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Luis Guzman to play Gomez in Tim Burton’s Addams Family series Wednesday

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Netflix found its Gomez for the upcoming Addams Family spinoff Wednesday, with Variety reporting that veteran actor Luis Guzman is set to follow in the footsteps of the likes of John Astin, Raul Julia, Tim Curry and Oscar Isaac by taking on the patriarch of the kooky Addams clan.The Netflix series has been created by […]

Tim Burton’s live-action Wednesday Addams show gets series order from Netflix

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Tim Burton is making his long-awaited television directorial debut, and he’s doing it by finally tackling the creepy and kooky world of The Addams Family in a new Netflix series. Though, his take on the iconic horror family will focus on just one character, Wednesday Addams!It’s reported the new Netflix series will see Smallville creators […]

Return to the worlds of Batman ’89 and Superman ’78 in new DC digital series

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1978’s Superman: The Movie and 1989’s Batman are historic and groundbreaking films in the superhero genre, helping set the stage for how these larger than life characters and their fight against crime can be portrayed on screen, particularly with the performances of Christopher Reeve as Superman and Michael Keaton as Batman. Now fans can get ready to return to the […]

Tim Burton crafting a brand new Addams Family TV series

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Tim Burton wants to add his signature touch to the iconic legacy of The Addams Family. Deadline has broken the story today that Burton is negotiating to executive produce and possibly direct all episodes of a new instalment in the horror-comedy franchise. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) are tackling the scripts, serving as showrunners, […]

October Horrors 2020 – Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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Sleepy Hollow, 1999.Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien and Christopher Walken.SYNOPSIS:In the year 1799, New York police constable Ichabod Crane is sent to the small village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a spate of grisly decapitations all seemingly committed by the supernatural Headless Horseman.One of […]

October Horrors 2020 – Beetlejuice (1988)

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Beetlejuice, 1988.Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Michael Keaton.SYNOPSIS:After dying in a car accident, Adam and Barbara are horrified by the new obnoxious residents moving into their former home. Eager to rid their house of the new tenants, Adam and Barbara are brought into contact […]

Dwayne Johnson was considered for Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he was once considered by Tim Burton to play Willy Wonka in his adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Willy Wonka is a beloved character, brought to life so memorably by Gene Wilder in 1971s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.Based on the Roald Dahl children’s book, the story was […]

Beetlejuice 4K Ultra HD release coming later this year

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice is scheduled for a 4K Ultra HD release on 31st August 2020 in the UK and 1st September 2020 in the US.SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UKBeetlejuice follows a deceased couple that begins haunting their former home with the help of a devious poltergeist named Betelgeuse (pronounced […]

Six Things You Might Not Know About Tim Burton’s Batman

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Today marks the 31st anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman (or Batman ’89 as it’s known nowadays). It was a movie that changed the landscape of comic book movies, broke the mould that came before it and wrote the blueprint for how to market a summer blockbuster.To celebrate this occasion (and the news that Michael Keaton […]

The Batman director on the challenge of following Nolan and Burton’s great Batman films

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Matt Reeves, the director of The Batman, has praised the Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton Batman films and discussed how it feels to follow after them.Batman has a mixed history when it comes to quality movies but when it works, masterpieces tend to appear. Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and Tim Burton’s two features are […]