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Tim Burton comes to the Third Dimension with ALICE IN WONDERLAND and a FRANKENWEENIE to wag in your face!!!

cool by shmu65	Nov 16th, 2007 02:24:23 AM
i guess
third by bunkyboo	Nov 16th, 2007 02:25:56 AM

second! by HordePrime	Nov 16th, 2007 02:26:00 AM
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Let's see how Sweeney Todd turns out first shall we? by IndustryKiller!	Nov 16th, 2007 02:26:40 AM
Burton has been consistently disappointing for a while now. Sweeney Todd looks like it could very much be the return to form that we all want it to be, but if it isn't then it's a sign of a larger problem. I'm not getting excited about anything on paper until I get tangible evidence to be excited.
fifth! by bunkyboo	Nov 16th, 2007 02:27:26 AM

Elfman!!! by Musicballs	Nov 16th, 2007 02:31:31 AM
Eat it Elfman-haters!
IndustryKiller by HEADGEEK	Nov 16th, 2007 02:31:49 AM
that's fair.. I guess since I've seen and loved SWEENEY TODD - I've got the right to be insanely excited.
Not excited by albermarle	Nov 16th, 2007 02:32:30 AM
I'd love them both to be awesome, but Tim Burton has been too bad for too long. Also, am I the only one who thinks Sweeney Todd looks a bit crap?
Awesome about Frankenweenie... by Redfive!	Nov 16th, 2007 02:43:25 AM
Im glad its not a remake and something different,i love the 80s short with barrot oliver,shelly duval and sophia coppola.
He should make "Alice" instead by Mike_D	Nov 16th, 2007 02:44:16 AM
much darker and to his taste.
Shouldn't he be making American McGee's Alice for Universal? by UMAGA	Nov 16th, 2007 02:44:29 AM
Fitting.
I wounder if Ramon will return.... by Redfive!	Nov 16th, 2007 02:44:49 AM
In Frankenweenie,i always liked that dog.
Lysa Thatcher would have made a good Alice... by Riley Martin	Nov 16th, 2007 03:02:03 AM
I wonder what she looks like now?
Awesome, 'Alice' is perfect source material for Burton by KillaKane	Nov 16th, 2007 03:14:34 AM
Spielberg better watch out!
So we have like 4 Alice movies coming out in the next 16 months by Mixiboi	Nov 16th, 2007 03:18:16 AM
Alice In Wonderland staring Dakota Fanning, Marilyn Manson's Alice staring Evan Rachel Wood, and American McGee's Alice staring: Sarah Michelle Geller. It will really have to fight the mindspace when the trailers start coming for these movies.
Cheshire Cat... by Darth Kong	Nov 16th, 2007 03:35:38 AM
..Paul Giammatti?
Plus don't forget the sci-fi channel's upcoming Tin Man too... by Sledge Hammer	Nov 16th, 2007 03:35:38 AM
...or forget it, whatever. Seriously though, that's a whole lotta Alice going on.
Wow, my brain doesn't work... by Sledge Hammer	Nov 16th, 2007 03:39:03 AM
...mixing up Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz like that. That's what I get for posting after working two twelve hour shifts back to back. Then again maybe I'm just brainless. Hmm, maybe I should be the next Scarecrow...
Burton should do original stuff more often by kwisatzhaderach	Nov 16th, 2007 04:37:09 AM
His best films are Beetlejuice, Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands and, to an extent, Nightmare Before Christmas. Quit with all this Batman, Willy Wonka, Planet of the Apes crap. Stop playing in other people's playgrounds and trust your own one more often!
Don't do it Tim, don't go performance capture by filmcoyote	Nov 16th, 2007 04:41:51 AM
Am I seriously the only one who thinks performance capture largely sucks? It's fine (and i hpoe this is Burton's intention) when it's a small, realistically used effect in a live action setting - like Gollum or Kong - but these movies like Polar Express and Beowulf are horrible to look at with there dead-eyed emotionless botoxed-looking faces and jerky unrealistic movement. Burton going the Zemeckis route would be hideous. However if, as i suspect of him, he'll be using it in Gollum way - maybe to render the rabbit or cheshire cat - only, that'll be okay. Oh, and Beowulf sucks, don't waste your money on this film: laughable dialogue, ugly animation, one good sequence after 90 minutes of eye-rolling crap. Don't say i didn't warn you.
Billy D Williams should be in this... by PurityOfEssence	Nov 16th, 2007 04:54:21 AM
He could be Alice.
Spooks Apprentice? by skeletonjack	Nov 16th, 2007 05:04:38 AM
Great news, but does this mean he's off The Spooks Apprentice? I was looking forward to that one!
Give Keaton a role. by TattooedBillionaire	Nov 16th, 2007 05:18:59 AM
I don't care who he plays. Just get him in the Alice movie.
Forgot you saw that Harry by IndustryKiller!	Nov 16th, 2007 05:21:47 AM
Damn you. I've been trying to temper my expectations but I gotta say i get a chill down my spine every time I see the trailer. I will be the first to welcome Burton back with open arms and to get stoked about a rejuvenated Burton taking on Alice in Wonderland.
Tim Burton Gotta Eat by Rei-Ginsei	Nov 16th, 2007 05:48:09 AM
It's still early in the morning - that's all I got
I want to see American Mgee's Alice by I Dunno	Nov 16th, 2007 06:15:03 AM
Just not with Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Let me guess, John Depp will play Alice? by JackPumpkinhead	Nov 16th, 2007 06:37:09 AM
Seriously, though, it's obvious Burton will stick him in there. Maybe in a cameo (which will get him top billing on the posters), but he'll be there. Usually I'm the first to defend Burton, but this "Deppth" of his is getting annoying.
Frankenweenie wags it in your fucking face! by Pound Sand	Nov 16th, 2007 06:39:54 AM
And he barks and he fucking barks. In a way, I miss this stuff being shouted all over the tb's.
Giamatti as the chesire cat? by The_Boo	Nov 16th, 2007 07:09:24 AM
Noooo, more like the caterpillar. Danny Elfman as the Chesire Cat!!!!
Oooooooh by The_Boo	Nov 16th, 2007 07:11:21 AM
Or maybe Glenn Shadix as the caterpillar.
I've Seen Frankenweenie.. And the other Burton Movies by The Chosen	Nov 16th, 2007 07:22:44 AM
AND I'M STILL EXCITED. OVER THE TOP EXCITED. I don't think he's been a letdown. "Charlie..." was not the greatest movie, but it had it's moments. And one of the noly three movies in the history of movies that leads me to tears is Big Fish. THIS IS STRONDOUS GOOD NEWS. And to think that the strike won't get in the way... AWESOME! Looking forward, besides a Depp Mad Hatter, for, of course, a Danny Elfman Alice Theme!
Cheshire Cat should be... by Prof. Brainiac	Nov 16th, 2007 07:24:18 AM
Tim Curry. That is all.
Here's betting... by woxel1	Nov 16th, 2007 07:33:19 AM
every character will be played by a celebrity. An another opportunity for the definitive Alice movie slips by...
Martin Short for the Mad Hatter! by Nice Marmot	Nov 16th, 2007 07:43:28 AM
I always suggested this casting for a Batman film, but luckily they'll never do a Batman film w/ the Mad Hatter. I gotta think about the Queen of Hearts now . . .
Martin Short has apready played the Mad Hater. by Engelhast	Nov 16th, 2007 07:48:12 AM
The 1999 TV version. He was good but I don't care to see him do it again.
Mad Hatter by Subculture	Nov 16th, 2007 08:20:00 AM
Johnny Depp will probably be the Mad Hatter, although I think Steve Buscemi should be the Mad Hatter. Afterall, he burns his penis with red hot cigar butts.
Please put Sofia Coppola in it! by Bodenland Unbound	Nov 16th, 2007 08:21:13 AM
It would be great hearing again "Domino" in "Frankenweenie".
Writers strike is just what the industry needs by Constidine4Rorshach	Nov 16th, 2007 08:31:38 AM
lets all take a deep breath and look at the situation
god I hate Tim Burton by spidercoz	Nov 16th, 2007 08:44:38 AM
the last movie of his I actually enjoyed was Mars Attacks. pretentious, gother-than-thou, wannabe art fag rubbish
Mo Cap by Omar B	Nov 16th, 2007 08:53:00 AM
I was excited about Burton doing Alice In Wonderland till I got to the sentence that said it would be mo-cap. Burton's movies are so rich in set-design, lighting and all that. I would so rather see real actors on a real set.
Flashbacks by Calimist	Nov 16th, 2007 08:54:47 AM
Alice in wonderland, tim burton perfect combo...I just hope I dont get major flashbacks watching this one.
MoCap is perfect for Burton! by moondoggy2u	Nov 16th, 2007 09:03:12 AM
Considering how lifeless and dull his movies have been lately, the doll-eyed look of the main players should fit Burton like a new suit.
cast PAUL REUBENS... by the beef	Nov 16th, 2007 09:16:12 AM
cast PAUL REUbens... cast PAUL reubens... cast PAul reubens... cast paul reubens.....cast pauuu...
Man, Is He Ever Going To Fuck Up Wonderland by georges garvaren	Nov 16th, 2007 09:18:43 AM
Burton is a punk; a punk I don't like nor trust with this material. Wonderland has been done properly twice already, so why another go (besides the obvious: Disney is the Devil and Burton ran out of ideas when Mars Attack didn't produce the numbers he wished)? I'm actually a little angry about this, which is sad.
PLEASE! No ham-fisted "message"... by Admonisher	Nov 16th, 2007 09:30:08 AM
They KILLED the 1999 TV version by transforming it into a "self-improvement" fable, where every character/scenario Alice encountered taught her a charming lesson about confidence and "believing in herself", thus giving her the self-esteem to perform at a music recital. This is EXACTLY the sort of storytelling Lewis Carroll was gleefully lampooning with the "Alice" books -- where the morality-teaching, lesson-based logic of Victorian children's tales was turned on its head (and spun around dizzily for good measure)! It is essential that any "Alice" adaptation capture this crucial element of the books' tone. (The Disney version, for example, may have played fast and loose with Carroll's text, but it captured the topsy-turvy, nonsensical spirit of the books marvellously.) Missing that -- turning Alice into conventional lesson-based children's entertainment -- is as big a mistake as doing "Wind in the Willows" as a primarily slapstick comedy (it's been done), or making Dr. Watson the bumbling comic relief in a Sherlock Holmes story (also done, thank you Nigel Bruce). Burton has a fantastic opportunity to make something wonderful here, if he can only avoid this pitfall. And while I love many of Burton's films, his shoehorning of the Christopher Lee/Wonka's Father subplot into "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" does not give me confidence on this score.
as long as tweedle dee raps.... by LORDRANDO	Nov 16th, 2007 10:19:10 AM
Because i couldnt get enough of oompa loompas rapping and goofing the beatles....boy was that great!!! I dont trust this at all....Burton becomes increasingly soft with each big studio project....
Awesome by Spango	Nov 16th, 2007 10:22:18 AM
I have liked everything of Burton's in recent years. These projects sound great. I am one of the few that loves Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
bonham carter by wilsonfisk89	Nov 16th, 2007 10:38:45 AM
please give it a rest
wish he would take on original projects... by hegele	Nov 16th, 2007 10:49:10 AM
seems like everything he's been doing since Ed Wood has been re imaginations or remakes of fables, films and plays.
Disney doing some things right lately by jimmy_009	Nov 16th, 2007 11:34:41 AM
Awesome news.
He's the next Martin ScorCESE... by tonagan	Nov 16th, 2007 11:37:13 AM
I just dated myself again.
Speaking of Frankenstein... by idahomer	Nov 16th, 2007 12:08:03 PM
Harry, just came across this... "I don’t know what I fear more – the inevitable Frankenstein Jr. live-action movie, or the Aint-it-Cool-News Harry Knowles essay about how cool he thought FJ was when he was four years old, trussed in a flour sack, and watching Saturday morning cartoons." http://tinyurl.com/2zu3jh
Cheshire Cat by ShadowHamlet	Nov 16th, 2007 12:10:54 PM
I would go for a motion capture Christopher Walken. But I love Walken, I wish he had played Han Solo, but there is still time for him to play Jesus. Sweet...
Cheshire cat should be... by VALENTINEproductions	Nov 16th, 2007 12:23:13 PM
JACK NICHOLSON! Johnny depp as the mad hatter. Michael keaton as the white rabbit. Christopher walken as caterpiller
This is going to RULE! by Series7	Nov 16th, 2007 12:46:15 PM
I can't wait for my favorite store Hot Topic to get all these new awesome Tim Burton paraphernalia!! YEAH then I am gonna go listen to Korn and Poophole! Sorry, but stupid faggy goth kids ruin Burton for me. And since I am such a non conformist I am going to continue watching Nightmare before Christmas during Christmas time every year like it should be, its not a Halloween movie fuck you all. Because if its Halloween it must be Saw!
OHH and we all know by Series7	Nov 16th, 2007 01:03:07 PM
John D will be the Mad Hatter. After seeing pirates, i never thought an actor could get typecasted into acting like that? And probably Dakota Fanny will be Alice, or Zooey Dachshund which I think would work pretty swell.
Caterpillar: by Summertime_Killer	Nov 16th, 2007 03:20:32 PM
I think either Paul Reubens or Jack Nicholson. Both Burton regulars, and both haven't appeared in a Burton movie in almost a decade. I think either will be good. And Depp as the Mad Hatter would be brilliant. Although he won't have to strech from his Willy Wonka, just a little less deadpan.
You know what would be cooler than a motion capped Johnny Depp? by darthferris	Nov 16th, 2007 04:49:04 PM
How about just Johnny Depp? Jesus, people. Pull your collective heads out of your...well, you know.
He'll never top Ed Wood. by El Scorcho	Nov 16th, 2007 06:06:45 PM
Sorry.
casting 'eh? by theonecalledshoe	Nov 16th, 2007 06:18:31 PM
deep most definitely as the hatter. paul reubens as the worm paul giametti (ms. sorry) as the cat. if harry knowles isn't available. I wonder who will play Alice?
No Americans PLEASE..! It's quintessentially English. by workshed	Nov 16th, 2007 06:47:49 PM
How about Miriam Margoyles as Queen of Hearts..? Steve Coogan (anything), Paul WHitehouse... Harry Enfield as the Mad Hatter..? Just, please, no Americans in the cast. It will kill it.
A Burton version of Alice actually sounds good by Zorak5	Nov 16th, 2007 07:44:42 PM
Alice in Wonderland has been retold on screen so many times, in both animation and live action, that a new, possibly darker, Burtonesque version actually sounds like a really good idea. I love the story. If Burton can bring his style to it, and bring some good actors along with him, then great. You know what else I'd like to see? A Burton version of Wizard of Oz. Helena Bonham Carter as the Wicked Witch of the West. Johnny Depp as the Scarecrow. Christopher Walken as the Wizard. XD
Style? Good Actors? What Else Does Burton Have? by georges garvaren	Nov 16th, 2007 09:25:12 PM
Really? I'm asking. Because I don’t know anymore. Post ‘Mars Attacks’ I see an unfortunate change in Burton’s artistic credibility. Some people don’t care about that nonsense (namely Burton, Disney and Infants) but others do (least credible: Myself) and over the last ten years some of us have been getting the feeling that watching his films is a lot like standing in a barn, observing one mighty fine cash-cow. I think Burton has become a strapped-for-creativity old man who’s fabulous crew make it appear that his exhausted imagination is still able to produce and command an audience. Hey, I hope it’s great (it’s not as though it is an impossibility) but the likely is that Mr. Deep & Company will be unable to restrain and focus an over-loaded laundry machine set to the ego-wash cycle. Hey, then again, it’s only Disney’s money he’s pissing on and there’s nothing wrong with screwing The Satan Almighty: Bringer of Annoying Damnation once and a while.
Bud Townsend's 1976 version is the best... by rsswope	Nov 16th, 2007 09:36:14 PM
Kristine DeBell was a Godess...
Roger Allam and Timothy Spall by purdy	Nov 17th, 2007 12:43:35 AM
I could see both actors having good roles in this film.
Oh god by metaluna	Nov 17th, 2007 06:48:09 AM
Does this mean another movie where they do obvious shots of pointy spears coming out at the audience and shit like that? Can someone please explain why we need this?
Someone stop this before he ruins it. by ragingfluff	Nov 17th, 2007 11:08:34 AM
Tim Burton is an over the hill, over-rated hack who has been given way too much freedom in recent years. "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands" were both genius (helped enormously by d.p. Barry Sonnenfeld). "Mars Attacks" was hilarious, but I think it was Burton who was laughing the hardest. But that ape thing and that chocolate factory debacle were awful. Keep him away from "Alice in Wonderland" or "Alice Through the Looking Glass". Let a director with real vision (Gilliam) have a go at it: at least he'll respect the source. Failing that, I'd rather let a journeyman like Peter Hyams have a crack at this. Anybody but Burton. The guy gets to sleep with Helena Bonham Carter; that should be enough wish-fulfillment for one man.
Cheshire Cat by TiPPiDa	Nov 17th, 2007 09:09:19 PM
= Sacha Baron Cohen. Thank you for your time. Agree with Depp as the hatter, and Bonham Carter as Queenie (actually, is Miranda Richardson hella old yet?.. she IS and will ALWAYS be queenie).
Kathy Bates as the Queen of Hearts! by Musicballs	Nov 18th, 2007 01:31:21 AM

Alexis Bledel = Alice by DarthBakpao	Nov 18th, 2007 04:23:38 AM
make it happens
Workshed, don't worry about the cast! by Bodenland Unbound	Nov 18th, 2007 05:31:29 AM
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" also was "quintessentially" English. Don't worry about the cast; English or not, it will be great. Burton knows how to do it well. He won't kill it, that's for sure!
Tim Burton is AWESOME by Sweet420	Apr 28th, 2008 07:52:33 AM
Tim always has been and always will be AWESOME. I can't wait to see what he does with Alice In Wonderland!!! I only wish I could find out if, when and where they are having auditions for Alice. I have searched and searched to no avail. Johnny Depp would be great as the mad hatter or any other character for that matter. He always does an awesome job. That's a pretty cool thought about Helena being the queen too. I could totally see that. :D
No, like Brett Ratner AWESOME by just pillow talk	Apr 28th, 2008 09:44:17 AM
or Queefer Bukkake awesomeness.

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