Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Bee- oh, okay, better not… but you’ve probably got an idea what this is about. That’s right; while out and about promoting Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie in Los Angeles on Friday, Tim Burton was able to shed some light on the emerging script for the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice 2.
2012 is shaping up to be a busy year for director Tim Burton, as he is not only wrapping up his cinematic adaption of Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp, and producing the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movie adaption, he has also directed and is set to release a full-length, 3-D stop-motion remake of Frankenweenie, his 1984 half-hour featurette about a boy and his deceased/reanimated dog. And now, you can feast your eyes on the trailer below.
Though no longer the crown jewel of the Disney stable, the Disney animation department are still working on aniated features (often computer animated) that aren’t under the Pixar brand, and some Direct to Video titles. The D23 presentation of films started with talk of the Straight-to-Video spin-off Planes, which features the voice talents of Jon Cryer, with a trailer that emulated Top Gun, and features the song “More Human than Human” by Rob Zombie. But the pleasant surprise of the panel was information on the film Wreck-it Ralph, which stars John C. Reilly as the bad guy in a video game. And there is also Tim Burton‘s stop-motion Frankenweenie.
Disney has released the first official synopsis for Tim Burton’s upcoming film Frankenweenie. The movie is a remake of a short Burton made as a college student back in 1984. Over 25 years have passed since it was released and he’s got the funds, the time, the energy, and the acting talent to reboot it. Check out the synopsis and cast list below…
There’s been a release date shift regarding a couple tentpole projects expected to debut in 2012. Walt Disney Pitcures has just announced that they’ve pushed back Tim Burton’s revamped horror film Frankenweenie, and moved up Pixar’s 3D, live action adaptation John Carter of Mars. What does this mean for the competing studios?
It will be one big reunion for Tim Burton on his upcoming film Frankenweenie. According to Deadline, some of the major players for the remake of his 1984 short have been revealed. It looks like the director went through his filmography and decided to get the band back together with Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, and Martin Short.
Walt Disney Pictures have announced the release dates for two of their most anticipated features, Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and John Carter of Mars. Both will be released in 2012 and are expected to be major tentpoles for the studio. The scheduling marks an interesting change of events for Frankenweenie, which was previously set to hit theaters in 2011.
Remember how Tim Burton went from being the director with original films like Beetlejuice, Batman, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and Edward Scissorhands to the man who reinterprets all the movies from your childhood (Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Alice in Wonderland). Well, according to SlashFilm, he’s set to do it again with a full-length remake of his own 1984 short film, Frankenweenie. In 3-D… Of course.
Screenwriter John August is a busy man! According to THR, August has just been hired to write the script for the feature length version of Tim Burton’s 1984 short, Frankenweenie and Sam Mendes’ Preacher.
Frankenweenie was originally produced and directed by Burton while in film school. August and Burton have collaborated on several other projects such as, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Big Fish.
More on Frankenweenie and Preacher after the jump.
