Tim Burton to Take on Sleeping Beauty’s Maleficent?
By Krystal Clark
This March, Tim Burton will premiere his version of the children’s tale Alice in Wonderland, which will be a mixture of animation, live action, and 3-D technology. Now, there’s speculation that he’ll take on another classic that’s been previously adapted by Disney, Sleeping Beauty. But this won’t be your typical take on the story, it will be told from another character’s point of view.
According to Harry over at AICN, Burton has his eye on a reimagining of Sleeping Beauty that would tell the story from the perspective of Maleficent. She’s the “Mistress of Evil” and the main antagonist in the 1959 Disney version of the tale. Her character is the one who curses Princess Aurora to “prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die.” A lot of people think the chick from Snow White was a witch, but she’s got nothing on Maleficent.
Burton’s version is said to be along the lines of Alice in Wonderland, with the mixture of live action and animation. It would be great to see him go through the entire Disney catalog, but I’m not 100 percent behind this story. After doing Alice, why would he want to go back and do another adaption of a children’s story? Wouldn’t he at least want a break in between projects?
I’m looking forward to his Dark Shadows adaptation more than anything. Hopefully that’s where his focus will be for the next year or so.
Do you think Burton should do a Sleeping Beauty adaptation? Should he take a break from children’s stories?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:13AM
…Wouldn't his two next projects, Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie, constitute a "break" between Alice and Sleeping Beauty? Personally, I love the idea of Tim Burton's vision coupled with a Disney budget. I think Alice looks fabulous (and perhaps it will stand as a testament to James Cameron that a film can be both a visual spectacle AND contain a decent plot), and while Burton has made a couple of missteps, he looks to be back on a roll after Sweeney Todd.
I'd love to see this come to fruition. Maleficent is one of the most dynamic (and best-designed) villains in the Disney catalogue, and I think she'd lend herself perfectly to Burton's storytelling capacities.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:54PM
[...] It’s probably not at all fair, but I can’t help but think of this concept as “Tim Burton’s ‘Wicked’.” * The zombie-centric romantic comedy [...]
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:48AM
[...] there was talk that Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton was interested in taking on another classic Disney character for his next feature project. In this case, we’re referring to Maleficent, the villainess in [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:21PM
Tim Burton is the man of movie and art creativity! He has SUCH an imagination, no matter how weird some of his work may be. He is a tremdous one-of-kind artist. Who to me is like a big reflection of God's love. He has made many, many people with so of many different unquie gifts. Tim definity as a wonderful gift from God, I hope he never takes adavantage of. He is truly a remarkable, stunning person. He is a real man of vision. I wish the best of luck with his other movies down the road. Totally can't wait to hear more on his movie "Sleeping Beauty".
Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:26AM
I think he should do ALL disney movies! It would be SOOO cool! To see them all in a completely different perspective. I would REALLY like to see him do "Snow White, Aladdin or Beauty in the beast." I think with his imagination, he could really turned them around, and give them a different light to the classics. I am BIG fan of his. His really beyond amazing!