That Alice in Wonderland sequel is still happening, in case you’d forgotten. Disney have sent out a reminder by announcing the official title: Through the Looking Glass. Through the Looking Glass, of course, is the follow up to Lewis Carroll’s original novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Weirdly, both were used as source material for Tim Burton’s hit 2010 film. James Bobin is taking […]
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Tim Burton may direct Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice 2
October 23, 2013 
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In news that some may construe as more a threat than a promise, Variety has revealed Tim Burton may be close to jumping on board for Beetlejuice 2. Rumours about this sequel have circulated for years but the wheels may finally be in motion as Variety’s sources say writer Seth Grahame-Smith has a script written […]
Continue reading‘Muppets’ director might take over from Tim Burton on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ sequel
May 31, 2013 0 Comments
James Bobin, of The Muppets and Flight of the Conchords fame, is in talks to helm Disney’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Variety reports. The picture – tentatively titled Into the Looking Glass – is still being penned by Linda Woolverton, but the studio is no doubt keen to lock away principal talent, and replicate […]
Continue readingBen Stiller might direct Robert Downey Jr. in Pinocchio
May 6, 2013 0 Comments
It’s been several months since we’ve heard any updates on Robert Downey Jr.’s attempted Pinocchio remake (in which he will play Geppetto). So here’s something to whet your appetite. According to Deadline, RDJ indicated on the Iron Man 3 press tour that Ben Stiller is in contention to direct the flick. They previously worked together on Tropic […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp might go Into the Woods
April 29, 2013 0 Comments
Johnny Depp is considering a return to the world of musicals, THR reports. Depp is in talks to star in an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s beloved Broadway musical Into the Woods. He previously took on the lead role in Tim Burton’s adaptation of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Rob Marshall is set to helm Into […]
Continue readingTim Burton to direct Big Eyes featuring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz
April 4, 2013 0 Comments
Tim Burton has signed on to direct Big Eyes for The Weinstein Company, Deadline reports. The film has been in limbo for many years, with screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski finally seeing some progress with the casting of Amy Adams (The Master) and Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) in the two lead roles. With Burton’s […]
Continue readingDisney plot Alice in Wonderland sequel
December 12, 2012 0 Comments
Disney is preparing to send Alice back down the rabbit hole as Variety announces a sequel to the 2010 blockbuster Alice in Wonderland is in the works. Despite some critical backlash, Tim Burton’s epic CGI adaptation of the much-loved Lewis Carroll book went on to make $1 billion worldwide, and the audience’s thirst for all […]
Continue readingLive action Pinocchio tempts Kick-Ass screenwriter
November 20, 2012 0 Comments
Warner Brothers’ live-action Pinocchio finds new writer in Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass, X-Man: First Class), according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film looks to be directed by Tim Burton (Frankenweenie, Dark Shadows), with Robert Downey Jr. set to star as Gepetto, marking the first time these two Hollywood heavyweights have worked together. While neither has officially […]
Continue readingBack from the dead – Frankenweenie review
October 22, 2012 0 Comments
Frankenweenie – Featuring the voices of Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau, and Catherine O’Hara. Directed by Tim Burton. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. When I declared Dark Shadows “Tim Burton‘s best film in a decade,” I didn’t expect to go back on my word a mere five months later. No, my affection for that nutso soap-opera […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp checks into Wes Anderson’s Hotel
July 18, 2012 0 Comments
Deadline reports that Johnny Depp is set to star in Wes Anderson‘s next film, allowing Depp to expand his cinematic horizons from just pirate and Tim Burton movies. Hot on the heels of his upcoming Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson is moving straight into his next feature, The Grand Budapest Hotel. With any luck Anderson can bring […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Frankenweenie
July 2, 2012 0 Comments
It’s a big year for Tim Burton. Not content with directing Dark Shadows and producing Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter alone, he’s also made a feature film out of his early short Frankenweenie. The original Frankenweenie was made by a young Burton in 1984 while he was working at Disney. Ironically, the studio fired him shortly after for wasting their resources […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
A new trailer for Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been released by 20th Century Fox and includes some previously unseen scenes. Based on the book of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith – who also wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows – the trailer opens with a voice over: “History prefers […]
Continue readingStaying alive – Dark Shadows review
May 8, 2012 2 Comments
Dark Shadows – Starring Johnny Depp, Eva Green, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Directed by Tim Burton. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Dark Shadows is Tim Burton‘s best film in a decade. You’d have to go all the way back to Big Fish, or perhaps even 1999’s Sleepy Hollow to find anything comparable in quality. That might be […]
Continue readingThe top 10 Tim Burton films
May 4, 2012 1 Comment
The top 10 Tim Burton films. By Simon Miraudo. Few filmmakers have developed as fervent a following as Tim Burton. There’s just something about the scraggly haired hit-maker that connects with outcasts and, erm, incasts alike. Maybe it’s because many still see him as the oddball kid hiding away from his parents and the outside […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Dark Shadows
March 16, 2012 1 Comment
What’s that now? The trailer for Tim Burton‘s adaptation of 70s soap opera Dark Shadows makes it look like a barrel of demented fun? We wouldn’t have believed it either, unless we’d seen it with our own eyes… We’ve been unimpressed by much of Burton’s cinematic output for much of the last decade, and were sceptical of his latest endeavour. […]
Continue readingMichael Keaton meets with makers of Beetlejuice 2
February 14, 2012 1 Comment
Back in 2011, it was reported that the makers of Beetlejuice 2 were eager to have Michael Keaton reprise his role from Tim Burton‘s 24-year-old comedy classic. Apparently, that’s not just wishful thinking! Writer-producer Seth Grahame-Smith told Shock Til You Drop he met with Keaton about the project just last week. “[He’s] been wanting to do it for 20 […]
Continue readingNew look at Johnny Depp in Dark Shadows
January 23, 2012 5 Comments
There’s a new image of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton‘s Dark Shadows making the rounds online. And you need only cast your eyes downward slightly to glimpse it (courtesy of STYD)! Although we’ve reached a point in which we’re no longer excited for Burton’s cinematic output, the imagery released so far, and […]
Continue readingMichael Keaton wanted for Beetlejuice sequel
November 2, 2011 2 Comments
Back in September we lamented the news of a sequel to Tim Burton‘s 1988 classic black comedy Beetlejuice. Who could possibly take over the role made famous by a manic Michael Keaton? No one, it seems! Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, writer-producers David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith revealed they want Keaton to reprise his role for […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp to star as Dr. Seuss in new biopic?
October 10, 2011 0 Comments
Johnny Depp will produce a live-action biopic on legendary children’s author and illustrator Theodor Geisel, best known by his pseudonym Dr. Seuss. He will potentially star as Geisl in the picture too. Illumination Entertainment and Infinitum Nihil are developing the project, with In Treatment writer Keith Bunin penning the screenplay. According to The Hollywood Reporter, […]
Continue readingFirst look at the cast of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows
September 23, 2011 2 Comments
Entertainment Weekly has released the very first image from Tim Burton‘s upcoming adaptation of the cult 1960s vampire soap opera Dark Shadows. No, not that one. This one: From left to right, your cast includes Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Chloe Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard, Gulliver McGrath […]
Continue readingBeetlejuice 2 in the works?
September 7, 2011 3 Comments
OK, which one of you said “Betelgeuse” three times?! According to Deadline, there is a good chance a sequel to Tim Burton‘s much loved 1988 feature Beetlejuice could soon be haunting cinemas. Seth Grahame-Smith (author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and his producing partner David Katzenberg have […]
Continue readingJohnny Depp considering Pirates 5, adding to $350 million payday
July 6, 2011 7 Comments
It doesn’t take a genius to guess why Disney would want a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, what with the fourth instalment collecting over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office and becoming the seventh highest grossing film of all time. Of course, any sequel – and its success – would hinge on […]
Continue readingBurton, Raimi, Levy and Cuarón in the running for Pirates 5?
June 6, 2011 0 Comments
Critical consensus surmises that, upon taking over from Gore Verbinski, director Rob Marshall gave Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides a bland handling. Our own Simon Miraudo wasn’t exactly blown away, and Margaret Pomeranz commented that the franchise had reached its use by date. So it makes sense that measured star Johnny Depp is […]
Continue readingJosh Brolin to take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame
March 2, 2011 0 Comments
Josh Brolin has gone from man-dancing at the Oscars to developing a Hunchback of Notre Dame film with Warner Brothers Pictures, Latino Review reports. Brolin will act and produce the film under his banner Brolin Productions but has his sights on the revered King of Macabre Tim Burton to take the director’s chair. Burton’s last […]
Continue reading>Casting call for Abe Lincoln: Vampire Killer
January 17, 2011 0 Comments
>Four score and seven years ago… or, in recent news, Twentieth Century Fox has commenced casting for the role of Abe Lincoln in their upcoming 3D flick, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Deadline reports. The following mix of stars will be taking the coveted screen test to play the vigilante version of America’s much loved ex-president; […]
Continue readingAlice in Wonderland for Best Picture?
October 19, 2010 0 Comments
Disney are gearing up to launch a full-scale Oscar campaign for Tim Burton’s billion dollar-grossing hit Alice in Wonderland. Not only will they implore the Academy to consider the film for technical Academy Awards, but also in the categories of Best Picture and Best Director. Deadline debuted the exclusive first glimpse of the Alice in […]
Continue readingBurton recruits old faves for Frankenweenie
September 21, 2010 0 Comments
Tim Burton is adapting his 1984 short Frankenweenie into a stop-motion animated feature film for Disney, and he’s recruiting some old buddies to help him out. According to Deadline, Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice), Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!) and Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice) will all provide voices for Burton’s latest oddball project. […]
Continue readingAbraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter scores Wanted director
August 10, 2010 0 Comments
Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is lined up to direct the film adaptation of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. He is also co-producing the feature with Tim Burton. Bekmambetov spoke to Empire about his intentions with Seth Grahame-Smith’s fictionalised biography of America’s legendary 16th President, in which he is depicted as (you guessed it) a vampire hunter. “I’m […]
Continue readingLittle wonder – Alice in Wonderland review
June 28, 2010 1 Comment
Alice in Wonderland – Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Directed by Tim Burton. Rated PG. Originally published March 9, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. Tim Burton is not the filmmaker we think he is, or at the very least, not the filmmaker he wants us to think he is. He is neither […]
Continue readingRipley’s Believe It or Not – The film that could have been.
June 25, 2010 1 Comment
Earlier this week I was lucky enough to have a chat with screenwriter John Collee, who penned the scripts for Happy Feet, Master and Commander and the upcoming Charles Darwin biopic Creation. This is not a picture of him below. It is a picture of Mr. Robert Ripley, oddball fact-finder, amateur anthropologist and creator of […]
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