Burton and Disney team up again - on Alice in Wonderland
 

From the Hollywood Reporter--

Tim Burton is returning home to Disney.

Burton has signed a two-picture deal with the company that will see him direct and produce 3-D movies of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and a remake of Burton's own "Frankenweenie."

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


DO NOT WANT!!!!!!!!

A small part of me hopes and prays that he will snap out of the string of mediocrity he's been in since the turn of the millennium.

The rest of me echoes Pru. Remaking Frankenweeine? Whhhaaaat?!

I don't care what he does with Frankenweenie, as he's more than welcome to fvck up his own product. But must he destroy poor Alice with *shudder* motion capture?

I'm going to have to go lie down now.

Meh, there have been SO many versions of Alice, none of which I consider perfect (as much as I adore the Disney animated feature, it lacks in many ways) that I don't mind yet another crack at it. Not that I have high hopes.

Burton is a has-been hack. Who cares what he does?

What's a real bummer is the lack of ideas that Disney is going through right now. I mean, thank goodness for Pixar. But this constant strip-mining of their past efforts kind of bug. Remakes of The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Flubber, etc. It's kinda lame. I mean, I bet there are a ton of ideas floating out there that can allow the Mouse to have another hit like Beauty & the Beast or Lion King, but it seems like no one there knows how to find it or recognize it...

I get the feeling from the article that it's not a remake of the Disney Alice - but his own (a la Chocolate Factory.) Not that it makes it any better, but, you know...

And while I rather prefer new ideas, I will say that Disney re-examining Alice is really no new groove. The Alice comedies were a nod to Carroll, as was the Mickey cartoon "Thru the Mirror." Not to mention a handful of TV productions like "Adventures in Wonderland."

Actually, a Burton look would work for an Alice movie. As long as it's NOT THE SAME SCRIPT as the already classic Alice. That would really piss me off.

I love Burton's stuff- and would live in one of his make believe worlds any day.

Alice with a darker twist would be interesting.