Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
eatlasagna
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#1Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:21pm
oh this should be interesting!
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/16118/tim-burton-tells-maleficent-tale
#2Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:29pmJeez, I wonder who's gonna play Maleficent? Duh.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#3Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:34pmMaleficent is evil, not stupid...
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#4Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:35pm
100 Bucks says this project was catered for Helena Bonham Carter.(although Lisa Marie would be perfect for the role)
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Updated On: 1/19/10 at 02:35 PM
#5Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:36pm
No, Johnny Depp of course!
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#6Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:44pmYes, SLEEPING BEAUTY is flawed but it is still Disney's most impressive and gorgeous film to date and, obviously, my favorite. Maleficent is also my all-time favorite Disney character so this is exceptionally exciting for me. I'm glad Burton is on board with this but I pray he doesn't try to humanize her like that other green witch was. Maleficent is pure evil from top to bottom and if done that way, this could be amazing.
#7Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:49pm
I'm 100% with you on this, Jordan.
SLEEPING BEAUTY: Best Disney Villain & Best Disney Animation.
Can't wait!
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#8Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 2:49pmNeat-o. Are we thinking Helena will be filling this role?
With Irma you gotta do something!
#9Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:45pm
I am surprised at my own reaction to this....what with Mel being in the top 2 most bad ass Disney villains and my love for MOST things by Burton...But I am kind of afraid of them tarnishing her reputation as the most evil of evils. If they give her any kind of a heart...I think mine might shatter.
Updated On: 1/19/10 at 04:45 PM
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:51pmEw. From SWEENEY TODD to retreading Maleficent? Burton's running for cover. One never knows, I guess, but this really just doesn't seem worth the trouble.
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#11Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:53pmI don't think you could giver her heart, but perhaps we could understand her motives better.
With Irma you gotta do something!
#12Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:53pm
I'm still waiting for the Jerry Bruckheimer/Walt Disney Production of Michael Bay's "CHERNABOG" starring Jack Black. Hey, don't laugh. IT COULD HAPPEN! Don't believe me? Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZllR44gdA
I would love to hear Tim Burton do a new Pee Wee Herman movie.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 1/19/10 at 04:53 PM
#13Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:57pm
BraodwayBenny, then be ready to glue the pieces back together 'cause:
"Much like the musical 'Wicked' which retold L. Frank Baum's classic story from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West, Burton's film will apparently tell 'Beauty' from Maleficent's point of view."
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#14Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:58pmHer motives don't matter. The minute she has a real motive it humanizes her and makes her infinitely less evil. The same thing happened with Rob Zombie's Halloween. Giving Michael Meyers a past and making him a real person took all the horror away from him.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#15Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 4:59pm
What, no "THEY RIPPED OFF WICKED!!!!" cries from the pee-nut gallery?
And I think Tilda Swinton should play Malficent.
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#16Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 5:01pm
Borstal, Tilda would be my first choice as well.
And the WICKED kids have never seen SLEEPING BEAUTY. The first Disney they ever saw was The Emperor's New Groove. Anything before that is too old fashioned for them.
#17Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 5:05pm
Well if Burton REALLY wants to surprise us, Carter and Depp won't show up anywhere in this project.
I doubt that though.
::bust a move::
#18Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 5:05pmI'd like to see Depp as Flora, Fauna & Merryweather.
#19Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 7:38pmI'm just trying to figure out how much story they could eke out of this. She was a fairy, spurned, turns jealous, lets herself stew for 16 years....with Wizard of Oz we knew NOTHING of the witch pre-Dorothy, so there was a lot of room for imagining a past. I just don't see it here unless the story just has nothing to do with Sleeping Beauty.
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#20Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 7:56pm
It kinda reminds me of the book Fairest of All
Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
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#21Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 8:02pmTwo words: Glenn Close.
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#22Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 8:03pmOooh! I can see that!
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#23Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 8:12pmMy God, there are SO many actresses that could do this brilliantly. At the top of my list would be Mrs. Blanchett.
#24Tim Burton doing movie on Maleficent
Posted: 1/19/10 at 9:46pm
Tilda or Cate would make me run to the theatre.
Susan Sarandon or will that be too close to her Enchanted character?
If not HBC, other past actresses he worked with I could see are Michelle Pfeiffer or even Anne Hathaway if Alice turns out well. I would love to see Anne as a villain.
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