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This is pretty darn cool... What is the next Tim Burton Fairy Tale Twist for Disney?

Hey folks, Harry here with the coolest whisper I've heard in a while. I was chatting to a fella I know tonight, and this person heard that Tim Burton is developing another classic Disney fairy tale in a quasi Live Actiony kinda way. It seems that Tim has a hankering for SLEEPING BEAUTY... but not really... You see, he's going to tell the story from Maleficent's point of view. In fact, it'll be called MALEFICENT.

She was always the most interesting character in that story, but we never knew why she hated those three little fairy wenches... or what indignity she suffered at the hands of Aurora's parents. Yeah, I'm on board... if only it ends with Maleficent with a sword in her heart in dragon form. Cuz that'll rule. Think about how long this plotline was carried out over. She has quite a tale to tell. Let's see where it pops up in Burton's filmography. We're hearing that DARK SHADOWS is stumbling a bit... Let's see what Tim does next, he has some interesting choices before him.

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Hell yes!
by Jaka
Jan 19th, 2010
12:46:11 AM
First
by ndally
Jan 19th, 2010
12:46:31 AM
OH brother
by Phategod2
Jan 19th, 2010
12:47:00 AM
oh let me guess...
by disfigurehead
Jan 19th, 2010
12:47:33 AM
god damn it
by ndally
Jan 19th, 2010
12:49:18 AM
I always liked Sleeping Beauty.
by Spice-Orange
Jan 19th, 2010
12:54:42 AM
Someone who turns into a crazy firebreating dragon,
by iamnicksaicnsn
Jan 19th, 2010
12:55:04 AM
Oh boy more pseudo-surrealist crap
by TisketMaster
Jan 19th, 2010
12:55:15 AM
Maleficent will be played by...
by Captain Papercut
Jan 19th, 2010
12:55:40 AM
Times really must be getting tough...
by vettebro
Jan 19th, 2010
12:58:24 AM
Rumpelstiltskin
by BlackBriar
Jan 19th, 2010
12:59:46 AM
Rememebr when Tim Burton was fantasticaly original.
by JediRob
Jan 19th, 2010
01:04:20 AM
great idea but...
by billyhitchcock1
Jan 19th, 2010
01:06:31 AM
I have a better idea for a movie...
by vettebro
Jan 19th, 2010
01:06:58 AM
Agreed Rob
by Phategod2
Jan 19th, 2010
01:07:21 AM
I meant to say
by Phategod2
Jan 19th, 2010
01:08:03 AM
Casting...
by Heitz
Jan 19th, 2010
01:09:49 AM
Wow. So much hate.
by Jaka
Jan 19th, 2010
01:13:23 AM
Jaka...
by vettebro
Jan 19th, 2010
01:16:11 AM
I'd say Batman Returns was really original
by Tall_Boy66
Jan 19th, 2010
01:16:40 AM
Definitely reeks of a WICKED inspiration...
by BurnHollywood
Jan 19th, 2010
01:16:58 AM
burnhollywood...
by palooka_boy
Jan 19th, 2010
01:19:58 AM
Tim Burton is was and will always be
by landosystem
Jan 19th, 2010
01:19:58 AM
Where's my WICKED movie?
by BenBraddock
Jan 19th, 2010
01:20:53 AM
Burton's movies look like nothing else
by TisketMaster
Jan 19th, 2010
01:22:58 AM
Seconded
by CZ
Jan 19th, 2010
01:23:14 AM
you better do dark shadows next.
by alice133
Jan 19th, 2010
01:30:04 AM
Better to tell Snow White from the Evil Queen's perspective.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jan 19th, 2010
01:31:08 AM
What about Bambi?
by vettebro
Jan 19th, 2010
01:36:20 AM
as long as his wife doesnt play the witch
by StrokerX
Jan 19th, 2010
01:44:17 AM
So Michelle Pfeiffer is going to play Maleficent right??
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jan 19th, 2010
01:48:29 AM
Retell Beauty & The Beast from the perspective
by LisaNeedsBraces
Jan 19th, 2010
02:01:50 AM
Johnny Depp to play Sleeping Beauty?
by LisaNeedsBraces
Jan 19th, 2010
02:02:40 AM
Someone please buy these books for Disney:
by Dingbatty
Jan 19th, 2010
02:15:27 AM
twelve. I don't know why I didn't spell that out.
by Dingbatty
Jan 19th, 2010
02:18:47 AM
Oh,
by Dingbatty
Jan 19th, 2010
02:19:51 AM
That does, indeed, sound
by DanielPlainviewOnVacationInBos ton
Jan 19th, 2010
02:22:37 AM
Tim Burton was original?
by Azlam Orlandu
Jan 19th, 2010
02:27:17 AM
Tim Burton just just do BEETLEJUICE 2.......
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jan 19th, 2010
02:32:40 AM
sounds cool but..
by Gh0ulardi
Jan 19th, 2010
02:33:46 AM
hrrrm. That David Mitchell would work,
by Dingbatty
Jan 19th, 2010
02:34:13 AM
oops. wrong thread.
by Dingbatty
Jan 19th, 2010
02:35:11 AM
Uh, Azlam, "Edward Scissorhands"?
by Tall_Boy66
Jan 19th, 2010
02:37:07 AM
GibsonUSA Returns
by David Cloverfield
Jan 19th, 2010
02:37:14 AM
GibsonUSAReturns
by palimpsest
Jan 19th, 2010
02:46:48 AM
Such an amazing villain in the KH series...
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 19th, 2010
02:52:43 AM
The idignity she suffered?
by wampa_one
Jan 19th, 2010
03:37:19 AM
Spelling error noted: indignity.
by wampa_one
Jan 19th, 2010
03:40:47 AM
DARK FUCKING SHADOWS!!!
by awardgiver
Jan 19th, 2010
03:49:25 AM
That Dorian Gray popup...
by jpdisco
Jan 19th, 2010
04:06:55 AM
Oh, gee...you know what...
by A G
Jan 19th, 2010
04:19:54 AM
Try and close the DORIAN GRAY ad
by A G
Jan 19th, 2010
04:22:41 AM
Yawn
by SlickSchlock
Jan 19th, 2010
04:22:57 AM
Starring Tim Burton's Wife as MALEFICENT!!!
by Mike_D
Jan 19th, 2010
04:29:07 AM
Uh, Tallboy
by white_vader
Jan 19th, 2010
05:56:05 AM
Coincidentally I watched Ed Wood last night.
by white_vader
Jan 19th, 2010
05:57:55 AM
Can't wait for 'Nottingham'!
by Scratchmonkey
Jan 19th, 2010
06:08:18 AM
They've already made Bambi from the hunter's perspective
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Jan 19th, 2010
06:14:15 AM
Huh?
by TheHumanBeingAndFish
Jan 19th, 2010
06:20:05 AM
Wicked movie
by Bloo
Jan 19th, 2010
06:21:58 AM
EDGY!
by Anything But Tangerines
Jan 19th, 2010
06:25:59 AM
Change the cast, already!
by urukhai
Jan 19th, 2010
07:15:50 AM
very cool...bonham carter for maleficent?
by pipergates
Jan 19th, 2010
07:30:47 AM
Harry what do you mean "another classic fairy tale"?
by filmcoyote
Jan 19th, 2010
07:31:49 AM
Maleficient... it's a trick, get an ax
by BendersShinyAss
Jan 19th, 2010
07:33:41 AM
Is it too late?
by peter_dickinson
Jan 19th, 2010
07:38:17 AM
Avatar in China
by filmcoyote
Jan 19th, 2010
07:40:17 AM
the chinese government
by BendersShinyAss
Jan 19th, 2010
07:50:06 AM
It's a fairy tale...
by BizarroJerry
Jan 19th, 2010
07:50:58 AM
Yep, it'll star Bonham Carter.
by Nice Marmot
Jan 19th, 2010
07:53:05 AM
More Tim Burton on autopilot, whee!
by kevred
Jan 19th, 2010
07:54:45 AM
Greed vs politics
by filmcoyote
Jan 19th, 2010
08:06:48 AM
How is this remotely cool?
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
08:31:39 AM
Pretty darn cool, huh?
by Bruce of all Trades
Jan 19th, 2010
08:34:02 AM
In fact, he'll probably cast Depp as the Maleficent
by Bruce of all Trades
Jan 19th, 2010
08:35:45 AM
Gee
by NippleEffect
Jan 19th, 2010
09:00:13 AM
You know whats fucking sad actually
by Series7
Jan 19th, 2010
09:02:01 AM
twist
by cyberskunk
Jan 19th, 2010
09:31:27 AM
Well, I'm glad SOME people are happy, I guess...
by Jubal_Early
Jan 19th, 2010
09:55:29 AM
Tilda Swinton as MALEFICENT.
by boogel
Jan 19th, 2010
09:56:15 AM
Dear Mr. Burton,
by Gungan Slayer
Jan 19th, 2010
10:06:11 AM
Sleepy Beauty was my favorite as a kid
by IAmLegolas
Jan 19th, 2010
10:21:17 AM
stop the MALEFICENT casting guesses
by IAmLegolas
Jan 19th, 2010
10:21:58 AM
MALEFICENT - very cool
by stephenWphillips
Jan 19th, 2010
10:23:48 AM
DENTAL PLAN!
by D.Vader
Jan 19th, 2010
10:33:31 AM
I like it.
by FlickaPoo
Jan 19th, 2010
10:43:26 AM
...he should base the look on the very stylized early...
by FlickaPoo
Jan 19th, 2010
10:46:45 AM
LISA NEEDS BRACES!
by IAmLegolas
Jan 19th, 2010
10:59:25 AM
Booyah IAmLegolas!
by D.Vader
Jan 19th, 2010
11:04:47 AM
no h bonham carter
by darkpassenger
Jan 19th, 2010
11:06:47 AM
Tim Burton...
by grendel69
Jan 19th, 2010
11:07:43 AM
Grendel69
by Mr Gorilla
Jan 19th, 2010
11:30:35 AM
Burton's turning into Jamie Cullum, i.e. a dull cover artist.
by Knuckleduster
Jan 19th, 2010
11:31:55 AM
If Burton's going to use the same ol' cast
by Shut the Fuck up Donny
Jan 19th, 2010
11:31:57 AM
Burton sold out
by We_like_it_VERY_MUCH
Jan 19th, 2010
12:04:54 PM
will there be a children's choir?
by Meadowe
Jan 19th, 2010
12:05:42 PM
Let me guess.
by ricarleite2
Jan 19th, 2010
12:06:10 PM
Universal will produce a Wicked movie at some point.
by Rev. Slappy
Jan 19th, 2010
12:21:00 PM
Disney's version of "Wicked", eh?
by Zardoz
Jan 19th, 2010
12:42:03 PM
Agreed a "Wicked" knock-off
by DonKingKong
Jan 19th, 2010
12:43:18 PM
Crony capitalism
by Shaner Jedi
Jan 19th, 2010
12:44:53 PM
no one cares about Tim Burton as a storyteller...
by cloneomat
Jan 19th, 2010
12:54:04 PM
The great thing about Tim Burton
by admiralmattbar
Jan 19th, 2010
12:55:45 PM
Kate Blanhet could be a nice Maleficent
by pipergates
Jan 19th, 2010
01:21:11 PM
I always forget about Ed Wood, what a great movie.
by JediRob
Jan 19th, 2010
01:24:42 PM
Helena Bonham Carters Massive pubic hair head
by Knobules
Jan 19th, 2010
02:04:10 PM
Oh wow..more pasty faces and twisty trees..yawn
by alienindisguise
Jan 19th, 2010
02:12:28 PM
So Burton has become nothing more than
by Samuel Fulmer
Jan 19th, 2010
03:07:23 PM
how is DARK SHADOWS stumbling
by Brumley451
Jan 19th, 2010
04:07:44 PM
JOHNNY DEPP AS SLEEPING BEAUTY!
by Triple_J_72
Jan 19th, 2010
04:20:19 PM
too much like Wicked?
by MurderMostFowl
Jan 19th, 2010
05:10:08 PM
FamouceEccles... practically nothing is
by MurderMostFowl
Jan 19th, 2010
05:13:04 PM
Tim Burton gotta eat
by BigTexas42
Jan 19th, 2010
05:33:04 PM
yaaaawwwwwnnnnn
by garumphul
Jan 19th, 2010
05:45:56 PM
Burton and Nightmare
by birdy birdman
Jan 19th, 2010
07:05:54 PM
AWESOME!!! Bebe Neuwirth for Maleficent
by Drath
Jan 19th, 2010
07:06:35 PM
Sleeping Beauty may not be Disney, but Maleficent is...
by JediRob
Jan 19th, 2010
07:54:47 PM
No CGI dragon could compete with the 2D dragon
by FeralAngel
Jan 19th, 2010
09:25:14 PM
Young Maleficent is hot.
by Chewtoy
Jan 19th, 2010
11:28:22 PM
BURTON for BATMAN BEYOND
by maxgod
Jan 20th, 2010
01:26:07 AM
"Geek Love"
by greenville29615
Jan 20th, 2010
06:03:00 AM
Maleficent
by solvseus
Jan 20th, 2010
07:13:52 AM
She's my all-time favorite villain
by MattmanReturns
Jan 24th, 2010
11:15:57 PM
NQBzFM
by QcoIQh
Feb 11th, 2010
01:47:48 PM
UwFheE
by QcoIQh
Feb 11th, 2010
01:48:25 PM
pYbdibI
by TmvEqK
Feb 11th, 2010
02:37:07 PM
NmCcUc
by TmvEqK
Feb 11th, 2010
02:38:29 PM
I hope so!
by nysa00
Feb 21st, 2010
02:27:05 PM

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