Chances are you’ll recall that a couple of years in the past, Disney launched a reside motion remake of the 1941 animated movie Dumbo. Directed by Tim Burton of Beetlejuice fame (or any variety of movies, actually), the remake wasn’t notably properly acquired, even by the requirements of Disney’s varied remakes over the last decade and alter.
Disney and Burton have been longtime collaborators for many years—exterior of Nightmare, his remake for Alice in Wonderland arguably helped begin Disney’s remake obsession after it revamped a billion {dollars} and received two Academy Awards. Even with that, although, the reside motion Dumbo that will have finally introduced that relationship to an finish. At Lyon’s Lumière Competition, the place he acquired the Prix Lumière award for his contribution to the movie trade over the many years, Burton quite plainly stated that he believes he’s executed with Disney after the remake. “I noticed that I used to be Dumbo, that I used to be working on this horrible large circus and I wanted to flee,” he stated. “That film is sort of autobiographical at a sure stage.”
And in case you had been questioning if the person would change his tune for the possibility to direct an MCU or Star Wars film (what, from both franchise, might probably be directed by Tim Burton, of all folks?), that’s a tough no. He referred to as Disney’s general franchise focus “very homogenized, very consolidated. There’s much less room for various kinds of issues. “I can solely take care of one universe, l can’t take care of a multi-universe.”
He could also be executed with Disney, however Burton isn’t arduous up for work. In a couple of weeks, his Addams Household collection Wednesday will premiere on Netflix and shall be his first TV collection he’s labored on in over 20 years. He additionally should still have an energetic relationship with fellow longtime collaborator Warner Bros., or might flip his eye in direction of one other firm like Blumhouse for future initiatives.
[via Deadline]
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