Regisseur Tim Burton (Sleepy Hollow, Mars Attacks, Batman Returns, Ed Wood) sprak met CNN over The Corpse Bride wat, net als The Nightmare Before Christmas een stop-motion animatiefilm gaat worden, zo meldt Dark Horizons.

[eng]"First up he was asked why he won't make a direct sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas", to which he glibbly responded - "What would it be ... 'Thanksgiving World'? Or they go kidnap Uncle Sam on the Fourth of July? That wouldn't go over too good these days".

The Corpse Bride" which he's producing and made in the same animation style as "The Nightmare Before Christmas", is based on an Eastern European folk tale about a man who mistakenly weds a dead body.

Burton says to expect plenty of dark humor - "Rather than make it this dark, unspoken thing -- which is kind of how I grew up -- I always liked the idea that it was more a celebration. It feels more positive, somehow, and more spiritual and right to me".

The director doesn't sound keen to revisit some of his past stuff including the "Batman" franchise - he gave an interesting response when asked about all the current crop of superhero movies after his Batman: "I liked the psychology of it, the darkness of it, but now it just seems like the tortured superhero has become its own genre. 'Yeah, OK, tortured kid ...' You kind of long for the days when they were just happy and doing good just because they loved it". [/eng]