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Preview the Tim Burton Docuseries with Johnny Depp, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, & More
Get a look inside the enigmatic mind of Tim Burton with a preview of the upcoming docuseries on the filmmaker below, via Variety.
The four-part series follows Burton’s dream journey into the themes and relationships that shape his work, from the misunderstood monster to the dichotomy of dark vs. light and the magic of collaboration with fellow “outsiders.”
Marking the first time that Burton has supported a project about his career, it includes exclusive interviews, unpublished artworks, and a never-before-seen stop-motion short.
Johnny Depp, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Jenna Ortega, Christoph Waltz, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, and Danny Elfman are among the interview subjects.
Directed by Tara Wood (QT8: The First Eight), the first episode premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival as a sneak peek.
“Following the incredible response to Episode 1 at Tribeca and the fans’ voracious desire for more, I’m thrilled to announce the completion of the long-awaited Tim Burton docuseries!” said Wood.
“Tim tells his life story through his filmography, and the doc takes us on a truly inspiring journey through decades of cinematic history, filled with deep personal insights, passions, and struggles — the challenge is keeping it to four episodes!”
With the full series now complete, WME boarded the project to handle global sales.
Described as “Ted meets ET,” David Mikalson’s raunchy comedy Goblin is being brought to life over at A24, and Will Forte (“The Four Seasons”) is now in talks to star.
Deadline first reported the news this afternoon.
Kenneth Branagh has been cast to voice the titular Goblin in the upcoming A24 movie, with the character said to be “green-colored” as well as “anatomically correct.”
Skyler Gisondo (Superman) is reportedly playing the Goblin’s human best friend.
The mysterious project sounds a bit like films including A Gnome Named Gnorm and more recently, Frankie Freako, though it’s important to note that it’s not billed as a horror movie.
Deadline details, “After [Mikalson] hatched the idea to make an outrageous buddy comedy about a goblin, using a practical puppet and operating outside the Hollywood system, his script quickly got him a rep team. While others might have eyed the raunchy comedy as a writing sample or planned to wait to see the micro-budget version Mikalson has been directing in Kentucky, A24 jumped all over it. The hot indie essentially has agreed to finance a full feature.”
“There was a lot of interest, but A24 came with what Mikalson really wanted, after spending all his money crafting the puppet title character: they acquired the movie and agreed to let him make it with a significantly increased budget than what he had left after creating the anatomically correct title character,” Deadline’s report goes on to explain.
What does the titular Goblin actually look like? Well, a cake that Mikalson had whipped up for his reps might give us our first look at what to expect. Deadline explains the photo you’ll see down below, “Take a look at the cake he commissioned with Marc Gravelle at Cake Art in West Hollywood, to present to his reps as thanks for making his dream come true.”
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