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DC confirms Superman ’78 and Batman ’89 exist in same universe

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Did you know Tim Burton’s Batman and Richard Donner’s Superman took place on the same DC Earth? Well, now we have confirmation from DC Comics themselves. In Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1 by DC Comics, there was a brief blurb that put Michael Keaton’s Batman and Christopher Reeve’s Superman on Earth-789, meaning these two icons exist […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Big Fish (2003)

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Big Fish, 2003. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito. SYNOPSIS: Tim Burton’s underrated Big Fish arrives in 4K with a remastered picture that’s a marginal step up over the 2012 Blu-ray. However, it makes big […]

Netflix’s Wednesday tops Stranger Things with new viewership record

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From TikTok to Twitter, you can’t escape the madness of Wednesday. The Netflix series is becoming a phenomenon for the streamer, and the viewership numbers are backing it up. Wednesday debuted with an out-of-this-world 341.2 million hours viewed in its first week, coming in at #1 on the global Netflix Top 10 for that week. […]

Disney reportedly fails to reach a deal with Will Smith for Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo

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Last month it was reported that Tom Hanks (Sully) and Will Smith (Suicide Squad) had entered talks with Disney about portraying the human leads in the studio’s live-action Dumbo remake from director Tim Burton. Well, according to Star Magazine, Disney has failed to reach a deal with Smith, who has now dropped out of negotiations […]

Eva Green and Asa Butterfield featured in first clip from Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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Yesterday we brought you two TV spots for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [watch them here], and now the first clip has arrived online from Tim Burton’s upcoming fantasy adventure which sees Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) takes Jake (Asa Butterfield) on a tour of the gardens; take a look below after the official synopsis… From visionary director […]

UPDATE: Tim Burton confirms that Beetlejuice 2 has been given the go ahead by Warner Bros.

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UPDATE: We’ve been contacted by Tim Burton’s reps, who deny that the filmmaker provided any comments to Showbiz spy. So, it looks like this one is false, I’m afraid… Back in 2013, it was reported that Tim Burton was in talks for the long-rumoured sequel to his 1988 fantasy comedy Beetlejuice, and while we’ve heard […]

The Ultimate Batman Film

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On Batman Day, Tom Jolliffe delves back through the Caped Crusader’s films and TV so far to pick the best of the best in the ultimate Batman film… Lets say you’re putting together a Batman film, and you’ve got to piece together a cast and crew of the best from the film and TV incarnations […]

Henry Selick wants you to know that Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is actually his film

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When The Nightmare Before Christmas dropped in 1993, the film found itself marketed as a Tim Burton project, despite the fact that filmmaker Henry Selick was the one who ultimately directed the stop motion animated favourite. Now, almost three decades on, Selick wants to clear up any misconceptions about The Nightmare Before Christmas, with the […]

Wednesday featurette sees Tim Burton put his spin on The Addams Family

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Netflix has released a new featurette for the eagerly-anticipated Addams Family spinoff, Wednesday which sees Tim Burton, showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and stars Jenna Ortega and Catherine Zeta-Jones, along with other members of the crew discussing the creative genius that director/producer Burton brings to the series; watch it below… The series is a […]

Wednesday vs Thing in first clip from Netflix’s live-action Addams Family spinoff

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During today’s Netflix’s TUDUM global fan event, Jenna Ortega was on hand to introduce the first clip from the upcoming The Addams Family spinoff Wednesday, which pits Ortega’s Wednesday Addams against Thing! Watch it below… The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts […]