Gene Wilder Called Tim Burton’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ an ‘Insult’
The late Gene Wilder wasn’t a fan of Tim Burton‘s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” calling the Warner Bros. movie “an insult.” “I think it’s an insult,” Wilder said in a 2013 interview with Turner...
View ArticleBrangelina and 11 More Hollywood Pairings That Began on Set (Photos)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are calling it quits 12 years after their relationship began with a meetup that drove Hollywood gossip magazines crazy. The two met while filming the spy romance “Mr. and...
View Article‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Review: Tim Burton Gums Up the...
The very title “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” conjures a delightfully eccentric cross between Edward Gorey and the X-Men, and there was a time when one could expect that director Tim...
View ArticleWill Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’ Lead Box Office Newcomers?
Tim Burton‘s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” will most assuredly win the upcoming weekend at the box office, but that doesn’t mean the movie will be in the clear. Made for $110 million...
View ArticleTim Burton’s Answer for Lack of Casting Diversity Inflames Fans
Tim Burton got himself into some hot water on Thursday after trying to explain to a reporter why there aren’t many white people in his movie adaptation of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,”...
View Article‘Miss Peregrine’s Home’ to Win Weekend Box Office With $26 Million
Tim Burton‘s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is on track to win the weekend at the box office and is now expected to gross $26 million. Made for $110 million (not counting marketing...
View ArticleTim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home’ Hits Box Office Bullseye With $28.5 Million
Tim Burton‘s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” easily won the weekend box office, grossing $28.5 million from 3,522 theaters. Made for $110 million (not counting marketing costs), the 20th...
View Article‘Dancing With the Stars’ Serves Up Halloween Horrors and Sweet Treats (Video)
(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Monday’s “Dancing With the Stars”) “Dancing With the Stars” always delivers spectacular costumes, but the contestants pulled out all the...
View ArticleInside Disney’s Reboot Fever: 14 Animated Classics Set for Live-Action Treatment
Cogsworth the clock, an uppity little guy in the 1991 Walt Disney animated classic “Beauty and the Beast,” tells a joke during a tour of the Beast’s opulent and abandoned castle: “If it’s not Baroque,...
View ArticleWhat Hollywood Can Learn From New Crop of Foreign Language Movies (Guest Blog)
Billy Wilder, who knew a few things about audiences and how to make crowd-pleasing movies, once said, “Every person out there is an idiot, but collectively they’re a genius.” Note that these movies...
View ArticleWill Smith in Early Talks for Disney’s Live-Action ‘Dumbo’
Will Smith may be heading under the big top with Tim Burton and Disney. The “Bad Boys for Life” star is in early discussions to join the studio’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic “Dumbo,”...
View ArticleWill Smith Flies Away From Disney’s Live-Action ‘Dumbo’
Will Smith is no longer attached to Disney’s live-action film, “Dumbo,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. In January, TheWrap had reported that the actor was in early talks to...
View ArticleEva Green to Reteam With Tim Burton for Disney’s ‘Dumbo’ Remake
Eva Green is in talks to star in Disney’s live-action “Dumbo” remake, TheWrap has learned. Tim Burton is set to direct and will reunite with Green for their third effort after previously working...
View ArticleWhy ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Changed Everything
(Spoiler alert: Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the Season 12 finale of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.) The Season 12 finale of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” — and to some extent the...
View ArticleColin Farrell in Talks to Star in Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’
Colin Farrell is in negotiations to star in Disney’s live-action remake of the 1941 animated classic, “Dumbo,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. If the deal goes through, he...
View ArticleMichael Keaton in Talks to Play Villain in Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ Remake
Michael Keaton is in negotiations to play the villain in Tim Burton’s live-action Disney “Dumbo” remake, TheWrap has learned. Will Smith was formerly in talks to star in one of Disney’s numerous recent...
View ArticleMark Hamill Shouts Out The Joker for Employing So Many Actors
Mark Hamill gave special recognition to The Joker on Tuesday for employing so many actors over the years: “SHOUT OUT to The JOKER for no reason other than a lifetime of villainous mayhem &...
View Article‘Alien: Covenant': 12 Facts You Might Not Know About Sci-Fi Horror Series...
The phrase Xenomorph, which has been adopted by fans as the official name for the titular hostile aliens, was never mentioned in the original “Alien.” Oscar-winning VFX artists H.R. Giger and Carlo...
View Article‘Batman Returns’ 25th Anniversary: Look Back at Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman...
A quarter-century ago, Tim Burton and Michael Keaton reunited to bring forth “Batman Returns,” a sequel to their 1989 masterpiece that remains one of the most unsettling Batman tales ever put to...
View ArticleTim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ Remake Flies to Spring 2019 Release
Tim Burton’s live-action “Dumbo” remake will fly into theaters on March 29, 2019, Disney announced at its D23 conference on Saturday. Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Danny DeVito and Michael Keaton star in...
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