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Tim Burton making Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie???
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:33 pm
by disneyboy20022
http://www.fandango.com/movieblog/tim-b ... 59140.html
Though Tim Burton is hard at work on an adaptation of the funky, creepy 60’s sci-fi series Dark Shadows, which is yet another collaboration with Johnny Depp, the wheels are already in motion for the project after that and The Hollywood Reporter tells us that will be a new version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Burton has teamed up with Josh Brolin on the film, which will be written by Kieran and Michele Mulroney (Sherlock Holmes 2). It’s still extremely early, and because Burton is busy on Dark Shadows he won’t commit to anything until there’s a completed script. But the classic story – which follows a deformed hunchback who falls in love with a beautiful gypsy – seems like the kind of world Burton would like to play in for awhile.
Brolin will produce and star as the deformed hero Quasimodo, who last hit the screen as part of a Disney movie in 1997 (pictured above). One imagines Burton would take the motion-capture route once again with this, though you shouldn’t expect to hear much more for awhile (or at least until a script has been approved).
Burton fans may see this as yet another cop out to existing material instead of the director taking on something new and fresh, but it’s still a cool story that could once again find success through Burton’s imaginative eyes.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:43 pm
by singerguy04
Out of any of the tales that could be re-created by Burton, this one is certainly ab obvious choice for the guy. I just feel like it seem natural for him to do the project. I'd be happy to see it done!
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:58 pm
by Duckburger
It's for Warner Bros., so I guess it needs to be moved to the "Movies, Music and TV" board to avoid confusion.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:03 pm
by Super Aurora
Burton hires Depp ONCE AGAIN!!
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:05 am
by Ripley Eveningstar
How long before Helena Bonham Carter is thrown in the mix as well?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:40 pm
by avonleastories95
I'll wait to see it before I make a judgment!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:53 pm
by Scarred4life
This could go either way. I would love to see a version close to the book, but it being Burton, who knows. But I wonder who Johnny Depp would play? Phoebus? Clopin?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:47 am
by Sky Syndrome
That's fantastic news! I hope Alan Rickman plays Frollo and Johnny Depp plays Clopin.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:06 am
by PatrickvD
I hope they make this.
Because you know, Disney couldn't possibly resist to cash in on this one. I mean, we're talking about the company that released Giant Peach on Blu-ray to cash in on Alice in Wonderland.
Surely we'll see a nice Hunchback blu-ray.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:48 am
by Avaitor
Goddamn, how many projects is Tim Burton signed onto now?
This is like what, his fourth that he's currently attached to, and what, his fourth that Depp is going to be in.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:56 am
by KubrickFan
Avaitor wrote:Goddamn, how many projects is Tim Burton signed onto now?
This is like what, his fourth that he's currently attached to, and what, his fourth that Depp is going to be in.
Guillermo del Toro is even worse
. And since Burton is both doing Dark Shadows, and Frankenweenie, I wouldn't expect this movie soon. If it happens at all, that is.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:27 am
by AwallaceUNC
PatrickvD wrote:I hope they make this.
Because you know, Disney couldn't possibly resist to cash in on this one. I mean, we're talking about the company that released Giant Peach on Blu-ray to cash in on Alice in Wonderland.
Surely we'll see a nice Hunchback blu-ray.
Good thinking!
Not sure why the article assumes so quickly that this would be motion capture, but I like Burton and I like
Hunchback, so I'm excited!
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:42 pm
by Goliath
Burton is overrated. So is Depp. And the combination of the two is most overrated of all. Seriously.
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:37 pm
by Scarred4life
Sky Syndrome wrote:Johnny Depp plays Clopin.
Yes!
Patrickvd wrote:Surely we'll see a nice Hunchback blu-ray.
But seeing as this project is a long way off, we'll have to wait a long time for the blu ray.
Goliath wrote:So is Depp.
No he's not.
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:25 pm
by Super Aurora
Burton was great when he did the batman movies, which funny enough had no Depp(th).
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:08 am
by pinkrenata
Goliath wrote:Burton is overrated. So is Depp. And the combination of the two is most overrated of all. Seriously.
I tend to agree. The guy usually has great ideas but doesn't execute them well. My opinion, of course. (Just in case anyone thought that everything I said was fact and only fact.
)
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:35 am
by Prince Edward
I will watch everything Tim Burton makes, I love his style and I think the guy is a genius^^ And since I love Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter as well, I think it's great that Burton keeps using them (as well as Christopher Lee and all the other actors he have used in several of his films).
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:53 am
by SpringHeelJack
I dunno, while I think Tim Burton's been in a little of a creative rut, I can't really hold anything against the guy who did "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," "Edward Scissorhands," "Ed Wood," "Big Fish," and "Sweeney Todd." Not to mention "Batman Returns" which IMO is still the closest to a definitive version of the comic book character on celluloid. So I'm pretty much okay with him trying whatever the hell he wants to do.
Also, I mean, if I were a director and got along exceptionally well with certain actors, I'd probably cast them over and over in my movies, too. Why not?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:38 pm
by Goliath
pinkrenata wrote:My opinion, of course. (Just in case anyone thought that everything I said was fact and only fact.
)
Well, we already assumed that, since this is an opinion forum.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:04 pm
by disneyboy20022
Goliath wrote:pinkrenata wrote:My opinion, of course. (Just in case anyone thought that everything I said was fact and only fact.
)
Well, we already assumed that, since this is an opinion forum.
Though some people debate that or don't comprehend that as of lately
