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BD Horror News - Tim Burton On Potential Return To 'Beetlejuice'

I dunno about Dark Shadows...it could flop. And Beetlejuice 2 might just be the remedy that Burton might need. He hasn't made a crowd pleaser in...forever.

Last fall it was announced that Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg were attached to develop a new Beetlejuice. MTV caught up with original director Tim Burton who reveals that he's actually considering returning to the so-to-be franchise that starred Michael Keaton as the title character.

"Yes," Burton boldly stated when asked if he'd consider doing another Beetlejuice. "I love that character, and Michael [Keaton] is so great in it. I always think about how great and fun that character was, so I just said to ["Vampire Hunter" writer] Seth [Grahame-Smith], "If you have some idea about it, go for it, and then I'll look at it freshly." In the past, I tried some things, but that was way back when. He seemed really excited about it." In speaking of running his ideas by Burton, he explained, "No. I told him to try some stuff, but he hasn't come back to me yet. Michael was so great in it. I'm sure he'd strangely tap right back into it."

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

BD Horror News - Tim Burton On Potential Return To 'Beetlejuice'

I dunno about Dark Shadows...it could flop. And Beetlejuice 2 might just be the remedy that Burton might need. He hasn't made a crowd pleaser in...forever.

I want to see Frankenweenie ... only for the fact that my pooch is one of those breed of dog.

(would love to add a pic of him as Frankenweenie but I am so computer illiterate I don't know how!)

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds to Star in BIG EYES

Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski first pitched the biopic Big Eyes to their Ed Wood director Tim Burton in August 2010. We haven’t heard much about the project since then, but there was a big development today. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds are now attached to play Margaret and Walter Keane in the indie drama. Walter became famous for paintings featuring saucer-eyed kids, though it was the shy Margaret who really did the work. Margaret eventually tired of the misplaced credit, which led to a divorce and a heated court battle to prove authorship of the paintings.

Alexander and Karaszewski will direct Big Eyes, their fourth biopic script following Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flint, and Man on the Moon. Burton is producing. The trio is also working on a new version of The Addams Family. Filming is scheduled for this spring. Hit the jump for more on the story of the Keanes.



Background pulled from the initial report:




“Walter Keane became a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the country. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. She generated the paintings from their basement and Walter’s contribution was adding his signature to the bottom. The ruse broke up their marriage, and when she tried to make it known that she authored the paintings, they ended up in a court battle after Walter called her crazy. The case culminated in a dramatic courtroom showdown. The judge put up two easels, side by side, and challenged each of them to start painting. He begged off, blaming a shoulder injury, while she dashed off her familiar big-eyed creation.”

Both actors are well cast. Reynolds as the smarmy but likeable husband, Witherspoon as the sympathetic wife.

Wow. That's a nice poster.

$10 says this isn't as good as the original short film.

Dudes, I've never watched the Frankenwiener short!

You can watch it on YouTube. DO IT.