After the success of Beetlejuice, BeetlejuiceTim Burton fans dream of seeing the American director once again take one of his cult films to make a sequel. But the filmmaker, questioned by the public during the Marrakech international film festival, has already given up on certain projects. He refuses in fact to embark on a new project aroundEdward Scissorhands or from The Nightmare Before Christmasrelays the specialized site IndieWire.
“It is better to leave certain things aside,” said Tim Burton, considering that the two feature films were “unique films” for him. Released in 1990, Edward Scissorhands is one of the director’s biggest box office successes and marks the beginning of the collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
A new project with Johnny Depp?
We thus find the American actor on the poster ofEd Wood, Sleepy Hollow: The Legend of the Headless Horseman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Funeral Wedding, Sweeney Todd: The Diabolique Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland et Dark Shadows.
Even if the character of Edward Scissorhands will not return to the screen, Tim Burton does not rule out a new filming with Johnny Depp. The two men have not crossed paths on the sets since 2012. In disgrace in Hollywood in recent years, the 61-year-old actor could find his favorite director. “I’m sure there will be one [collaboration] “, declared the filmmaker. In the meantime, Tim Burton will direct a remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Womana fantasy film from 1958.
