Studios.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was released July 15th, 2005 and stars Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy. The film is directed by Tim Burton.