Updates on Burton's FRANKENWEENIE

Monday, September 21, 2009

There's an interesting article on SCI FI Wire today about Tim Burton's upcoming stop-motion feature remake of his old short film Frankenweenie. Among other things, we learn that Burton is personally designing the film, taking on a more direct role than he did in previous animated features like The Corpse Bride. Also, it seems that directing the original Frankenweenie is what got Burton fired from Disney back in the '80s, something I don't think I'd heard before. Coming back all these years later to direct a Frankenweenie feature film on Disney's dime has gotta be pretty freakin' sweet.

I wasn't that thrilled with the original, live action Frankenweenie, but I'm curious to see what Burton does with in animation. The story of a boy who brings his dead dog back to life via mad science certainly sounds like something Burton could have fun with.

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"Science fiction plucks from within us our deepest fears and hopes, then shows them to us in rough disguise: the monster and the rocket." - W.H. Auden

Who is he, this one who is called "Greg Stacy"?

Greg Stacy began the MONSTERS AND ROCKETS blog in April of 2009. Prior to that, he was editor of the popular sci-fi/horror news website DARKWOLDS.COM. He has also written for LA WEEKLY, OC WEEKLY, UTNE READER and LOS ANGELES CITYBEAT. He always feels weird writing about himself in the third person.

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