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A new poster for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie
1 June 2012 10:43 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
After a mixed reception for his latest live-action effort Dark Shadows, visionary filmmaker Tim Burton will be hoping that a return to stop-motion - not to mention one of his earliest projects - proves a recipe for success later this year as he unleashes a 3D animated remake of his 1984 live-action short, Frankenweenie, and Disney has just released a brand new poster, which you can see right here...
Drawing inspiration from James Whale's 1931 Universal classic Frankenstein, Frankenweenie centres on a young boy, Victor (voiced by Charlie Tahan; I Am Legend), who harnesses the power of science to reanimate the corpse of his beloved pet dog Sparky. Joining Tahan in the voice cast are previous Burton collaborators Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice), Catherine O'Hara (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!), Martin Landau (Ed Wood) and Conchata Ferrell (Edward Scissorhands), along with Robert Capron (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Atticus Shaffer »
- flickeringmyth
See a Cute New Poster for Tim Burton's Stop-Motion 'Frankenweenie'
31 May 2012 11:11 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
While it sounds like Dark Shadows failed to bring us back to the glory days of a funny but still twisted Tim Burton, maybe the director revisiting one of his earliest works will have the desired effect. We've already seen a teaser trailer for the black and white, stop-motion animated Frankenweenie, and now we have a cute new poster putting the resurrected canine front and center. Honestly, I'm still quite annoyed that the poster has to tout "from the director of Alice in Wonderland" instead of "from the producer of The Nightmare Before Christmas," but I guess audiences today are more enticed by the former. Poster below! Here's the new poster for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie from Disney (click for larger version): Frankenweenie was directed by mastermind Tim Burton, who's brought us Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd and The Nightmare Before Christmas previously. »
- Ethan Anderton
[Media] - "Frankenweenie" - A new poster
31 May 2012 4:38 AM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Here's a new poster for Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie", with voice cast features familiar Burton alumni such as Winona Ryder ("Beetlejuice", "Edward Scissorhands"), Catherine O'Hara ("Beetlejuice", "The Nightmare Before Christmas"), Martin Landau ("Ed Wood", "Sleepy Hollow") and Martin Short ("Mars Attacks!"), joining them are Charlie Tahan and Atticus Shaffer. The stop-motion animated film will be filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience. »
Burton’s “Frankenweenie” One Sheet and Trailer
29 May 2012 3:24 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
For some die hard fans of Tim Burton, Dark Shadows was not their highly most anticipated Burton film out this year. That honor goes to the stop motion, 3-D tale Frankenweenie, which is set to come out early in the spookiest month of the year, October 5th, 2012. It’s a return to the eerie animation style that delighted audiences with Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, only this time it’ll be in 3-D. With a cast that features Burton faves like Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands), Martin Short (Arrested Development, Jungle 2 Jungle) and Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice), the story about the reanimated pup named Sparky and his “maker,” Victor is one of the more fun concepts of the year. Dread Central has found a one sheet and a trailer for the upcoming film, which we now share with you.
Burton originally made a short film »
- Andy Greene
New International Frankenweenie One-Sheet Barks at the Moon
28 May 2012 10:38 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
I see a bad moon rising. I see a poster on its way. You will too, kids, once you take a quick gander at this latest one-sheet for Tim Burton's feature length version of his short film Frankenweenie! Start your howling!
The voice cast includes four actors who worked with Burton on previous films: Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands), Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!), and Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow), along with Charlie Tahan and Atticus Shaffer.
Look for the flick in theatres on October 5th, 2012.
Synopsis
A heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers »
- Uncle Creepy
Check out the ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Red Band Trailer
24 May 2012 2:05 PM, PDT | Destroy the Brain | See recent Destroy the Brain news »
A few years ago, a roommate of mine was reading the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I chuckled at the title but was strangely fascinated by it, as most people were. The book went on to become a success. The author, Seth Grahame-Smith, followed up his previous book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, with Alvh. While I still have yet to read either book, Seth Grahame-Smith has become Tim Burton’s screenwriting buddy. Grahame-Smith wrote the screenplay for Burton’s recently released Dark Shadows as well as being assigned to create a new sequel to Burton’s original Beetlejuice.
IGN has released a Red Band trailer that gives us a better peek on what to expect out of the film. It looks entertaining but I’m not completely sold. What about you? Comment Below!
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- Andy Triefenbach
Cate Blanchett to star in lesbian drama
18 May 2012 4:11 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Patricia Highsmith novel to be adapted for big screen; and Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie to reunite in animation
Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are to play the leads in a film version of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian classic Carol, adapted by Phyllis Nagy and directed by John Crowley.
The novel, first published in 1952 under a pseudonym, dared to suggest a happy ending for the lovers at the heart of the tale, rather than the doom usually served up at the time to homosexual women in fiction.
Lesbian romances remain thin on the ground in mainstream cinema, but the film's producer Elizabeth Karlsen said: "We've come a long way since Dirk Bogarde starred in Victim. We've had Brokeback Mountain, A Single Man, Far From Heaven – and President Obama came out in support of gay marriage."
Blanchett, who has recently been starring in Botho Strauss's play Big and Small at the Barbican theatre in London, »
- Charlotte Higgins
Movie Score Review: Dark Shadows: Original Score
16 May 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Composer: Danny Elfman
Original Release Date: 2012
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1, approx. 53 minutes
Label: WaterTower Music
Music by Danny Elfman; Score Produced by Danny Elfman; Orchestrations by Steve Bartek, Edgardo Simone, David Slonaker; Midi Supervision & Preparation by Marc Mann; Orchestra Leader: Thomas Bowes; Conductor: Rick Wentworth; Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths; Score Recorded at Air Studios and Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Choir: Metro Voices; Choirmaster: Jenny O’Grady; Boys Choir: Cardinal Vaughan School Choir; Boys Choir Director: Scott Price
Danny Elfman has composed dozens of scores and themes for television and movies, from Batman, Batman Returns, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and A Nightmare Before Christmas to The Simpsons, Beetlejuice and Desperate Housewives. He has collaborated with Tim Burton on all but two of Burton’s movies.
This soundtrack is not to be confused with Dark Shadows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which is an mp3 download of the original artist songs used in the movie, »
- Erin Willard
Curio: Tim Burton Terrariums
15 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Alexa here. I, like the rest of the world, saw The Avengers instead of Dark Shadows last weekend. My hopes for Joss Whedon's big budget career weren't dashed, as I presume they would have been if I'd seen Dark Shadows and hoped for any of Tim Burton's glorious whimsy of yore. Speaking of, I recently became enchanted with these terrariums created by Rachel Bishop. Rachel sculpted models out of wax and used moss, roots and other natural materials to create these tiny sustainable ecosystems in tribute to Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. They make me wonder what other film universes I'd want to see living under glass; perhaps the Wilcox family home from Howard's End? Or the shire from Lord of the Rings? You can see more of Rachel's terrariums here.
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- Alexa
Review: Dark Shadows by Tim Burton
15 May 2012 12:55 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
Director: Tim Burton, Actors: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green
Over the past several years, Tim Burton’s films have grown increasingly less original, thematically oppressive and visually garish. Recent films as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland (both reworkings of familiar tales) had their moments, but generally demonstrated how and why Burton has declined, now far below the level of the auteur once behind Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Beetle Juice. Whereas the protagonists and images of those older films were morbidly endearing, impressive, Charlie and Alice showcased half-drawn characters whose surroundings were excessively manipulated to hammer home a point: “Look, Tim Burton’s made another film.”
Some would say his departure from visionary works as those he made in the ‘80s and early ‘90s might suggest Burton has sold out, or at least become a cliche. They’re probably right, but even sell-outs are »
- Tom Elce
Watch a Supercut of Movie Characters With No Reflections
14 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
A vampire or invisible character's inability to primp raises the question: How do they look so damn immaculate all the time?! Johnny Depp's Barnabas Collins joins a fellowship of "invisible" superhuman characters who shun reflections in mirrors. In Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Chevy Chase's hat floats six feet above the ground; in Beetlejuice, Geena Davis's toy horse trots in mid-air; and Fright Night's Amanda Bearse spins around the dance floor with a handsome vampire, until they twirl past a mirror. Then boom! No date! »
- Caroline Shin
Was Tim Burton Ever A Good Director? (Opinion)
13 May 2012 8:40 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
With a title like that, I'm sure to get a lot of hate for even suggesting such a notion. But here's the thing: I loved Tim Burton. He was my absolute favorite director until around 2001. The worlds he created held my attention in a deeper way than other filmmaker's. The oddball and macabre design, along with the melancholy atmosphere, were unlike anything I had seen in movies. It was as fantastical in imagination as any blockbuster, and it felt more ethereal and personal than the "Hollywood" spectacle of a Spielberg or Zemeckis film. He introduced me to ideas of retro kitsch, spooky fringe and proudly holding onto timeless obsessions of your youth. Burton is one of those early influences in my life that made me become a passionate movie lover. I can catch "Beetlejuice" or "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" at any moment on TV and immediately get sucked back into them. »
- Eric Larnick
Ror Reviews: Dark Shadows
13 May 2012 12:23 PM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Tim Burton is certainly a polarizing director. Many people seem to either love or hate his movies and his style. Personally I think most of his films are pretty great (Batman, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Sweeney Todd etc), but there is no denying that he has thrown out a few stinkers too. Now quite a few critics would have you believe Dark Shadows falls into the latter category, and while it's true that it doesn't reach the heights of his best work, it in no way deserves to be cast down with the Alice In Wonderland crew either. It is a damn strange movie though - and not always in a good way. Despite what the trailers would suggest, Dark Shadows is most definitely not a comedy. The humor is there of course - thankfully it works most of the time too - but the darker, horror elements are more prevalent »
'Frankenweenie': Tim Burton talks about his upcoming pet project
12 May 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
For Tim Burton, this year is 2005 all over again. In 2005, the director first released the big-budget, live-action Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the summer, followed by the stop-motion animated Corpse Bride in the fall. The latter earned Burton his first and only Oscar nomination (for animated feature film). Cut to 2012. Burton’s big-budget, live-action horror comedy Dark Shadows, his eighth collaboration with star Johnny Depp, hits theaters this weekend. But waiting in the wings is Frankenweenie, a 3-D stop-motion animated monster movie that’s very dear to Burton’s heart.
Frankenweenie is a remake of the 1984 black-and-white, live-action short of the same name, »
- John Young
Dialogue: Seth Grahame-Smith Dishes on ‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Beetlejuice 2,’ ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and ‘Night of the Living’
11 May 2012 9:52 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Seth Grahame-Smith is one busy gothic drama writer. Well known for his two New York Times best-selling novels, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the 36-year-old New York native recently adapted Vampire Hunter into a film version. Scheduled to hit theaters on June 22, the film was produced by Tim Burton, with whom Grahame-Smith just collaborated on this week’s Dark Shadows. He’s also finished scripting his first animated film, Night of the Living, and is working on a Beetlejuice sequel. Movies.com had the opportunity to talk with Seth Grahame-Smith about Dark Shadows, working with Tim Burton, the pressures of creating a Beetlejuice follow-up, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and much more. Movies.com: Dark Shadows seems to mark a lot...
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- Elisa Osegueda
Movie Review: 'Dark Shadows'
11 May 2012 9:02 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bohnam Carter
Directed by Tim Burton
Rated PG-13
The first movie where I fully understood the world that is Tim Burton was Ed Wood. I love Ed Wood, the black and white, Martin Landau telling us to “pull the string, pull the string” and Johnny Depp wasn’t who he is today, he was the guy who was carving out a nice little career with, well for lack of a better term, I’ll say quirky roles. I loved Beetlejuice as a kid…loved it, still do. And after I started to understand the Tim Burton world, I went back and watched Beetlejuice and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. The movies were fuller and more realized in my eyes. I was hooked.
The Tim Burton world, with its macabre dark humor and weirdly interesting but yet strangely grounded characters was pretty alright. »
- Craig Dietz
Seth Grahame Smith Talks Dark Shadows, the Beetlejuice Sequel, Tim Burton’s Night Of The Living, Unholy Night, and More
11 May 2012 2:14 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
With director Tim Burton's Dark Shadows opening this weekend, I recently got to interview screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith. Starring Johnny Depp as a vampire who awakens in 1972 after having been buried for 200 years, Dark Shadows is based on the 1970s TV series with the same name and it also stars Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley, Gulliver McGrath, Helena Bonham Carter, Bella Heathcote, Ray Shirley, and Jonny Lee Miller. For more on the film, here's 20 images, 9 clips and 12 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the set, and Matt's review. During my extended interview with Grahame-Smith, we talked about how he got involved in the project, his anxiety about having his first film released, how John August contributed to the project, deleted scenes, and what might be on the Blu-ray. In addition, with Grahame-Smith involved in some other high profile projects, we also talked about the Beetlejuice sequel, Tim Burton »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Reacting To 'Twilight,' Potential Sequels & More From The Press Tour For Tim Burton & Johnny Depp's 'Dark Shadows'
11 May 2012 11:07 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Whether you end up loving it or hating it (as our reviewer did), one has to admit that there are few films like "Dark Shadows" in theaters this summer. Based on the popular 1960s/1970s ABC soap that included vampires, werewolves and witches, the film is a curious blend of comedy, drama and horror that's indelibly a Tim Burton creation.
"Dark Shadows" is in theaters today, and as ever, there's been a wealth of interviews with Burton, lead Johnny Depp, and other cast and crew members. We've sifted through it all to pick out a few highlights, and you can find a selection of them below.
The original draft of the script was darker, and an ensemble piece.
Writer Seth Grahame-Smith was brought on board to rewrite a draft by Burton's regular collaboration John August, after impressing the director with his work on the Burton-produced "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." Grahame-Smith »
- Oliver Lyttelton
10 Unmade Tim Burton Films: From 'After Hours' To 'Superman Lives' & More
11 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It's curious that a director as idiosyncratic and...well, just plain weird as Tim Burton has become one of Hollywood's A-listers. But from 1989's "Batman" to 2010's billion-dollar-grossing "Alice in Wonderland," the helmer has managed to turn his dark, gothic imagination into something that genuinely captures the hearts and minds of the general public. Indeed, even films like "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the upcoming "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," which are produced by Burton, show that he, like Alfred Hitchcock before him, has become one of the few directors who's a true brand name, with audiences knowing what they can expect when they purchase a ticket.
But despite his success, Burton, like every filmmaker, isn't necessarily able to get everything he wants made. The path of his career has been littered with a number of projects that either didn't get made at all, or got made with radically different interpretations and visions to them. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
'Dark Shadows' Brings Out Best In Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer
11 May 2012 9:23 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
The film works most of the time, but its conclusion is sure to leave fans divided.
Eva Green and Johnny Depp in "Dark Shadows"
Photo: Warner Bros
finally hit theaters Friday (May 11), and let me tell you, it's a doozy. There's a lot to admire about Tim Burton's reimagined "Shadows" (and there are some problems as well), but the question that has lingered with me most since seeing the film is who exactly Tim Burton made it for.
I'm not sure it was "Shadows" purists, those who ran home from school to soak up the strange, dark and wonderful late-'60s soap opera and who still have a strong connection to the style and feel of the original. It's probably not for fans of Burton and Johnny Depp's earlier collaborations either, even though the trailers and TV spots sell it like it's supposed to be. »
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