When Tim Burton had seemingly given himself a blank check by making a billion-dollar behemoth with Alice in Wonderland, he used it to look back and refurbish the childhood daydream that started it all ...

The stop-motion movie Frankenweenie is an adaptation of the 1984 short film of the same name, which notably led to Tim Burton's dismissal from Disney. Taking general inspiration from Mary Shelley's ...

Yes, it’s another boy-and-his-dog story. Except that in “Frankenweenie” the dog happens to be deceased and the boy is, more or less, a mad scientist. Tim Burton’s 1984 short movie was a lot of fun and ...

The original half-hour version of "Frankenweenie" almost did Tim Burton in. Rather than release it in 1984, the folks at Disney sent Burton packing. He then became one of the most talented filmmakers ...

(AP) London Film Festival organizers say this year’s event will open in October with Tim Burton’s canine monster movie “Frankenweenie.” The animated black-and-white tale of a boy’s attempts to bring ...

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie will open this year's BFI London Film Festival. The stop motion animation sees a young boy (Charlie Tahan) attempting to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life via a ...

Walt Disney Pictures has scheduled in release dates for two of its big blockbusters for 2012. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, based on the director's 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back from the ...

Shelley Duvall was a woman who couldn't help but make everything she did feel far more whimsical and spontaneous than it was on the page. Fittingly for a woman who spearheaded the production of a ...