in the topic of Fellini, someone mentioned that he was one of Burton's favorite directors. after watching 8 1/2 for the second time, and with the knowledge, i could see it. i saw Beettlejuice on cable a few months ago and i was surprised. i had seen it several times as a kid, but seeing it now, i saw it in a new light. the same happened with Edward Scissorhands as well.
after this i wanted to see Beetlejuice. oddly enough, i went to 3 movie rental places in town and not a single one had the video or dvd versions. i saw that ES had a 10th anniv. disc put out, so i'll have to check that out.
but anywho, Burton really has a unique voice. i have to say that i was very dissapointed with Planet of the Apes though. i never got around to seeing Sleepy Hollow. and there's images from Pee Wee that will forever be stuck in my head (the tequila bar dance, large marge, etc).
i think it would be nice for Criterion to put out some discs on Beetlejuice and ES.
anywho, just wondered what everyone's fav TB movie was and any thoughts.
Yeah, Planet of the Apes was very bad. I'd say that ES is my fave Burton film.
I see the Fellini influence through his of imagery not really to just make a specific point or symbol in a movie, but to stay with the viewer for a long period of time in representing a feeling one got from the film that was likely impactful in a more subconcious way. That said, that is really the only place I see the influence of Fellini. I think as a storyteller, he seems held back in advancing his storytelling. It always seems to be more about the visuals and keeping the movie to a B level story that never grabs uniqueness when compared to other similiar movies. Ed Wood is my favorite of his and only one I really admire of his. I wished he was pushing his storytelling more, instead of just moving from genre to genre as it seems with his career and telling the typical story with his touch of imagery and feeling.
~rougerum
one very fucking cool thing about tim burton that no one ever talks about his love of odd pop culture. We always hear about his love of goth but seldom do people talk about his love of campy TV Shows and odd ball pop culture. I can see him building a shrine to mister T in his bed room.
Look at mars attacks its like a sci fi episode of the love boat. And the tom jones references and working with people like john Davidson.
And he set scissorhands in the suburbs, where as a pretentious prick would of looked for a darker setting. In this regard i feel very close to him, im obsessed with weird pop culture figures, i would rather work with don ho then wim wender. If mister belvedere was alive today i would cast him as a mafia hitman .
my one gripe with his films, for the most part his scripts are weak and thats not his fault . His directing is always on point . He is one of the best film makers we got .
Since Hollywood is always trying to re make old tv shows into movies, he is someone who i would love to see take a crack at at campy fun remake infact i would love to have seen his take on Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Although he didn't direct it, I love Nightmare Before Christmas. The dvd is great because you can see all of the drawings he made to design the film. His recent films have been a bit disappointing, but I have high hopes for Big Fish.
Well, you could say he should not be criticized for the writing in his films. But as a director, he should be taking some part in bringing up the quality if he doesn't think it is good enough. Burton isn't hired gun and has options in how he does his films. So I will give partial blame to him for the lack of good writing in his films that he didn't write. Didn't he write some of his early material though?
~rougerum
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetWell, you could say he should not be criticized for the writing in his films. But as a director, he should be taking some part in bringing up the quality if he doesn't think it is good enough. Burton isn't hired gun and has options in how he does his films. So I will give partial blame to him for the lack of good writing in his films that he didn't write. Didn't he write some of his early material though?
~rougerum
i read an interview with burton where he outright admited that he couldn't see a good script if it hit him square in the face. he seems to have no shame in saying that he has no clue how to distinguish a good script from a bad -- this always seemed a bit odd to me. obviously his career didn't blossom by making a bunch of chance decisions. no one can ever say what one's motives are behind a decion, his decisions probably differ from project to project -- the biggest problem is; once a director signs on to do a project, hes stuck, if the producers want to drastically change creative content -- they have the legal liberty to do so. i hear burton pretty much got fucked in the ass on planet of the apes -- i hear the ZANUCK squad put a muzzle on his creative input. burton made the film THEY wanted to make, instead of his original vision. its unfortunate -- unless the director also owns the creative property, the producers are the end all be all, when it comes down to decision making. all they have to say is -- im signing your check, you signed a contract, do as i say, or ill see you in court. Thats when you buckle down and take it in the ass or stick to your guns and go down in a blaze of glory.
Ed Wood is his best but Pee Wee's Big Adventure is my favorite. :(
That is weird he would say something like that in his own ability to judge a screenplay. Maybe he sees it from a different angle than really a director, more like a graphic artist who is just working mainly in film and really only interested in certain elements of film that most relate to what he knows while other areas he doesn't know too much nor generally cares about that much. I believe you on Planet of the Apes, but that is one movie only, and a movie admitted by most fans to be his worst. I skipped it because I felt repeat of Sleepy Hollow and that even for not really liking Burton, dissapointed me because I expected more.
~rougerum
I think next up he should do a dark movie with a slightly twisted sense of humor
burger king,
its not as easy as " knowing what you're getting into" -- its not possible. what happens often is: people are nice and promise things up front, but once a contract is signed all hell breaks loose. many times the original script that is agreed upon, is raped and pillaged by the time the film actually hits the screen. a producer in an editing room can be like a bull in a glass factory. there is a false stigma that the director is truly the one with control when making a studio film -- some have control, but the only reason they have it, is because the producer gave it to them. some producer realize a directors talent and let them work free of contraints, others ride their ass on every decision. usually the case is: the more money the film is costing, the more nervous and controlling a producer will be -- becuase at the end of the day, if a film doesn't make money, its the producer's ass on the line just as much as the director's.
Most definitely one of the two filmmakers I loved and grew up with along with Spielberg...they are two of the biggest reasons that I love film so much today.
Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice are masterpieces...I still love to watch them all the time. Batman, Batman Returns, and Sleepy Hollow are all cool too...and Ed Wood which I haven't really seen in its entirety. I've always loved Burton...never seen anything by Fellini.
If you think about it, every Burton film has the same basic plot: pale-faced, good-hearted dimwit is thrust into a strange and foreign world that he ends up changing and that ends up changing him.
Let's make a chart, shall we:
Pale-faced Dimwit | Strange World
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Pee Wee | The USA
Beetlejuice | The mortal realm or whatever
Edward Scissorhands | Suburbia
Jack Skellington | Christmastown
Ed Wood | Hollywood
The Astronaut | The Planet of the Apes
Ichabod Crane | Sleepy Hollow
Bruce Wayne | Gotham City
The only one that doesn't really fit is Mars Attack! :(
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeIf you think about it, every Burton film has the same basic plot: pale-faced, good-hearted dimwit is thrust into a strange and foreign world that he ends up changing and that ends up changing him.
Let's make a chart, shall we:
Pale-faced Dimwit | Strange World
---------------------------------------------
Pee Wee | The USA
Beetlejuice | The mortal realm or whatever
Edward Scissorhands | Suburbia
Jack Skellington | Christmastown
Ed Wood | Hollywood
The Astronaut | The Planet of the Apes
Ichabod Crane | Sleepy Hollow
Bruce Wayne | Gotham City
The only one that doesn't really fit is Mars Attack! :(
Mars Attacks works too, but on a larger scale.
Martians ---> Planet Earth
i think Beetlejuice needs a good DVD treatment. when looking for one, i saw that it was put out around the time dvd's first came out.
oh about scripts, etc. it looks like most of the films are from his original story ideas and then he has a person that writes the script, or at least that was how it was for the first ones i think.
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i found this at movies.com
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/specialreports/BigFish/
I definitely wouldn't call Burton goth...he does have a dark streak, but I think that's more becacuse he loves old horror movies so much, with all their melodrama and sharp angles and other things that are gothic.
I think 'Sleepy Hollow' is actually pretty good; the script starts to really suck in the last third, but it was the first time Burton ever made a real horror film, and for that I loved it. The blood looked beautiful.
I've been realizing a lot lately how much of my taste was formed at a young age by him and his movies. He really was the first filmmaker to ever connect with me on a deeply emotional level (the film that did it was 'Edward Scissorhands,' of course).
Quote from: ShanghaiOrangeIf you think about it, every Burton film has the same basic plot: pale-faced, good-hearted dimwit is thrust into a strange and foreign world that he ends up changing and that ends up changing him.
You are rite! But then again this could be said about a lot of directors.... :shock:
Vinton Signs on to Burton's Corpse Bride
The Hollywood Reporter says Vinton Studios has signed on to produce Tim Burton's stop-motion animated film The Corpse Bride for Warner Bros. Pictures.
The project, set to begin lensing in November in London, marks the first full-length feature to hail from the Portland, Ore.-based Vinton Studios.
"Bride" is based on a 19th century Eastern European folk tale and is described as an offbeat fable about a young man who inadvertently becomes betrothed to a corpse.
Burton is attached to produce "Bride," which is being adapted for the screen by Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands) and directed by first-time helmer Mike Johnson.
i love burton, even though it lacke d a good story i loved the cinematoraphy and direction of sleepy hollow. and i was wondering if anyone knew what he was doing newxt? i had heard somethin like a dark take on an old fairy tale, but i just heard it from some friends so i dont know.
dont reply to what i just posted i hadnt read anything u guys said, and u allready answered my questions....sorry
Tim Burton Directing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Warner Bros. has tapped Tim Burton to direct Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the second live-action adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic children's novel, reports Variety.
It is one of two projects Burton will make back-to-back at the studio, as he's signed to next do the stop-motion animation feature The Corpse Bride.
"Charlie" has long been considered one of WB's most promising properties, one that the studio hopes will lead to a Broadway musical, adds the trade.
Burton's has not made a deal yet, but it's close after a very positive meeting between the director and WB's Alan Horn, Jeff Robinov and Kevin McCormick. The Dahl estate has already approved Burton as the director they wanted most.
He's probably the best choice...but still, I'd rather have seen him tackle an original project like Geek Love, rather than another remake.
Helena Bonham Carter has given birth to a baby boy. The child, as yet unnamed, was born on Saturday in a London hospital, her agent said.
It is the first baby for the actress, 37, and her partner, film director Tim Burton.
The couple met when Burton, 45, directed her in Planet of the Apes and they have been together for nearly two years.
They live in adjoining houses in Belsize Park, north London, and only recently knocked an inter-connecting doorway between the two.
Joking about the unconventional living arrangement, she tells this week's Radio Times: "I don't know if we'll marry. I find it romantic bearing his illegitimate child and living next door."
Bonham Carter was previously in a five-year relationship with Kenneth Branagh, which ended in 1999.
wait, he's not with lisa-marie anymore? when did that happen?
Quotewait, he's not with lisa-marie anymore? when did that happen?
errrrrr......
QuoteThe couple met when Burton, 45, directed her in Planet of the Apes and they have been together for nearly two years.
what kind of bad coke has he been doing, that he would give up lisa for helena? I mean, have you seen Lisa? My oh my!!!!!!!
Quotewhat kind of bad coke has he been doing, that he would give up lisa for helena? I mean, have you seen Lisa? My oh my!!!!!!!
Iknow what you mean. she....... has something 8)
Quote from: RoyalTenenbaumQuotewait, he's not with lisa-marie anymore? when did that happen?
errrrrr......
don't you growl at me........
I prefer Helena over Lisa Marie myself. To me, they kinda resemble each other but Lisa Marie seems glammed up all the time in tradtional show biz fashion; Helena seems to bring out personality with her looks as also looking good. I choose Helena.
~rougerum
Plus, Lisa Marie is a stupid bitch
Quotedon't you growl at me........
:roll: ooooooooohhhhhhhh hehe
QuotePlus, Lisa Marie is a stupid bitch
Is she? (she also very hot)
She is.
For someone as ugly as Tim Burton, he ought to be counting his blessings dating two hot women back to back. Also, I've never agreed with the theory the grass is greener on the other side.
I think Sleepy Hollow was great...
It's not suposed to be deep on any level and it's not even supposed to be taken seriously...it's an horror film from the screenplay but Burton made it a comedy, and that was a good choice, cause everything looks so unreal that only with that tone and with those performances the movie would work...I mean if you think Johnny Depp's performance was not a comedic one, then what was it???
It's like a cartoon coming to life, and it works in some thrills but it's mainly a comedy, a fun movie...it's not supposed to be The Shinning or Halloween or Rosemary's Baby...Even Christopher Walken, looking that scary, it's fun to watch...
QuoteFor someone as ugly as Tim Burton, he ought to be counting his blessings dating two hot women back to back.
Maybe the fact the he is a fucking great director may be a reason for women to like him. And I always like to believe that women don't care ONLY about how you look (but that's because I'm no Brad Pitt myself...).
As for Sleepy Hollow, I put it right there with Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood as Burton's masterpieces.
So dissapointing when I hear that guys like BURTON and POLANSKI are choosing to do remakes / reimaginings. Why waste a spot on your filmography when you could make something totally original?
I wonder what Dave Thomas' reasoning was behind constantly introducing and taking away items from the Wendy's menu list. I do miss that monteray ranch chicken sandwich, just brilliant, but Dave couldn't decide whether or not to keep it on the menu forever.
DIRECTOR TIM BURTON'S TIMEX TV ADS
Here (http://www.abandapart.com/sitev2/dirs/tBurton.html)are a couple of old TV commericals from Director Tim Burton.
My dream girl does exist!
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Sleepy Hollow is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, and the images are great as usual.
Johnny Depp Joins Burton's Corpse Bride
Source: Variety Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Variety reports the following:
"Before he toplines back-to-back "Pirates of the Caribbean""Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels, Johnny DeppJohnny Depp will first pull double duty for Tim BurtonTim Burton and Warner Bros.
Already booked to play Willy Wonka in the Burton-directed "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Depp has just made a deal to provide the lead voice in "Corpse Bride," the stop-motion animated film Burton is co-directing with Michael Johnson and producing with Allison Abbate.
Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard Grant, Joanna Lumley and Christopher Lee will provide character voices for the latter film, being made in London simultaneously with "Charlie."
WB will release the Wonka pic July 15, 2005, and "Corpse Bride" in October 2005.
Latter film shares the stop-motion animation technique used in the Burton-produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas," as well as a similarly charming but macabre setting. In a 19th-century European village, Victor (Depp) travels to the underworld for a quickie wedding to a mysterious corpse bride (Bonham Carter) while his living wife (Watson) pines for his return."
from IGN.com:
See Burton's Bride
The Corpse Bride and a new Wonka still.
December 21, 2004 - We have two pics from two flicks by Tim Burton for your viewing pleasure today, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. The first is a look at the stop-motion animated fantasy Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and the second is a tasty morsel of pictorial goodness from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The bizarrely cool image below depicts Victoria, voiced by Emily Watson, and Victor, voiced by Johnny Depp in Corpse Bride. The film, which Burton directs with Mike Johnson, was inspired by a 19th Century folktale about a man who mistakenly weds a corpse. The voice cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Albert Finney and Christopher Lee. It's expected to hit theaters in Fall 2005.
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Burton's wildly imaginative take on the beloved Roald Dahl classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, follows eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Depp) and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.
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The still features cast members (left to right) Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Julia Winter, Franziska Troegner, James Fox, Annasophia Robb, Missi Pyle, Johnny Depp, Adam Godley and Jordan Fry. Look for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in theaters in July 2005.
Larger Versions can be seen here:
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just a heads up to any other Tim Burton fanatics in the NY area with $40 burning a hole in their pockets...
an evening with
TIM BURTON
and advance screening of
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
Special ticket prices: $30 Film Society of Lincoln Center Members; $40 general public.
Join us for a special evening with Tim Burton on Monday, September 12 at 8 pm, and an advance screening of his latest stop-motion animated feature Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. The film will be followed by an on-stage conversation with Mr. Burton and Film Society Program Director Richard Peña and Q&A discussion with the audience. http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/programs/9-2005/corpsebride.htm
Tim Burton to direct Killers video?
Tim Burton will apparently direct a video for a forthcoming single by The Killers, it has been claimed.
The acclaimed film-maker, who's movie credits include Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, is understood to be a huge fan of the Las Vegas rockers.
Apparently Burton visited the group in a London studio as they worked on their currently untitled second album, and suggested shooting the promo film.
According to varying reports online today, Burton is expected to work on a video for either "Bones" or "Read My Mind," both of which feature on the forthcoming LP.
The Killers are scheduled to release their new single, "When You Were Young," on September 18.
Dia de los muertos
Source: themoviecenter
Tim Burton on the Appeal of the Dead: Burton's been dealing with the subject of dead people (and animals) since his 1984 short, "Frankenweenie." Why is the subject so fascinating to the filmmaker? Burton says, "Well, I think dealing with the undead comes from growing up in Burbank, sort of a suburban kind of feeling of like 'Night of the Living Dead' during the day with the bright sunlight. No, I don't know. I just always liked monster movies. I was always sort of fascinated by [them].
Growing up in a culture where death is looked upon as a dark subject and then, you know, living so close to Mexico where you see the Day of the Dead, where the skeletons and it's all humor and, you know, music and dancing and a celebration of life in a way. And that just sort of always felt more [like a] positive approach to things, you know? So I think I always responded much more to that than this dark unspoken cloud in the kind of environment I grew up in."
Tim Burton Shares His Views on the Afterlife: "You know, I have no idea what happens. But like I said, I do respond to other cultures that treat life with a much more positive approach. I think this other form teaches, especially when you are a child, it teaches you almost to be afraid of everything and feel like something bad is always going to happen. Whereas that other way seems like a much more spiritual and positive approach. That's as far as I go because I really have no idea what will happen."
Tim Burton and the 'Outcast' Qualities of His Actors: Burton says that's something he specifically looks for. "Yeah, of course. Like Johnny, I think that's one of the reasons I responded to him when I first met him on 'Edward Scissorhands.' He is sort of looked upon as this handsome leading man but I don't think in his heart he felt that way. That's why he wanted to do 'Edward Scissorhands' was because he understood that story of being perceived as one thing and being something else. Does that same thing hold true when it comes to Helena Bonham Carter? "Same thing. If you read the London papers she's one of the worst dressed people in the history of Britain or some sort of posh aristocrat, you know? She is completely misperceived. It maybe bothers her a little bit but once you get labeled, there's really not much you can do about it. But there's something about it I'm sure she feels."
Tim Burton's future projects: "Well, I'm currently working on Sweeny Todd, which will be released in mid-2007. After that, I'm gonna start working on a new script that was sent to me recently: Grim Fandango. It sort of follows the style of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. It's about a surreal land of the dead, some sort of purgatory where everyone goes when they die. In that place, dead people have to make a four-year transition before they can rest in peace for all the eternity. I still don't know when we're going to start filming this, though.
Grim Fandango was a LucasArts computer game. tell me that Tim Burton does not really like The Killers.
Quote from: modage on July 14, 2006, 03:45:57 PM
Grim Fandango was a LucasArts computer game.
That's wild. Literally two days ago, I saw that game on my shelf, pulled it out and started replaying it. I love that game; it could make an amazing movie, especially if they do it stop-motion.
My only concern is that they won't use the guy who did the voice for the main character in the game. I feel like I know Mannie Calavera too well that it would be incredibly distracting having Johnny Depp or whoever's voice coming out of him.
Yeah! Fuckin'a. Grim Fandango is exellent movie material, and it's perfect for Burton. I dreamt of adapting it myself someday, but yeah, this is better :yabbse-grin:
I'm not a big gamer, but I've played through Grim Fandango three times - just because it's cooler than most cool films.
you guys got me all excited because of this game. i love vacations .
if any mac user is interested i found a program called Grim X which runs the game on OS X
http://www.versiontracker.com/php/dlpage.php?id=29897&db=mac&pid=95589&kind=&lnk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fh-augsburg.de%2F%7Estevan%2FGrim_X_0_3.zip
So he's def. doing the Killers video and it's going to have riffs of From Here to Eternity and actual footage from Lolita.
Killers Are (Beetle) Juiced For Tim Burton-Directed 'Bones' Clip
Second clip from band's Sam's Town LP will be Burton's first music video.
Source: MTV
NEW YORK — By their own admission, the Killers took their sweet old time making their sophomore album, Sam's Town. The same cannot be said, however, for their approach to making music videos.
Because less than a month after they traipsed down to Mexico with director Anthony Mandler (Eminem, 50 Cent) to shoot an epic clip for "When You Were Young," the Killers decided to shoot another video, this one for the song "Bones." And they called in the big guns too, scoring noted goth auteur Tim Burton to direct it.
"We were just kicking around ideas for the 'Bones' video, and we thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if Tim Burton could shoot this?' We reached out to his people and he came back and said he wanted to work with us, which was amazing," bassist Mark Stoermer told MTV News. "We've shot all our parts and now the video is being worked on. It's going to have computer graphics and models ... we're not really sure how it's going to turn out. Usually we go over the treatment with a fine-toothed comb and have a lot of influence, but this time we just let Tim do his thing."
Burton shot the Killers' performance on August 17-18 in Los Angeles, and according to their label, Island Records, he and a team of animators are now hard at work in London, creating an entire town and cast of characters that inhabit it. While additional details are scarce, the Killers say the clip features plenty of nods to Burton's big-screen roots — including models, miniature sets and, of course, skeletons — but with a decidedly Vegas twist.
"A lot of the models and sets are based on historic Las Vegas — on things that aren't there anymore, like the Glass Pool Inn, this really cool place that was torn down a few years ago that was down at the south end of the Strip," drummer Ronnie Vannucci added. "But, like Mark said, we don't really know 100 percent what it's going to be like. We put our faith in Tim."
The "Bones" clip marks Burton's debut as a music-video director — though he's sometimes confused with Mighty Mighty Bosstones sax player Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton, who directed a pair of clips for his band in the early '90s. And while there's still no word on just when it will hit the airwaves, the Killers maintain that there's no real hurry. After all, they've got a North American tour to focus on first, and as frontman Brandon Flowers puts it, they feel like the clip is in good hands.
"It's Tim Burton. It's going to be great," he laughed. "There are some skeletons, some darkness and some romance. What more could you want?"
Knowles interviews Burton:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30438
Bones video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZmtsuQpnw4&eurl=
Actress Lisa Marie Sues Ex-Boyfriend Tim Burton
(AP) LOS ANGELES Actress Lisa Marie Wednesday sued her director ex-boyfriend Tim Burton to rescind contracts she maintains cheated her out of her rights to assets her allegedly promised her during their nearly 10-year, live-in relationship.
Marie, who has had roles in several of Burton's films, filed her lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.
In addition to the scuttling of the couple's contracts, she is asking for unspecified damages.
Burton or a representative were not immediately available for comment.
According to the lawsuit, Marie and Burton began their relationship in December 1991. Burton told her that they would "combine their efforts and earnings and would share equally any an all property accumulated ..." the lawsuit stated.
Burton also said he would financially support Marie for the rest of her life, the lawsuit stated.
However, Burton abruptly ended their relationship and she turned to her personal adviser for advice, according to the lawsuit.
Marie, in her emotionally fragile state at the time, believed the adviser's statements that she had her best interests at heart and was loyal to her only, the lawsuit stated.
The adviser recommended Marie consult with an attorney he selected regarding her rights against Burton, the lawsuit stated.
However, the lawyer convinced Marie to enter contracts with Burton that deprived her of her rights to parts of the property to which she was entitled, the lawsuit said.
The lawyer falsely told Marie she would have little chance of prevailing in a palimony suit against Burton, the lawsuit stated.
Marie's most recent film role was in the 2001 remake of "Planet of the Apes," which Burton directed.
This is mad:
Burton Bringing Manson/von Teese Relationship to the Big Screen?
Director Tim Burton is so fascinated by Marilyn Manson's relationship with his estranged wife Dita Von Teese, he is planning to turn the failed marriage into a movie. Burton is reportedly in talks with the shock rocker to document his life with burlesque dancer Von Teese and bring it to the big screen. He says, "I'm fascinated by Dita and Marilyn. They're like a living Brothers Grimm fairytale." Source: IMDB
I would imagine this will never happen, but it's intriguing (in a mad way)...
he should make a movie about his previous relationship instead. too much wasted film on a hasbeen..
ooops, that makes them two btw.
Is Tim Burton Directing 'Frankenweenie' for Disney?
Source: Cinematical
During an advanced screening of the upcoming Disney movie Enchanted, it appears Dick Cook, the Chairman of Walt Disney Pictures, let slip some news that wasn't supposed to be out there for at least another month. According to AICN, via someone who attended said Enchanted screening, Cook announced during the Q&A that Disney is prepping a stop-motion feature to be directed by "the creative mastermind behind the majority of stop-motion pictures in the last decade." It shouldn't take a genius to figure out the person he's talking about: Tim Burton. So once this news was out there, folks immediately began speculating as to which film Burton would be directing for Disney. That's when another person emailed AICN with the following: "It's a feature length remake of his short "Frankenweenie." All stop motion. Leave me completely anonymous, please."
For those who do not know what a Frankenweenie is, it's one of Burton's earlier short films (from 1984), and originally Disney was going to release the short. However, some claim the content was a bit too "questionable" for children, and the release plan was subsequently shelved. Eventually, the short showed up as an extra feature on the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD. Did Disney ask Burton to re-tool the film so that it would be more family-friendly, and give him the go-ahead to start planning a feature? It certainly seems logical, but do keep in mind these are all rumors as of now (and Disney seems to be going out of their way not to comment). Based on Mary Shelley's classic, Frankenstein, Frankenweenie follows a boy whose dog is hit and killed by a car. C'mon, you should be able to figure out the rest -- he brings dog back to life, people freak out, blah blah.
I enjoy "Frankenweenie" quite a bit, and even though it has a lot of charm, I can totally see it as a feature length stop-motion animation.
yeah this could be a pretty good stop-motion-feature. until they'll (if ever) release it probably another five years will pass or so.
ATTN: NYC
Fresh Blood: An Evening with Tim Burton
A first look at footage from Sweeney Todd
Wednesday, November 14 at 8:00 pm
Rose Theater
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway at 60th Street, New York City
Admission: Orchestra & Mezzanine: $50 FSLC Members & $60 General Public; Balcony: $40 FSLC Members & $50 General Public. Reserved seating with limited ticket availability in some sections of the theater.*
Witty, often elegant and always unpredictable, the films of Tim Burton have created a special niche for themselves within contemporary cinema. A born spinner of tall tales, whose subjects have ranged from Martians to Z-list Hollywood directors to, now, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Burton takes audiences places they'd never thought they'd go—and in ways they couldn't have imagined. We're delighted to welcome Tim Burton for an evening of conversation, clips featuring some of the greatest moments from his films, and a "first look" at his eagerly anticipated screen adaptation of Sweeney Todd, marking his sixth collaboration with Johnny Depp.
http://filmlinc.com/special/events/timburton07.htm
$50 is REALLY steep for just 'an evening with' and not even a todd screening. and i already saw him 2 years ago for the corpse bride screening BUT i got one anyway because i grew up with this bastards films and i think i'm in the first 3 rows.
Burton is an entertaining individual. It's probably going to be worth it. It's not like you're paying top dollar to hear a boring filmmaker with absolutely no personality speak like George Lucas, or....Wes Anderson.
ha well i did just see Wes speak 3 times in the past few weeks BUT i didn't pay top dollar for any of them.
Q&A at Apple Store (w/Portman and Schwarzman) for Chevalier screening = Free.
intro at NYFF for Darjeeling screening = $20
90 Min Conversation With for NYFF = $16
he was funny but i met him at NONE of them. :yabbse-undecided:
Quote from: modage on October 16, 2007, 03:34:56 PM
he was funny but i met him at NONE of them. :yabbse-undecided:
You're no samsong :yabbse-grin:
Burton, Disney team on 3D films
Director pairs with studio on duo
Source: Variety
Tim Burton is pairing up with Disney to direct two 3-D pics, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Frankenweenie."
Two-movie deal with Walt Disney Studios begins with "Alice in Wonderland," which will combine performance-capture imagery, currently seen in "Beowulf," with live-action footage.
Script by Linda Woolverton ("The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast") is based on the Lewis Carroll classic.
Richard Zanuck, Joe Roth and Suzanne and Jennifer Todd will produce.
Burton, who is wrapping "Sweeney Todd" at Paramount and DreamWorks, will tackle "Alice in Wonderland" early next year, with production set to wrap by May.
After "Alice," Burton will helm and produce "Frankenweenie," based on his 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back to life by his loyal owner. Pic will be shot in stop-motion animation and shown in digital 3-D.
Movies are part of the Mouse House's efforts to ramp up its 3-D pic offerings, after starting with "Chicken Little" in 2005, followed by "Meet the Robinsons" and a re-release of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" in 3-D.
"When the script came to us from Joe Roth, there was one name on my list and it was Tim," said Oren Aviv, prexy of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group. "It felt like a project that needed someone with a unique vision and voice to really give it that special look and memorable characters that only Tim Burton can do."
Burton had previously produced "Nightmare Before Christmas" and helmed "Ed Wood" at Disney.
Quote from: MacGuffin on November 16, 2007, 12:12:46 PM
Burton, Disney team on 3D films
Director pairs with studio on duo
Source: Variety
Tim Burton is pairing up with Disney to direct two 3-D pics, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Frankenweenie."
Two-movie deal with Walt Disney Studios begins with "Alice in Wonderland," which will combine performance-capture imagery, currently seen in "Beowulf," with live-action footage.
Script by Linda Woolverton ("The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast") is based on the Lewis Carroll classic.
First line: Burton, direct, Frankenweenie.
Reaction: Yes!
Second line: Performance-capture imagery, currently seen in "Beowulf"
Reaction: I, and this is sort of tacky I know, it was an impulse, but I booed, literally out loud went "Boooo" at the trailer for Beowulf when I saw Michael Clayton in Westwood. I expected the audience to regard me with indifference or annoyance, but to my surprise there was scattered applause and expressions of agreement for my boo. The consensus is clearly a 'wtf' as to this videogame looking bullshit. It's the visual and filmic equal to Reader's Digest books. It should have stayed limited to the Polar Express franchise.
Third line: Script by person who does Disney scripts.
Reaction: This film isn't even intended for me, my bad.
Then I stopped.
Burton Stitches New Frankenweenie
Director Tim Burton told SCI FI Wire that he's eager to begin shooting a full-length version of Frankenweenie, the short film he made in 1984 while working for Disney. Burton will produce and direct Frankenweenie, the Frankenstein-inspired story of a boy who brings his beloved dog back from the dead, as a 3-D stop-motion-animation film.
"We're going to do that real low-budget," Burton said in an interview while promoting his latest film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. "The thing that excites me about it and that will make it different is that when I look at my original drawings, there are certain things that are in those that I couldn't get in the live action when I made the film. So I'm quite excited to try to get a certain emotion and other characters in the new version, and I want to make it a slightly bigger story."
The original Frankenweenie offers a glimpse of the filmmaker to come with its odd camera angles, warped sense of humor and horror, use of shadows and even specific images, Burton admitted. He went on to make movies including Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow.
"I'm such a fan of old movies, and I think that just stays with you," Burton added. "It doesn't leave you. Those kinds of things, whether you think about them or not, they just are in your DNA, and they stay with you. Even if I was doing a romantic comedy I would probably stick a bunch of shadows in there or whatever." Frankenweenie will be released in 2009.
i hope he keeps it in black and white... im sure a 3d black and white horror-ish film is somewhere on his agenda...
40 Minute Interview:
http://www.iklipz.com/MovieDetail.aspx?MovieID=f5c4eb12-6371-41bd-90fa-4a76c7693ba6
Dark Shadows Filmmaker Buzz
Chocolate Factory trio reteam for vampire soap.
The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory team of director Tim Burton, star Johnny Depp, and screenwriter John August are reportedly looking to re-team for a big screen version of the cult classic TV series Dark Shadows.
Director Pete Segal revealed to IESB over the weekend that his Shazam! screenwriter John August is also busy working on Burton's Dark Shadows. This was the first time that Burton and August's involvement with the Warners-based Shadows had surfaced.
It was announced last July that Depp would produce, via his Infinitum-Nihil production banner, a feature film version of Dark Shadows along with Graham King. It's also expected that Depp would play the lead role of vampire patriarch Barnabas Collins, played on the original 1966-71 series by Jonathan Frid and in a short-lived 1990s revival by Ben Cross.
In addition to Charlie, Burton and Depp have previously teamed for Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, and Ed Wood.
i love the guy, but the more films he makes, the more ed wood grows as the best thing he will ever do. he keeps getting the obvious offers and material. ed wood is perfect for him, but it ain't obvious, and that's why it works so well i think.
Depp Confirmed for Alice
Mad Hatter rumor reportedly true.
Rumors swirled last week that Johnny Depp might reteam with director Tim Burton for the latter's 3-D retelling of Alice in Wonderland.
Now comes word that the dynamic duo -- who have previously teamed for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Sleepy Hollow -- are indeed reuniting for the live action/performance-capture adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic.
According to a source for Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider blog, Alice "will be live action until Alice (played by Mia Wasikowska of HBO's In Treatment) jumps down the rabbit hole and meets the loopy tea party host. The big question is whether Depp himself will don a Hatter outfit, or lend his voice to the computer-generated version."
Alice in Wonderland is expected to begin filming early next year for a 2010 release. Linda Woolverton penned the script.
3-D?
i was thinking they were going for what Linklater has been doing.
Exclusive - Producer Richard D. Zanuck talks DARK SHADOWS
Source: Collider
Just a few hours ago I attended the press day for the upcoming Jim Carrey comedy "Yes Man". After sitting in on the press conferences, I managed to get a one on one with producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Heyman. In case you don't know who David is...he's produced all the "Harry Potter" movies. And if you don't know who Richard D. Zanuck is...he's as close to Hollywood royalty as anyone in the business as his dad was Darryl F. Zanuck and he started 20th Century Fox back in the 1930's!
So, as I said, Hollywood royalty.
In the coming days I'll have the entire video interview with these two great producers, but I wanted to post what Richard said about "Dark Shadows" immediately.
As most of you know, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have been rumored to be making a film adaptation of the popular 1960's show for awhile now. But with the way it is in Hollywood, you never know if a project is ever going to come together. Add to that, we're talking about two of the biggest people in Hollywood and since they have their picks of the best scripts and projects; you never know what they'll do next.
But according to Mr. Zanuck, "Dark Shadows" is going to be Tim's next project after "Alice in Wonderland" and they'll be shooting it next summer in London!
Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA
Director's artwork to be featured at N.Y. museum
Source: Variety
Picasso, Monet ... Tim Burton?
The visually inventive filmmaker behind "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman" and "Sweeney Todd," among others, will be the subject of "Tim Burton," a major exhibition at Gotham's Museum of Modern Art beginning Nov. 22 and running through April 26.
The show will include more than 700 pieces: paintings, drawings, storyboards, maquettes, puppets and other work created or designed by Burton. MoMA will also screen a complete retrospective of the helmer's 14 films over the course of the show.
The exhibition follows Burton from childhood through his most recent work, which the director finds appropriate: "Everybody draws," Burton observed. "I just never stopped when the teachers told me to."
In addition, MoMA will present a series of films that influenced or inspired the helmer, including James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein," Robert Wiene's silent 1920 horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and Roger Corman's 1961 "The Pit and the Pendulum."
Cinephiles will also have a chance to view Burton's earliest nonpro films and student art, on display for the first time.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Sci Fi Channel and organized by MoMA's assistant curator, Ron Magliozzi; the department of film's curatorial assistant, Jenny He; and chief curator of film Rajendra Roy.
Burton confessed that when he first heard from museum reps, "I thought it was an elaborate joke of some sort." The helmer, working on a new version of "Alice in Wonderland" for Disney, said the exhibit's organizers excavated a huge collection of work, much of which even he had forgotten.
"It's easier for me to think things through visually instead of verbally, so it's like a diary in that way," Burton said of the show. "I have so many drawings. I never look at the stuff -- I just keep doing it."
"There is no other living filmmaker possessing Tim Burton's level of accomplishment and reputation whose full body of work has been so well hidden from public view," Maggliozi said.
Much of that unseen output was produced by Burton while he was working for Disney, ostensibly on "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Black Cauldron," but also on his own projects.
"I wasn't very good in the animation department, so they just let me sit there and draw things for a year, which was great," Burton recalled. "But at the end of it all, I realized they weren't going to use any of it."
Now, Burton's fans will get a rare look at some of that work, though the artist himself is anxious about the prospect.
"When you make a film, you feel exposed in a way, and this feels even more exposing," Burton confessed. "I feel like it's a real honor and all, but I'm a bit nervous about it, too."
Frankenweenie is coming: 5 things you need to know
Source: SciFi Wire
One of the last tasks of former Walt Disney Co. chairman Dick Cook was to announce the stop-motion-animated, feature-length remake of Tim Burton's first live-action short, Frankenweenie, at the D23 Fan Expo on Sept. 11, and several details were revealed about the much-anticipated project.
In the short, a boy re-animates his dead dog a la Frankenstein, only to see his beloved pet rejected and persecuted by an angry mob. Now that Burton has graduated to literary remakes and musicals, a feature-length Frankenweenie will be a nice throwback to classic Burton.
In a press conference and subsequent exclusive interview at D23, we got Frankenweenie producer Don Hahn to reveal several key details:
1) It's black and white. Burton's short was shot in black and white, like the original Frankenstein movies. Shooting a cartoon for wide release without color must have been a tougher sell. "It was and it wasn't," Hahn said. "I think now, with Tim working at the top of his craft, the top of his game, on movies like Alice in Wonderland, I think Dick Cook really felt like if you're going to take a risk on anybody, why can't it be Tim Burton? A Tim Burton movie in black and white based on Frankenstein, how cool is that? Dick was very supportive of it." [It's unclear Cook's abrupt departure on Friday will affect the movie.]
2) The new script has more Frankenstein and more dog. At 30 minutes long, the original Frankenweenie barely covered the re-animation and angry mob elements of the Frankenstein legends. Hahn told the press conference that the expanded script is complete. "It's Frankenstein mixed with a boy-and-his-dog story, very much like the original one," Hahn said in an exclusive interview after the conference. "What's great is Tim grew up in Southern California, in Burbank, and the movie itself kind of takes that California suburban look at a monster movie story. I think that's what we're trying to do."
3) The Frankenstein family tree is growing. With the expanded script come more characters. The original short starred Barret Oliver as Victor Frankenstein and Daniel Stern and Shelley Duvall as his parents, Ben and Susan. Paul Bartel, Sofia Coppola and Jason Hervey played some of the neighbors. "There are a lot of great new characters in it, really great new characters," Hahn said in our exclusive interview. "It's the ensemble. It's the Tim Burton ensemble." Most of the original actors are still with us and could reprise their roles, but Hahn said it's too early for voice casting. Could Johnny Depp make an appearance? "The neat thing about Tim is he can pretty much call up anybody he needs and they'll be happy to work with him," Hahn said.
4) Now Tim Burton can do what he wants. Burton actually got fired from Disney for making the original Frankenweenie. The studio thought it was too scary for children. Only after his success at Warner Brothers did Disney realize there was a market for his work. Now they're clamoring for Burton, who is directing and designing the stop-motion puppets. "Unlike Tim's recent stop-motion movies, he's designing the characters himself," Hahn said in our exclusive interview. "So you really get kind of the hand of the artist in it and get to see Tim's work itself. It's Tim Burton at his best. I think that's why he leapt at it, because when he started out making movies, it was his first choice for a live-action movie. I think he felt like, 'Gee, I wish I could've made a feature back then.' So now to come back and revisit the material is pretty fun for him, I think."
5) They've already started. Cook just announced a 2011 release for Frankenweenie. That's not much time to animate 90 minutes of film frame by frame, although they can get away with 70 or less. "I'm not sure it's a 90-minute film," Hahn said. Burton and his team have already built maquettes. "We're underway on it, and I think the most important thing is it has to be a good movie," Hahn said. "So if it's not ready for 2011, then we'll let it drift into the next year, but we're up and running already." Production is underway in London, where Burton did The Corpse Bride. "The primary reason to go there is Tim lives there, and there's a great group of talent over there also that is really into stop-motion animation," Hahn said.
Confirmed: Johnny Depp's Dark Shadows to begin next year
Source: SciFi Wire
Forget Team Edward and Team Jacob. We've heard that director Tim Burton and star Johnny Depp are making a feature film version of the classic 1960s gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows, and producer Graham King now confirms that the film will shoot in the fall, with Depp to play broody vampire Barnabas Collins.
"We're actually going to shoot that film next September/October with Tim Burton and Johnny," King said in a group interview Friday in Los Angeles, where he was promoting The Young Victoria.
Burton is still finishing post-production on Alice in Wonderland, which also stars Depp and opens March 5, 2010. King is already prepping production on Dark Shadows with screenwriters so that it is ready for Burton to shoot next fall.
"We've been working on the script a lot, even though he's working on Alice," King continued. "We've been given a script. John August wrote the first screenplay. We're making some changes, but the film's going to be in production, as I say, September or October of next year."
Dark Shadows was a daytime soap opera on ABC from 1966 to 1971 featuring Jonathan Frid as Collins. NBC tried a weekly prime-time series reboot in 1991. The original was famous for its gothic tone and setting.
King said the Dark Shadows film would have something to say in the post-Twilight world of emo vampires, but wouldn't spoil the new take. "This is going to be Tim Burton and Johnny doing a vampire movie, right?" King teased. Enough said.
:sleeping:
Make an original film that is not an adaptation of something please, thanks.
too much comfort zone.
fyi - he was on Charlie Rose recently. i caught part of it.
Tim Burton to Attack 'Sleeping Beauty' Next?
by Monika Bartyzel; Cinematical
There's a new rumor going around -- one that teeters very delicately on the fence between adoration and fear. But either way you fall, don't hold your breath because it's still very much a rumor: Harry over at AICN was talking with a contact who said that Tim Burton isn't done with Disney fairy tales, and now wants to zero in on Sleeping Beauty.
Of course, the most beautiful girl in the land dancing and singing "Once Upon a Dream" isn't really the sort of theme Burton is usually attracted to. So, what's the deal? Supposedly, he doesn't want to focus on Aurora, but rather the other woman of the tale, the one I raved about just a few months ago: Maleficent. In "a quasi Live Actiony kinda way," Burton is said to want to tell the imposing woman's story from her point of view and call the project, aptly, Maleficent.
Part of me is excited by the idea of Burton taking a stab at horned one's life and giving us his thoughts on why she's the baddie -- what created the rift with the round and bubbly fairies and Aurora's parents. But the other part worries that this would be too much of an event. At times Burton himself is so larger than life that his presence and vision is almost a character in his films, and the only way I see Maleficent truly reigning on the big screen is in a form where that's diminished.
But maybe the better question should be: Do you want to see Helena Bonham Carter playing Maleficent?
I went to the Tim Burton exhibit at the MoMA. It was awesome.
http://modage.tumblr.com/post/341377932/tim-burton-exhibit-moma
Tim Burton to produce 'Abraham Lincoln'
'9' collaborators reteam on 'Vampire Hunter' adaptation
Source: Variety
Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are reteaming to produce a bigscreen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
History-horror hybrid book, which details the Great Emancipator's secret battle with the undead, hit shelves today. Story portrays the 16th president as an ax-throwing, highly trained vampire assassin.
Burton, whose "Alice in Wonderland" opens Friday, most recently collaborated with "Wanted" helmer Bekmambetov on the animated feature "9," which they produced.
The pair optioned the rights to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" with their own coin and are financing development. Grahame-Smith is scripting.
Jim Lemley, who also produced "9," will serve as a producer on the Lincoln pic.
WME, which reps Burton, Bekmambetov and Grahame-Smith, brought the package together.
Tim Burton Next 3D Animated Film? Da Da Da, Da, Snap Snap, `The Addams Family'
By MIKE FLEMING; Deadline Hollywood
EXCLUSIVE: Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton has found a new 3D project. He will direct a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams' original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family. Illumination Entertainment, the Universal-based family film unit headed by Chris Meledandri, has acquired the underlying rights of the Addams drawings, once a staple of The New Yorker magazine.
Other than being inspired by the same source material, the animated feature is unrelated to previous incarnations of Addams' work, the 60s TV series, the two `90s feature film comedies that Barry Sonnenfeld directed with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston, or the Broadway musical opening this spring with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth in the starring roles.
Meladandri will produce the film. Kevin Miserocchi of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation will be executive producer. A writer will be hired shortly. Burton, whose visual creations are currently on display at a MOMA exhibit that opened last November, is expected to provide much of the visual look of the film himself.
Burton's experience in animated film is extensive. He last directed Corpse Bride, and is making a feature version of Frankenweenie, the 1984 30-minute short film Burton made about a boy who reanimates his dead dog. That reportedly got him tossed off the Disney lot for making a film too terrifying for a family audience, but the film has since become a cult favorite. Burton recently produced 9, as well as the delightful stop-motion animated The Nightmare Before Christmas, for which he wrote the story.
His intention is to go back to the litany of Addams illustrations that displayed a sharper wit than could be place into a 60s family TV series.
While there are many post-Green Zone articles speculating how Universal will pull itself out of an extended feature slump, Illumination's upcoming animated slate should be a big help in giving Universal a foothold in the 3D CG family entertainment market. Meledandri left the top post at Fox Animation to form Illumination in 2007, and begins contributing to the Universal pipeline when the studio releases the Steve Carell-voiced Despicable Me on July 9. That's followed by the April 1, 2011 release of I Hop, with Russell Brand voicing the Easter Bunny, with the Ricky Gervais creation Flanimals coming later 2011. Right behind that is Where's Waldo and Dr.Seuss' The Lorax
please, someone stop him already. and lock johnny depp up where burton can't find him.
Is Tim Burton now following orders from anyone who says "Hey, Tim Burton should directed _______!" I said that about Sweeney Todd years ago, and Alice in Wonderland is obvious for him.
MTV contacted Burton's "people" (you can never be sure what that word means), and they denied the rumor. Which is for the best. Burton's name is so tainted now, I can't take him seriously anymore. If the story was that Henry Selick was doing a stop-motion animated version of "Addams Family" based on Charles Addams' original cartoons, I would be excited. When the story is that Tim Burton is doing it, I would sincerely rather he didn't.
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Disney, 'Alice' scribe team for film about 'Sleeping Beauty's' evil queen (exclusive)
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Having scored a hit with "Alice in Wonderland," Disney and screenwriter Linda Woolverton are teaming to bring to the big screen "Maleficent," a live-action take on the evil queen in the 1959 animated classic "Sleeping Beauty."
"Maleficent" might reunite Woolverton with Tim Burton; it's one of a handful of projects the filmmaker is circling. His interest in the character was piqued in the summer when he was in post on "Alice," and the studio and Burton's camp have been trying to keep a lid on the project, though the Web site Ain't It Cool News mentioned Burton's interest in January.
No deal has been made with Burton, and the hiring of Woolverton is the first concrete step forward in its development.
In "Beauty," Maleficent is a tall green-skinned woman with horns who can morph into several forms, including a terrifying black and purple dragon. The character, who has appeared in many Disney books and TV shows and is a popular Halloween costume, is also the most serious character in Disney's villain stable, featuring a darkness not found in other Disney characters.
Woolverton's "Maleficent" movie would tell the classic fairy tale from the point of view of the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil," offering a new take on a classic tale as she did with Lewis Carrol's "Alice."
It is unclear just how dark and edgy Disney -- which had no comment on the project -- wants to make "Maleficent." The dragon scenes in the 1959 feature, for example, are notable for their intensity. But if any filmmaker has a successful track record of making the dark and weird work for families, it's Burton.
CAA-repped Woolverton has a long history with Disney, and is best known for having written on the 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" and 1994's "The Lion King."
Ed Wood remains the greatest Tim Burton movie I have seen.
That Charlie and the chocolate factory news prompted me to come here and say that Tim Burton is the worst. Johnny Depp is the worst. They are both the worst.
Is this shit Tim Burton pumps out every couple of years for 14 year old girls supposed to look nice? Because it looks horrible to me. Here's a tip to know if something is wrong with your films: your most die-hard fans are the people who obsess over Twilight.
And how to talk about Tim Burton without talking about Johnny Depp.
At this point, if anyone can take Johnny Depp seriously in any role other than emo-drag-queen (the same role he's been doing the last 6-7 years I guess) please explain how you do it. Public Ennemies was unwatchable, really. Just unwatchable.
You live in France with one of the weirdest french chick (Vanessa Paradis) and all you can come up with is this garbage? Frankly, I think the guy hates movies even more than me.
I bet he started Boogie Nights but at around midnight he said to Vanessa "hey babe we'll finish this tomorrow alright, I'm sleepy." Then the next morning he went on wikipedia and looked up the story and when the gf woke up he went like : "Oh sorry babe I couldn't sleep this morning I finished the movie, wanna know the ending?"
I bet that's what happened. To him.
John August reteaming with Tim Burton? (exclusive)
Source: Hollywood Reporter
John August is in negotiations with DreamWorks to write the studio's feature film adaptation of "Monsterpocalypse," a strategy game played with collectible miniature figures.
And much like the monstrous beasties stomping around that board, there are major players, studios and schedules that may get shifted around, even pitted against one another, if the project moves forward.
First, the latest development raises the possibility that August will reteam with Tim Burton, whom DreamWorks has been wooing to take on the project as its director. DreamWorks, which grabbed film rights to the "Monsterpocalypse" property last month, hasn't yet nailed down the "Alice in Wonderland" billion-dollar man. Talks are, however, ongoing.
If that deal comes together, it would be the fourth collaboration between August and Burton, following "Big Fish," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Corpse Bride." But the two also have a feature adaptation of the '60s TV show "Dark Shadows" in development at Warner Bros. with Burton regular Johnny Depp attached.
Both Depp and producer Graham King have suggested that "Shadows" could film by the end of the year, after the actor shoots the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" installment for Disney this summer. But Depp might want to take a break after shooting "The Tourist" for Columbia and GK Films, which would push back the production of "Pirates" and take Depp off the table for the rest of the year.
Even if "Pirates" moves forward as planned and Burton commits to "Monsterpocalypse" and his typically expansive prep work, it's highly likely then that "Dark Shadows" would be delayed. That's a prospect WB would push back on. ("Charlie" and "Bride" together grossed $584 million worldwide for the studio).
Beyond scheduling issues, there is slight overlap contentwise between "Shadows" and the new project.
"Shadows," which has Depp set to play the vampire Barnabas Collins, is spun from the spooky daytime series that included ghosts, zombies and werewolves.
"Monsterpocalypse," which was created by Matt Wilson, who will co-produce the movie, involves game maps on which all manner of Japanese-inspired monsters, aliens, robots and insects do battle while laying waste to the cityscape, which changes for each game.
In addition to the game, which is published by Privateer, Desperado has put out a "Monsterpocalypse" comics series with storylines spun from the game's characters. Fans of the property held a convention called MonCon 2010 a few weeks ago in Tulsa, Okla.
There's no reason Burton and the studios couldn't ultimately do both, though scheduling can get more complicated and interest wanes the longer it takes to get a project before cameras. And WB owes DreamWorks' Steven Spielberg one for letting Clint Eastwood take the Peter Morgan-scripted "Hereafter" to WB last year. That supernatural thriller, which stars Matt Damon, opens in October.
No producer deals on "Monsterpocalypse" have been struck, though Richard Zanuck is likely to be involved since he has produced five of Burton's past six films. The project would be released through DreamWorks' distribution deal with Disney via the Touchstone label.
The UTA-repped August last wrote and directed the indie drama "The Nines." He also has an adaptation of "Preacher" in development at Columbia. He has written "Go" and co-written "Titan A.E." and the two "Charlie's Angels" movies.
Released in March, Burton's "Alice" has since become the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time worldwide, with $333.6 million coming from domestic theaters. Before that, the WME-repped filmmaker helmed "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" for DreamWorks/Paramount.
Together, August and Burton also have a feature-length, 3D stop-motion animated version of Burton's 1984 short film "Frankenweenie" set up at Disney.
Tim Burton to direct 'Monsterpocalypse'
Helmer attached to DreamWorks adaptation of board game
Source: Variety
Tim Burton is developing and is attached to direct the bigscreen adaptation of Matt Wilson's board game Monsterpocalypse for DreamWorks.
Pic will be distributed by Disney.
"Monsterpocalypse" is being produced by Dick Zanuck and Lee, who outlined Burton's involvement in interviews with Slashfilm Monday and in June. Tarik Heitmann, Gerald Moon and Doug Davison are exec producers.
Wilson, a co-producer, is consulting with scribe John August on the script. Board game revolves around giant robots developed by mankind to fend off equally giant aliens.
There's speculation that "Monsterpocalypse" might be released in 3D. DreamWorks couldn't be reached for comment regarding Burton, but insiders say his deal could be finalized in the next few weeks.
Among his other upcoming projects, Burton is reteaming with Johnny Depp on Warner Bros.' "Dark Shadows."
Project, which has been in development for years, recently got some heat when Seth Grahame-Smith was set to work on the script.
Burton was last in theaters with Disney's B.O. hit "Alice in Wonderland."
Has anyone ever dodged an original idea as much as Tim Burton?
Tim Burton Reunites With 'Ed Wood' Scribes For 'Addams Family' And 'Big Eyes'
By MIKE FLEMING; Deadline Hollywood
EXCLUSIVE: Tim Burton has reunited with his Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on a pair of projects. They will write The Addams Family, the stop-motion animated film that Burton and Chris Meledandri are producing for Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures. At the same time, Burton has come on to be a producer of Big Eyes, the fact-based drama which the duo wrote as a directing vehicle, based on artist Margaret Keane's struggle to get credit for the line of paintings of big-eyed children that became wildly popular in the 60s. Burton will produce with Lynette Howell's Silverwood Films banner.
The writers, whose scripts include 1408 and The People Vs. Larry Flynt, actually made another move, to UTA. They were repped for two decades by Tom Strickler and became charter Endeavor clients when that dealmaker, Ari Emanuel and others left ICM to form the agency. They had been repped by WME since Strickler left before the merger. Alexander and Karaszewski board an Addams Family project that Deadline first revealed in March, when Meledandri bought the rights to the ghoulish, darkly humorous drawings that Charles Addams created for The New Yorker. Those drawings also formed the basis for the toned down TV show and subsequent feature film comedies and Broadway musical. Burton will direct a film that is one of the plum projects on Meledandri's slate for Illumination, the Universal-based family film unit which launched this summer with Despicable Me.
"Both of these projects are based on artwork that Tim absolutely loves," Karasewski told me. "The retrospective in New York of Tim's own artwork showed how much of an influence Charles Addams was to him. We want the tone to be as darkly funny and subversive as the Addams drawings, and we've come up with an approach that nobody has ever done before."
Alexander said while they were discussing The Addams Family, they showed Burton their Big Eyes script.
"It turns out he's a big fan of Margaret and has commissioned artwork from her," Alexander said. "We thought the movie would have been made by now, but just when we were ready to go 18 months ago, the indie market fell apart. We'd pulled it together in that equity/presale/rebate game, but the smartest thing we did was to hang on to the script and not sell it. That has allowed us to set the reset button with Tim, and having him helps a tremendous amount with the way the independent film world is right now."
Big Eyes has a premise that deserves to be seen. Walter Keane became a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the country. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. She generated the paintings from their basement and Walter's contribution was adding his signature to the bottom. The ruse broke up their marriage, and when she tried to make it known that she authored the paintings, they ended up in a court battle after Walter called her crazy. The case culminated in a dramatic courtroom showdown. The judge put up two easels, side by side, and challenged each of them to start painting. He begged off, blaming a shoulder injury, while she dashed off her familiar big-eyed creation. They will go out to cast and financing for a film that has a budget in the teens.
"I am excited to be working with Scott and Larry again," Burton said in a statement. "I've always been a great admirer of Margaret Keane's work and find her story intriguing."
Depp, Burton reunite on 'Dark Shadows'
Warner Bros. to distribute project long in the works
Source: Variety
Warner Bros. has slotted its long-simmering "Dark Shadows" project for a spring production start with Johnny Depp starring.
Depp has been attached to star and produce with Graham King's GK Films and Depp's Infinitum Nihil for the past three years with Tim Burton expected to direct. Richard Zanuck, Christi Dembrowski and David Kennedy are also producers.
Seth Grahame-Smith penned the script.
Kennedy brought the project to Depp from the estate of Dan Curtis, the producer-director who created the vampire soap opera that aired weekdays on ABC from 1966 to 1971 with 1,225 episodes.
Studio hasn't set a release date for the bigscreen project.
Tim Burton Circles 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children'
BY MIKE FLEMING | Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: In a match that seems ideal, Tim Burton is in early talks to come aboard Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, the Ransom Riggs novel that 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment acquired last spring. Burton is in talks to develop the book as a potential directing project, and he would be involved in setting a writer to adapt the tale.
It involves Jacob, a 16-year-old whose childhood was filled with stories his grandfather told him about an orphanage for unusual children. Among the residents: a girl who could hold fire in her hands, another whose feet never touched the ground, and twins who communicated without speaking. When his beloved grandfather dies unexpectedly but leaves a message behind for his grandson, the teen heads off to his grandfather's home on an isolated island off Wales. There he discovers the abandoned remains of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. It is in great disrepair and as Jacob explores its bedrooms and hallways, he can see the children were more than peculiar, they might have been there because they were dangerous. And he can't shake the feeling they are still lurking around. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark and Jenno Topping are producing. The WME-repped Burton has wrapped Dark Shadows for Warner Bros with Johnny Depp, and directed the feature-length version of his short film Frankenweenie by Disney. Burton also produced the Timur Bekmambetov-directed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter for Fox.
Gee, I wonder who he might cast as Miss Peregrine? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnSCkpHGqz0)
Warner Bros., Tim Burton Courting Robert Downey Jr. to Star in Live-Action 'Pinocchio' (Exclusive)
In the version being developed at Warner Bros., the actor would play Geppetto, the woodcarver who created the boy and who spends much time trying to reunite with his missing marionette.
Source: Playlist
Tim Burton's interest in tackling a live-action version of Pinocchio is heating up, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. And Burton's choice to topline the movie is Robert Downey Jr. as Geppetto, the woodcarver who creates the puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy.
The Pinocchio story was first published in an Italian children's book written by Carlo Collodi and has been adapted several times, including the 1940 animated Disney classic.
In the version being developed at Warner Bros., Geppetto embarks on a quest to reunite with his missing marionette. The well-regarded script is by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller. Dan Jinks (American Beauty) is producing.
Neither Burton nor Downey has a deal with Warners, but sources say Burton is keen to direct the film and has begun talks with the studio, so it's just a question of whether Pinocchio will be his next movie. The Alice in Wonderland director also is eyeing an adaptation of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children at Fox, among other projects. Warners wants to move quickly with Pinocchio, so if Burton chooses to make another movie first, the studio might move on to other directors.
According to two well-placed sources, Downey has expressed serious interest in the project (and in working with Burton), but his busy schedule must still be worked out. Warner Bros. is hoping that Burton and Downey commit soon so the project can be fast-tracked.
If deals are made, Pinocchio would return Downey to Warners, which is behind his Sherlock Holmes franchise, the latest installment of which currently is in theaters. Downey also starred in the 2010 Warners comedy Due Date.
Burton is currently at work finishing Warner Bros.' Dark Shadows, based on the cult television series. That film is set for release in May.
Downey is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson. Burton is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.
There are several other Pinocchio projects in various stages of development, including a stop-motion version being shepherded by Guillermo Del Toro.
Depp as Jimminy Cricket.
Tim Burton is done.
put a fork in him
it's all very sad, really. doesn't he have a movie he really wants to make? something original he couldn't make before? and what about downey? is this guy so in need of approval he has to make only blockbusters now or else he'll go back to shoot up heroine on a daily basis?
Tim Burton to Next Direct Biopic BIG EYES; Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams Will Star
Source: Collider
Director Tim Burton's long-developing biopic Big Eyes is finally moving forward. The filmmaker first became attached to the pic back in 2010, when he sparked to a script by Ed Wood scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski that he intended to produce. The film's story focuses on the artistic coupling of Margaret and Walter Keane. Walter became famous in the 1950s and 60s for paintings featuring saucer-eyed kids, though it was the shy Margaret who really did the work. Margaret eventually tired of the misplaced credit, which led to a divorce and a heated court battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
Ryan Reynolds and Reese Witherspoon became attached to play the couple early last year, but now a different promising duo of actors will be bringing The Keanes to life on the big screen with Burton in the director's chair, as Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams have signed on to topline the pic.
Per Deadline, Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams are set to star in Big Eyes with Burton directing. This is a stellar bit of casting, and both actors are coming off of Academy Award nominations for fantastic work in last year's Django Unchained and The Master respectively, with Waltz taking home the gold for Best Supporting Actor in his second collaboration with Quentin Tarantino. Burton had yet to commit to his next project as recently as last fall when he was nearing the end of a rather exhausting year that saw the release of two Burton films: Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie.
The filmmaker is also developing a Beetlejuice sequel and a new take on Pinocchio with Robert Downey Jr., but he has now settled on Big Eyes as his next project with filming set to get underway this spring. Moreover, The Weinstein Company has come aboard to handle financing and distribution for the indie. Though Burton certainly has a flair for visuals with larger, genre-oriented studio properties, I'm very, very excited about the prospect of him tackling a smaller-scale drama like Big Eyes.
Johnny Depp To Star in "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" Remake
Johnny Depp is set to play the lead role in a remake of the 1971 Horror Classic "The Abominable Dr. Phibes."
The original film starred Vincent Price as a man bent on revenge against the team of Doctors whom Phibes blames for the death of his wife. Following the Ten Plagues that befell Egypt as the model for the murders, Dr. Phibes is a cult classic film and considered one of Vincent Price's most signature roles.
Director Tim Burton, a longtime fan of Vincent Price and the Phibes films, is on board to direct the updated version of the movie which is at its heart, a gothic love story.
Depp has stated before his genuine affection for the original film and its lead character Dr. Anton Phibes. Director Burton, whose first film was "Vincent" a tribute to Vincent Price, says that "Dr. Phibes was a childhood favorite of mine, a mix of pathos, horror and dark humor."
Burton even attended the Film's Los Angeles premiere in 1971 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre as a 12 year old boy. Everything comes full circle!
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Burton's Poe adoration, boosted by Walken, DeVito, Keaton, and Pfeiffer... Stan Winston, Stefan Czapsky, you can't find a frame that isn't Gothic nightmusic.
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" I wouldn't touch you to scratch you"
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^ A peak in childhood terror...
Made it out to The New Bev for their Dec 2nd kiddie matinee of Batman Returns, because I've never seen it on VHS, WB snapbox DVD, but never in a theater. And now, inaugural weekend 35mm! Lotta good vibes but The New Bev also does a raffle for a children's tickets so there was a sorta meta 'ting I hadn't realized. How inundated culture is with Batman as commercial merch. A highlight of my year. I'm think this film defined a genre sensibility for me. The unsettling whimsy is tied to horror but I remember different moments going from repulsive to sinister triumph. A turning point in twisted sympathy to Cobblepot coupled with, like, caring for the Max sidevillain, which i didn't for years, but its a for real uniting ill, and bizarro Thomas Wayne plotline. Gotham's money-ties turn Xmas into an even worse, deeper red. I'm glad this can play broad. You can bring the kids to one of Burton's horniest and brightest. (you're a sucker when you like this last line)