Films are like songs, just as an old songs can take on a new life in through the singer, a film can be remade to show some unique visions. Was there any need for Joe Cocker to re-do "With A Little Help From My Friends" when the Beatles original was so iconic?   Cocker made it his own, and the original still survives.

Johnny Depp brought something unique to Willie Wonka and it did not hurt the memory of Gene Wilder's performance in the role.

It is rather unfair,as well as impossible, to judge what Keanu Reeves will do in a film that hasn't even been made yet.