Jack Skellington and Friends Take Over Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Ride

Jack Skellington and the citizens of Halloween Town have found residence in the Haunted Mansion ride in Disneyland, just in time for Halloween! Check out these photos from All Voices (more pictures at the link)

News for 7/16/08

http://www.dvdfeed.com.au/dvd_games_editorial_content_preview.asp?cid=4817

AUSTRIA RELEASE INFO FOR TNBC:

Tim Burton’s much-loved The Nightmare Before Christmas has been announced for re-release on DVD and Blu-Ray in October 2008. The 1993 film has been digitally remastered for release as part of a special collector’s edition set. Bonus features include:

*A virtual tour of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion

*Christopher Lee performing Tim Burton’s original poem The Nightmare Before Christmas

*New commentary track

*Tim Burton’s short films Frankenweenie and Vincent

*Making-of

*Storyboards

*Deleted scenes

Note: I saw Hellboy 2: the golden army (featuring one of Danny Elfman's Latest movie scores) and would recommend anyone to see it, the music was great of course, the story line was mesed up though. Abe Sepian wasn't voiced by David Hyde Pierce which was an unplesant shock, and minor details kept catching my attention which dissagreed with the first movie (like liz's character). On the other hand, the visual effects were outstanding, and if you can eccept the diffrences that the sequal has to the first, I think it will be an enjoyable movie to go see, it is one that you should see on the big screen.

Dorff on Depp in Public Enemies

http://www.reelzchannel.com

"It’s trippy because I grew up watching guys like Johnny and respecting those choices of Sean Penn and Johnny Depp who did all these cool, smaller movies," he said.

"That’s one of the reasons why I did my career that way I did it, was because of guys like that. I worked with John Waters and people said, ‘Oh, what do you want to do a John Waters movie for?’ Because it’s John Waters, I want to go for that experience. I never did that movie before,'" he explained. "To me it was always about breaking those rules and that’s what guys like Johnny did. And [then] a funny little pirate movie changed his life."

ENTIRE STORY AT THE LINK

TERMINATOR SALVATION TEASER TRAILOR ON LINE!!!

A teaser for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins has gone online over at Yahoo. Watch it here.

THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING ALICE IN WONDERLAND CAST AS RUMORED.

Hmmm, (in a british accent) I wonder if Johnny will let me stay in his castle...

Incase you didn't know our wonderful Johnny Depp owns Bela Lugosi's supposed house named 'Mt. Kalmia' which is close to his club, the Viper room. I wonder if he'd let me "borrow" the key for awhile.... (heehee) He has been spotted Fressingfield, Suffolk at the Trendy Fox and Goose Inn, being turned away because he had no reservation (I would have let him eat there!) apparently he's looking to buy another home there. I need to go chill in Fressingfield for awhile! =)

Also, TNBC3D brought in more then $3.34 million in receipts.

From http://ap.google.com:
Tim is quoted recalling the pursuading he had to do to get Sweeney going, "I remember I did try to pitch it as a musical with lots of blood,"

With frequent collaborator Johnny Depp in the title role, Burton finally succeeds with an adaptation of the musical about the murderous 18th century Londoner who turns his barber business into a shop of horrors.

This time of year is Hollywood's most diverse, offering a mix of dark drama vying for Academy Award attention, action, horror and fantasy sagas, and light comedy and animated films.

For more on Mt. Kalmia, read this article from www.nypost.com.

More TNBC3D Reviews

Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is one of those classic movies from my childhood that shaped my view of art. It kept me enamored with animation for my entire life, opened up the world of stop-motion animation and made me love musicals. This new, 3-D version doesn't add any new scenes or change any of the plots. Instead, it makes an already visually impressive movie even more visually impressive.

For those not familiar with the "Nightmare Before Christmas," it follows the story of Jack, the Pumpkin King, a kind of a ruler/administrator for Halloween Town, the source of Halloween. As an immortal, he's been causing fright since Halloween first began. He's been at his job for centuries and he's not just good at it, he's the best.

However, Jack has long since become bored with scaring people. He wants to find something new. So, after one Halloween, Jack wanders away from Halloween Town and winds up in a forest that serves as a nexus for the towns of the different holidays. Curious, Jack opens a door shaped like a tree and falls into a wonderland of joy, color and snow.

After exploring this Christmas Town, Jack gets it in his head to celebrate Christmas instead of Halloween this year and returns home to explain it to the other denizens of Halloween Town. Unfortunately, none of the citizens of Halloween Town understand the holiday as well as Jack does, and Jack barely understands it at all. This leads to a near disaster on Christmas Eve as Jack goes on his journey of discovery.

The new version adds nothing to the movie, which is something of a blessing and a curse. None of the excellent songs or characters is altered in anyway. However, it still has the same problems the plot did in 1993. Oogie Boogie's role is still underplayed, which is something of a problem because his role is something of a mystery. He's not really the main antagonist, that would be Jack's misguided ego, but he's still a bad guy. It's as irritating now as it was 14 years ago.

Of course, what's important is how effective the new 3-D element is for the film. For the most part, it doesn't really add anything. It just makes some of the scenes look pretty neat. However, there are a few scenes where the added depth of the third dimension really adds to the picture.

The best example is right at the end when it's snowing. I felt like I could reach out and pluck the snowflakes right out of the sky as they fell. It was beautiful.

Read the rest here.

And another one...
http://www.tonight.co.za

Articles

A list of news articles from the last 3 days,

Nightmare Before Christmas 3D;
http://www.fairfieldmirror.com
http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.delmarvanow.com/
http://www.theatermania.com
http://www.boston.com

Danny Elfman;
http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com

From http://www.winona.edu
"Most Underappriceiated Six-stringers"
6. Steve Bartek – Oingo Boingo
Who? Anyone familiar with the new-wave outfit can probably only name-drop Danny Elfman from the lineup but guitarist/orchestrator/producer Steve Bartek is a true genius in his own right. In terms of technical skill he’s in the same league as Harrison and Robertson but his style is impossible to imitate and completely unique to pop music. Bartek has remained under the radar his whole career only because of the band’s limited success.

Sweeney Todd;
http://www.latimes.com
http://www.playbill.com
http://www.wbur.org

Johnny Depp;
http://www.thesun.co.uk/

Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas 3D

Here's some links to check out. A link with a * next to it might help to find a theater near you. Don't forget, Old Jack and his town of halloween characters return to theatures November 19th, 2007 so mark your calenders!

This is the best site for locations in Southern California so visit here first: www.family-vacation-getaways-at-los-angeles-theme-parks.com*

BBC movie reviews* (Only locations For Great Britian)
Coming Soon.net (Trailer, Poster, TV spot, Check it out!)
TNBC3D official site*
Mrmovietimes.com* (change from cleveland to your region in the find theater bar above the movie poster)
http://www.movieweb.com*
http://movieeveryday.blogspot.com
http://www.fandango.com*
http://www.answers.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf3PurIYc48 (trailer)


Also TNBC3D will be released at an earlier date (October 21st, '07) at Disney's El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California. Check out the website here if you're gonna be in Hollywood around that time.

Hope this helps! ♥ HBCfan

The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D

On October 19th, TNBC will return to theaters in the U.S. so make your calenders!
Apparently they're also playing Vincent (a great Tim Burton short dedicated to his hero, the late Vincent Price, check it out on youtube here)

Huzzah!

Burton To Remake Frankenweenie?

"I guess we can't punish Victor for bringing Sparky back from the dead..." ~Frankenweenie

Rumor has it that our favorite director, Tim Burton will remake his 1984, black and white short frankenweenie into a yet another of his wonderful stop-motion creations. Www.slashfilm.com sums it all up well in their article here.
I think that, even though his stop-motion films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride are amazing and I love them dearly (enough to memorize them!), I enjoyed Frankenweenie in it's original wonderfull-ness. Remaking it would be just another opertunity for Disney to make more money (atleast in my opinion). As said in the article, Frankenweenie was one Burton's first films along with Vincent (another grand stop-motion, dedicated to his, and all of ours, hero the late Vincent Price) and was shunned (might not be the best word but oh well) by Disney, and it was only until they saw how successful his other films were that they hired him back to do Nightmare. Well anyways, I'd love for everyone to read the article and to hear your opinions, do you think he will (or should) remake Frankenweenie???

Love to all, HBCfan