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Hammond On Cannes: Sun Comes Out As Parties, Deals And Movies Take Over Croisette

By PETE HAMMOND | Monday May 20, 2013 @ 4:31am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Dallas Buyers Club, Harvey Weinstein, Inside Llewyn Davis, Leslie Moonves, Paul Haggis, Tim Burton
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The sun finally came back to a windy and rainy Cannes but the weather clearly couldn’t slow the nonstop parties, premieres, deals and hype for which this festival is famous. And despite the rain on Saturday the turnout for Lionsgate’s big Catching Fire bash was wall-to-wall at Baoli Beach, with everyone including star Jennifer Lawrence crowded into the large tent. One exec there actually was happy with the monsoon-like conditions. “The rain probably kept 30% of our RSVPs away which is probably good because i don’t know how we could have squeezed them in,” he said.

With everyone drying out Sunday there seemed to be even more party-hopping than usual. At the crowded Participant Films party at the Carlton, Focus Features CEO James Schamus was accepting congratulations on his re-upping at the company. I have rarely heard him wax more eloquently about a film than Focus’ recent pickup of The Dallas Buyers Club, the movie where Matthew McConaughey lost about 50 pounds to play an early AIDS victim. It’s not dated yet according to Schamus but is planned  for fall sometime. “It’s just a bloodbath trying to pick the right date in that period but this movie is extraordinary. I just so admire what Matthew has been doing with his career in the last couple of years between Magic Mike, Killer Joe, The Paperboy, Mud and now this. You know me, I don’t rave like this a lot, but he really knocks this one out of the park. It is the performance of a lifetime,”  he says of the actor in a film that is sure to be a main focus of Focus’ awards-season plans. READ MORE »

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Cannes: Weinstein Co. Bringing Tim Burton To Town For ‘Big Eyes’ Brunch

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday May 8, 2013 @ 12:13pm PDTTags: Big Eyes, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, The Weinstein Co, Tim Burton

EXCLUSIVE: A few weeks ago, I reported that The Weinstein Co. would screen footage of its upcoming fall films at a special event in Cannes. Further ramping up the company’s use of the … Read More »

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Tim Burton To Direct ‘Big Eyes’; The Weinstein Company Putting Finishing Brush Strokes On Deal For Painting Saga

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 2, 2013 @ 4:49pm PDTTags: Amy Adams, Big Deals Film, Big Eyes, Christoph Waltz, The Weinstein Company, Tim Burton
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Tim BurtonEXCLUSIVE: Tim Burton will direct Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams in Big Eyes, the film that Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski scripted. At the same time, The Weinstein Company is closing a deal to fund and … Read More »

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OSCARS Q&A: Tim Burton

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday February 17, 2013 @ 1:04pm PSTTags: Awardsline, Frankenweenie, Oscar Best Animated Feature, Oscars, Tim Burton

Anthony D’Alessandro is Managing Editor of AwardsLine

In the final stretch before the Oscar ballot deadline, there’s still hope that voters remain undecided in the animation category. Though Disney has cornered the Oscar slot with three titles, its Frankenweenie, directed by Tim Burton, stands as an island against the epic Brave and the existential crisis comedy of Wreck-It Ralph. The film is an auteur’s youthful dream short, once buried by the studio that has resuscitated it as a 3D stopmotion feature — the first in black and white. This Frankenstein homage about a boy who brings his dead dog back to life is signature Tim Burton. Many will argue Burton is overdue for an Oscar. He was nominated in the animated category for 2005’s Corpse Bride. His 1994 absurdist biopic Ed Wood garnered a supporting actor win for Martin Landau (as Bela Lugosi) and best makeup, while 2007’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street won best art direction and earned noms for Johnny Depp as best actor and for Colleen Atwood’s costumes. Another appealing Burton attribute for Oscar voters is that he remains an iconoclast among big-studio directors working today — he’s a visual artist with a spooky canon that appears alienating with its deep subtext but lures the masses with its fanciful spins on children’s tales such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland. AwardsLine recently spoke to Burton about his career and Frankenweenie’s place in it.

AwardsLine: Why was this the best time to make Frankenweenie as a stopmotion feature. You could have conceivably made it in 1993 instead of Nightmare Before Christmas.
Tim Burton: All these projects take a long time. I remember when I first designed Nightmare, it took about 10 years to get that in place because nobody really wanted to do stopmotion, and in a way, there weren’t a lot of facilities that were doing it. We did the Frankenweenie short many years ago, and I never really planned on it being anything else. Over the years, I just kept kind of thinking about the relationship with my dog, but also other monster movies, the kids and teachers from my school, and even the downtown places in Burbank. A lot more thoughts came into Frankenweenie, Read More »

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OSCARS: Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ Featurette ‘The Puppet Hospital’

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday February 15, 2013 @ 4:21pm PSTTags: Frankenweenie, Tim Burton
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EXCLUSIVE: Tim Burton received his second animated feature nomination for Frankenweenie, perhaps his most personal movie yet. His first nom came for 2005′s Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Both are products of the art of Stop Motion animation, a technique that fell on hard times after CGI took over … Read More »

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Tim Burton Talks Box Office And Oscar Nod

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday October 19, 2012 @ 5:38pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Disney, Frankenweenie, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton
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In the race for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar, Disney is hoping to pull off a rare feat and grab 3 of the 5 nominations: for their summer Pixar hit Brave, the upcoming holiday release Wreck-It Ralph (November … Read More »

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Tim Burton & Helena Bonham Carter To Be Honored As London Film Festival Begins

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday October 10, 2012 @ 3:00am PDTTags: BFI London Film Festival, British Film Institute, Frankenweenie, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton

The 56th BFI London Film Festival, which kicks off tonight in the British capital, is set to honor Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton with the BFI Fellowship. The highest award bestowed by … Read More »

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Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ To Open London Film Festival On Oct. 10

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday August 23, 2012 @ 4:17am PDTTags: BFI London Film Festival, Frankenweenie, Tim Burton

The European premiere of Frankenweenie will officially be held at London’s Leicester Square Odeon cinema. But, in a first-of-its-kind move for the BFI London Film Festival, the premiere screening will be simultaneously transmitted to 30 moviehouses around the UK when … Read More »

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‘Frankenweenie’ IMAX Policy Trailer: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday August 17, 2012 @ 3:29pm PDTTags: Frankenweenie, IMAX, Tim Burton

As part of the run-up to Disney’s October 5 release of Tim Burton‘s stop-motion animated 3D movie Frankenweenie, this “please no phoning, talking or texting during the movie” video has emerged on YouTube:


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Related: ‘Frankenweenie’ To Bow At Fantastic Fest

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Dick Zanuck: A Hollywood Legacy Like No Other – Hammond

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 5:43pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Dick Zanuck, Jaws, Steven Spielberg, The Sound Of Music, Tim Burton
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With Dick Zanuck’s sudden passing today at the age of 77 one of the last direct links of a still-active bigtime Hollywood player to the beginnings of the major studios is also gone. When he was hired in 1962 by his father, the legendary … Read More »

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Tim Burton On Dick Zanuck’s Passing

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 5:33pm PDTTags: Dick Zanuck, Tim Burton

Tim Burton collaborated with Dick Zanuck on six films, most recently on Dark Shadows, which was released by Warner Bros in May. Deadline just received this statement from him.

I’m in shock and heartbroken at the news of Richard Zanuck’s passing. He was like family to me – a mentor, friend and father figure. Richard was a completely unique and amazing individual and there will never be anyone else like him. I’m too sad to speak more about it right now and need some time to mourn.

Related: R.I.P. Dick Zanuck

Others in Hollywood also are weighing in. Read More »

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Comic-Con: Disney Unveils ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’, ‘The Lone Ranger’, And More

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 12, 2012 @ 4:51pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Comic-Con Wrap-Up, Disney, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi, The Lone Ranger, Tim Burton

Luke Y. Thompson is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of Comic-Con.

The Disney panel at Comic-Con offered the first trailers for Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great And Powerful and Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger. Raimi’s Oz impressed … Read More »

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‘Frankenweenie’ To Bow At Fantastic Fest

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday June 29, 2012 @ 9:52am PDTTags: Disney, Fantastic Fest, Frankenweenie, Tim Burton

Disney’s stop-motion animated Tim Burton movie Frankenweenie has been set to world premiere as the opening-night film at Fantastic Fest on September 20, organizers said this morning. The studio opens the movie wide domestically on October 5. The black-and-white 3D pic, written by John August, is about a boy who brings his beloved dog back to life — with just a few minor adjustments. Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell and Winona Ryder are among the voice cast. The genre festival runs through September 27 in Austin. UPDATE: As part of Disney’s promotion of the pic, it has released a cool 360-degree tour video of the set with interactive elements to click into. It’s certainly a different way to tell a behind-the-scenes story. Here it is: Read More »

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Hot New Trailer: ‘Frankenweenie’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday June 27, 2012 @ 6:53pm PDTTags: Disney, Frankenweenie, Tim Burton

Disney has posted the second full trailer for Tim Burton’s feature-length stop-motion animated movie based on his short. Frankenweenie‘s voice cast includes Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara and Martin Landau. It hits theatres October 5th:

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Hot Trailer: ‘Frankenweenie’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 12:14pm PSTTags: Disney, Frankenweenie, Tim Burton

Tim Burton’s short is now a full-length Disney feature the includes the voices of Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara and Martin Landau. It’s set for release October 5.

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Scribe Jane Goldman Scripting ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 2, 2011 @ 1:00pm PSTTags: Dylan Clark, Jane Goldman, Jenno Topping, Matthew Vaughn, Peter Chernin, Ransom Riggs, Tim Burton
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While screenwriter Jane Goldman and director Matthew Vaughn are expected to return for the sequel to X-Men: First Class, Goldman is in talks with 20th Century Fox on another priority project with a major director. She’ll adapt Miss Peregrine’s … Read More »

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Helena Bonham Carter on ‘Dark Shadows’: “It’s Going To Be Impossible To Sell”

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday December 1, 2011 @ 4:59pm PSTTags: Dark Shadows, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton

Talking to MTV after the Britannia Awards, the actress describes her role as Dr. Julia Hoffman: “She’s an alcoholic psychiatrist, so I hadn’t played that before. And she’s got a secret. They all have secrets. It’s all about people who have secrets.” The movie as a whole? “It’s very original … Read More »

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Warner Bros Makes 7-Figure Deal For Seth Grahame-Smith Novel ‘Unholy Night’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 1, 2011 @ 1:37pm PSTTags: David Heyman, David Katzenberg, Greg Silverman, Joe Eszterhas, Mel Gibson, Michael Green, Seth Grahame-Smith, Steven Spielberg, Stuart Hazeldine, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has made a whopping deal to acquire screen rights to Unholy Night, the new novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. Grahame-Smith will write the script, and he and KatzSmith partner David Katzenberg will produce with Heyday Films’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford. I’ve heard that the deal is in the vicinity of $2 million upfront for the rights to the book and for Grahame-Smith to adapt it. The studio got first look at the book, as both KatzSmith and Heyday are based at Warner Bros. That is where Heyman produced the Harry Potter film series and where Grahame-Smith scripted the Tim Burton-directed Dark Shadows. Unholy Night, an action/adventure surrounding the Three Wise Men of the Nativity, will be published in April by Grand Central.

Setting up a film based around the birth of Jesus Christ gives Warner Bros its third high-profile movie based on a seminal religious story. The studio has been discussing the possibility of Steven Spielberg directing Gods And Kings, an epic-sized film about the life of Moses scripted by Michael Green and Stuart Hazeldine. And Warner Bros recently set up a project being scripted by Joe Eszterhas and Mel Gibson (who has first option to direct) about the heroic story of Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee, who teamed with his father and four brothers to lead the Jewish revolt against the Greek-Syrian armies that had conquered Judea in the second century B.C. Maccabee’s triumph and struggle against tyranny and oppression where people gave their lives so that others would be free to worship is celebrated by Jews all over the world through Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. Read More »

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Tim Burton Circles ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 15, 2011 @ 9:08am PSTTags: Chernin Entertainment, Dylan Clark, Fox, Jenno Topping, Johnny Depp, Peter Chernin, Ransom Riggs, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In a match that seems ideal, Tim Burton is in early talks to come aboard Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, the Ransom Riggs novel that 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment acquired last spring. Burton is in talks to develop the book as a potential directing project, and he would be involved in setting a writer to adapt the tale.

It involves Jacob, a 16-year-old whose childhood was filled with stories his grandfather told him about an orphanage for unusual children. Among the residents: a girl who could hold fire in her hands, another whose feet never touched the ground, and twins who communicated without speaking. When his beloved grandfather dies unexpectedly but leaves a message behind for his grandson, the teen heads off to his grandfather’s home on an isolated island off Wales. There he discovers the abandoned remains of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. It is in great disrepair and as Jacob explores its bedrooms and hallways, he can see the children were more than peculiar, they might have been there because they were dangerous. And he can’t shake the feeling they are still lurking around. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark and Jenno Topping are producing. Read More »

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