DH: Not too much to say. We started shooting about three weeks ago, so it's damn fun. We have a spectacular crew in London and it's exciting to have Tim direct an animated movie.
BD: Is it going to be in black-and-white?
DH: That's what I hear…Yes, it is.
BD: And the great challenge in adapting the short?
DH: It's still in progress, but the thing that attracted us all to it is that it's a great monster movie, great Frankenstein story that's in our culture, our mythology, and you can't go wrong with that. Like Beauty and the Beast, it's a reinvention and retelling of a tale as old as time, as you know.
I can't wait for this film. The only downside is that the main character, from what I could see on other sites, looks very similar to Victor from Corpse Bride.
Duckburger wrote:I can't wait for this film. The only downside is that the main character, from what I could see on other sites, looks very similar to Victor from Corpse Bride.
Why is that necessarily a downside??
I mean, yes could be more original, but still...
I personally rank Corpse Bride among the greatest animated movies of the last decade mainly due to the great character deisgns.
Now storywise I wonder how they will fill 80 somewhat minutes worth of frankenstein story
When it comes to brains, I got the lion-share,
but when it comes to bruth strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool
From what I heard, a lot of the run time will include subplots involving some of Victor's classmates learning his art of resurrecting the dead and creating monsters, and so many of them ressurect/create their own pets, as well.... Of course, take that with a grain of salt, since I learned it on Wikipedia. But apparently, it's based on character descriptions that came from a casting call.
Very excited for Tim's second stop-motion directed feature. That boy looks a lot like Victor from "Corpse Bride" - and since in the original Frankenweenie, the boys name was Victor - I wonder if it's intended? Will they change the boys name?
Not sure how to get the image into a jpeg or something...perhaps someone else with more knowledge about how to do that sorta of thing than I do could do that...
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The logo looks really neat. Love the color and the stitching.. mmm
I think it's awesome they're planning on a black-and-white film. The concept art looked really cool. I'm digging the vibes I'm getting from first impressions. Looking forward to see more about this.
"Good and bad are labels created by people. Nature doesn't have such concepts."
Sean Bailey again took the stage, and at the mention of Tim Burton cheers erupted from the crowd. The film, described as a "spectacular, stop-motion feature" is Frankenweenie, in 3D and glorious back and white. Frankenweenie, based on the 1984 featurette, follows Burton's other Disney films The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, and Alice in Wonderland. While Burton was not there in person, he did send along a special video greeting, shot in London where Frankenweenie is currently in production.
A trailer, done in the style of an old time "spook film" was shown. Bailey chuckled as the lights came back up, describing the style of the film as "Transylvania meets Burbank." He promised that the film would have new characters and new creatures, many in homage to classic horror films of the past. At least one character glimpsed in the trailer resembled Vincent Price.
To present more details about Frankenweenie, producers Allison Abbate and Don Hahn took the stage. Abbate's past credits include Corpse Bride and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Hahn's production credits for Disney include The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. They first presented a behind-the-scenes look at the London studios of Frankenweenie. Tim Burton could be seen engaged in every aspect of the production. Abbate and Hahn pointed out that the film incorporates many elements he loved from his childhood. The cast was described as all the usual "friends of Tim," except Johnny Depp. Even Martin Landau will be heard in the new Frankenweenie. Also in the cast are Martin Short and Catherine O'Hara. Danny Elfman returns to provide the score.
To represent the puppet cast of Frankenweenie, Hahn proudly unveiled Sparky, an actual figure used in the production of the film. Hahn stated that Sparky was, "four inches tall and made entirely of silicone, kind of like that girl on Jersey Shore."
