I am delighted to announce that Tim Burton will be taking the helm for a new adaptation of the beloved fairy tale Alice In Wonderland. We get the glorious news this morning from the damp, dirty caves of yahoo:
Tim Burton has signed a deal with the Walt Disney Co. to direct and produce 3-D movies based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and his own short film “Frankenweenie.”
The “Alice” adaptation, combining live-action and performance-capture technology, will start shooting in early 2008.
When it comes to fairy tale films, I will always be pleased when Tim Burton is in control. I consider him to be one of the most artistic and talented directors alive and always look forward to his work. With the ability to use performance capture for all the wonderland friends, I think the time is right for the story to be brought to the silver screen the way it was meant to be.
Now I want to know who will play Alice. I would gladly accept Scarlet Johansson as an option, but I usually want to see her in everything, including my pants. (Zing!) After investigating wikipedia I have now discovered that Alice is only 7 and a half in the story, which means Scarlet will probably not get the call. Dakota Fanning may be a quality choice, she is 13, but is a very talented actress and would still be believable as far as I am concerned. The movie hangs on the hinge named Alice and leaving that much responsibility to a child actor always has me concerned.
I can say with great conviction that this is fantastic news, and this film is one to watch out for. I am a fan of fantasy land, but tim Burton lives there all the time – in a magic tree.
AnnaSophia Robb for Alice!!!!
AnnaSophia rox!!!
I actually really like Tim Burton’s stuff a lot but I was VERY disappointed with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory….it didn’t feel like a Tim Burton film at all and I didn’t feel the mix of CG and live-action felt right.
Hopefully if he does an Alice in Wonderland type thing I really hope he makes it like his other stuff and makes it dark…
Excellent news! And yes, Kristina, Depp will be the Mad Hatter, HA!
Johnny Depp will be the Mad Hatter. Heard it here first.
And I love Burton’s stuff, so I can’t wait for this.
Well, at least we can expect Johnny Depp as Alice.
I like this news. I have no problems with what Tim Burton has done. Surprising choice for Burton to work on.
Anyways, as I am writing, I bet Campea is cursing in many foreign and fictional languages.
PLEASE TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEXT PODCAST, JOHN! :)
John, Your favorite director is making another movie!! Woo Hoo!!
alice in wonderland has been done soooo many times… i dont really need to see it again. this movie gets adapted all the time because really the whole concept is just one big drug trip and people want to see all the different but yet not so different ways becasue its “cool” to like trippy movies. I LOVE tim burton, but not his adaptations! planet of the apes.. crap! charlie and the chocolate factory… CRAP! now when tim burton makes up his own movies… AWESOME!! when he makes up his own movies there’s no big producers and execs telling him how to be creative.. and with a movie adapt of alice in wonderland..disney? hello? i think this movie has a potential to be weak like charlie was. and again… why do classics need to be remade. EVERYTHING IS BEING REMADE ITS DRIVING ME FUCKING NUTS!!!!
Another vote from me for AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia).
she is, that is.
i fucking hate dakota fanning.
cast the girl from bridge to terabithia.
she much less douchey.
doug – I completely agree with you about Guillermo. That dude is seriously cool and has some major talent.
He’s kinda like a bedtime story-teller, but at the same time a wonderful artist.
Word Doug. Even though it might almost be too similar and lead to the same problem, I would love that choice at this point.
After Pan’s Labrinth I think Guillermo should be considered often as an excellent alt to Burton for fairy tale films. Guillermo is a mastersmith.
I would love to see someone else step up and do one of these kinds of movies. It seems like Tim Burton corners the market and churns out these types of films that all look and feel exactly the same. Its an adaptation I would love to see, but with Burton attached I feel like I already know exactly what it will be and Im like “meh”.
This is quite excellent. I know Mr. Burton was involved with The Wizard of Oz at one point, but with the kinda cruddy-looking ‘Tin Man’ on sci-fi, it’s officially become pretty ‘un-cool’.
Alice In Wonderland, however, remains cool.
The original Frankenweenie is great too, but I’m not sure why they’d need to remake it. It’s a great little story the way it is. You can see it on the deluxe edition of The Nightmare Before Christmas on DVD.
werd!!!! this is awsome news..that man hasnt gone wrong yet. But dakota fanning scares the hell out of me. Im pretty sure shes not human..just a robot child programmed to act like a 40 year old.
One question, is Frankenweenie a movie about a monster-penis that’s made up of other dead penis parts and brought back to life?? Like WTF was Burton thinking when he named it that??? LMAO ROFL