Tim Burton garnered two Academy Award nominations for his work on 1998's The Nightmare Before Christmas and 2005's Corpse Bride. Now, thanks to his undying persistence, he has returned to stop-motion animation for Disney's Frankenweenie, which is due out on October 5, 2012.
Having originally envisioned the story in the early 1980s, budget constraints forced him to shoot a live action short that was eventually released in 1984. But his vision is now coming to life as he has worked to construct over 200 puppets and sets and put together a cast that includes the likes of Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, and Martin Landau.
Disney has just released a new poster of the upcoming film, which reveals an image of Sparky, the dog that our main character simply refuses to let die.
About Stephen Davis
I owe this hobby/career to the one and only Stephanie Peterman who, while interning at Fox, told me that I had too many opinions and irrelevant information to keep it all bottled up inside. I survived my first rated R film, Alive, at the ripe age of 8, it took me months to grasp the fact that Julia Roberts actually died at the end of Steel Magnolias, and I might be the only person alive who actually enjoyed Sorority Row…for its comedic value of course. While my friends can drink you under the table, I can outwatch you when it comes iconic, yet horrid 80s films like Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills. I have no shame when it comes to what I like, and if you have a problem with that, then we’ll settle it on the racquetball court. I see too many movies to actually win any film trivia contest, so don’t waste your first pick on me. My friends rent movies from my bookcase shelves, and one day I do plan to start charging. I long to live in LA, where my movie obsession will actually help me fit in, but for now I am content with my home in Austin. I prefer indies to blockbusters, Longhorns to Sooners and Halloween to Friday the 13th. I miss the classics, as well as John Ritter, and I hope to one day sit down and interview the amazing Kate Winslet.
