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Festivals || BY Jen Yamato || 09 20 2012 6:00 PM

FANTASTIC FEST: Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie History And The Beetlejuice Connection

FANTASTIC FEST: Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie History And The Beetlejuice Connection

Sweeping into Austin to present Fantastic Fest’s opening night film Frankenweenie in his signature tinted glasses, director Tim Burton extolled the virtues of one of his most favored art forms: Stop-motion animation. “It’s such a beautiful, rarified medium,” said Burton, who returns to many of his roots — stop motion, black and white film, monster movies, macabre kids tales, and his own 1984 short film of the same name, about a boy who brings his beloved dog back from the grave — in the feature-length October release.
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Newswire || BY Brian Brooks || 07 20 2012 4:00 PM

Beetlejuice 2 Possible Says Tim Burton: Key is Michael Keaton

Beetlejuice 2 Possible Says Tim Burton: Key is Michael Keaton

Any re-hash of Beetlejuice will have to include Michael Keaton, Tim Burton who directed the 1988 original that also starred Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara has said. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter writer Seth Grahame-Smith, who is currently penning a script for the Beetlejuice sequel said in May that he's spoken with both Burton and Keaton about the proposed follow-up.
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