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First look at Dumbo from Tim Burton’s live-action movie

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During the Walt Disney Pictures presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the Mouse House has delivered a first glimpse of the titular elephant from Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the animated classic Dumbo. Check it out here… FIRST LOOK at Dumbo! #Disney #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/x4QKsgWz3z — Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) April 24, 2018Disney’s new live-action feature film […]

Tim Burton casts Game of Thrones’ DeObia Oparei in Dumbo

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Tim Burton has made a new addition to the cast of his live action adaptation of Disney’s Dumbo with Deadline reporting that Game of Thrones actor DeObia Oparei, who portrayed the Dornish bodyguard Areo Hotah, has signed on to portray ringmaster Rongo in the film. Oparei joins Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice), Danny DeVito (Batman Returns), Eva […]

Production underway on Tim Burton’s Dumbo, synopsis and cast revealed

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As part of its live-action movie presentation at the D23 Expo today, Disney officially announced the start of production on Dumbo, director Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the classic 1941 animated film.Set to feature in the cast are Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice), Danny DeVito (Batman Returns), Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home for […]

Eva Green in talks to reunite with Tim Burton on Disney’s Dumbo

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Deadline is reporting that Eva Green is in talks to join the cast of Disney’s live-action Dumbo movie, which would reunite her with Dark Shadows and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children director Tim Burton.According to the site, Green is being eyed for one of the three main adult roles in the film. As yet, […]

Batman at the Movies – The Films That Never Were

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Tony Black on the Batman films that never were… One of the most lucrative and successful movie franchises in cinematic history, Batman prefigured the current superhero franchise craze and set the standard after Tim Burton’s 1989 picture established a succession of films which changed the long-held perception of Batman on screen as a camp throwback […]

Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was originally very different

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The original vision for Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was much different in plot and tone to the final film.After the success of Burton’s first Batman film where Michael Keaton’s Caped Crusader did battle with Jack Nicholson’s Joker, Burton was tempted into returning for a sequel.And, as explained in the video below, the 1992 film was […]

John Lithgow regrets turning down The Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman

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Along with Robin Williams, Tim Curry, David Bowie and Brad Dourif, notable character actor John Lithgow was in the running to play The Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, which of course went to Jack Nicholson.Speaking to Vulture, Lithgow has admitted that he regrets passing on the role. “My worst audition was for Tim Burton for Batman, […]

Movie Review – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, 2016. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Following a family tragedy, lonely teenager Jake decides to travel to Wales in order to search for answers that his grandfather has told […]

Kevin Smith would like to see Superman Lives as an animated movie

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In the mid-90s, Warner Bros. and Batman producer Jon Peters enlisted Tim Burton for a reboot of the Superman franchise, hoping Burton could do for the Man of Steel what he did for the Dark Knight back in 1989.After several years in development, the studio opted to pull the plug on what ultimately became one […]