Musical dark fantasy film The Nightmare Before Christmas is an animated film based on characters by Tim Burton. He started writing the story in poetry form and considered developing it into a film after the success of Vincent, one of his horror short films. Following the story of Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, who accidentally stumbles upon Christmastown and is both surprised and amused to see bright colours, warm things and all things contrary to Halloweentown. Bored with the mundanities of scaring people every Halloween, he wishes to bring this new-found place under his rule, but soon finds out that things often tend to go wrong in situations like this.
What we know about the project so far:
The Wicked Deep’s writer Shea Earnshaw has been hired by Disney Publishing to work on a young adult novel based on the original film. The book will be set after the events of the film and told from the perspective of Sally, who is now the new Pumpkin Queen of Halloweentown. The book will aim to answer many questions about who Sally really is and give her character the same depth that Jack Skellington got through the film. It will also follow her through her misadventures after having set a Halloweentown villain free who puts not only Jack and the town in danger but also the other holiday-themed towns of grim and strange characters.
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Why people love and enjoy Tim Burton’s unusual characters:
Tim Burton is a pioneer of the gothic subgenre in the horror world of cinema. He has previously worked on films such as Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows and many more. His visual aesthetics have appealed to people from all age groups at some level with the unique-looking features of his characters. Most of his animated characters have the same hollow-face look and sad eyes, but almost all of his characters from films as well as shorts have one thing in common-they are all outcasts. Something about this idea behind the macabre connects to his audience very well and helps them see people beyond their appearances.
