burton’s world

director tim burton has always welcomed us with open arms into his mixed-up little mind. from ’beetle juice’ to ‘sweeny todd,’  burton has shown us that his imagination might be a bit more imaginative than our own. his latest project? the disney classic ‘alice in wonderland.’

from the moment the new project was announced, we knew we were in for a treat. let’s be honest, ‘alice in wonderland’ is a weird movie even before burton touched it! he of course cast his two muses in the flick – actress/wife helena bonham carter & actor johnny depp. depp takes on the role of the mad hatter with bonham carter as the red queen. current hollywood ‘it’ girl anne hathaway co-stars as the white queen, and newbie mia wasikowska portrays little miss alice.

with such a bomb cast & brilliant cinematography no doubt, ‘alice in wonderland’ will fit perfectly in tim burton’s line of work. check out the trailer for the movie above - it was just released at comic-con this past weekend. ‘alice in wonderland’ is set to hit theaters march 5, 2010. why so long, darn it!

the beast 2.0

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is anyone else tired of all the movie remakes? apparently somebody thought it was a good idea to take the disney classic ‘beauty & the beast’ and make it modern. why, cuz it wasn’t good enough as it was?

‘beastly’ is being described as an edgy teen romance about looking past the surface to discover true beauty. YAWN. as-yet-unknown actor alex pettyfer stars as the popular jerk who gets his kicks from mocking “unattractive” classmates. one such classmate (played by mary-kate olsen) decides to teach him a lesson, casting a spell that unrecognizably deforms him. but he ain’t no hairy creature – from what we can see here. and then, just like the cartoon version, he has to find someone who will love him just as he is. vanessa hudgens, you’re being called to the stage!

how boring, though, because we already know the ending. hudgens & pettyfer will probably fall in love and they’ll live happily ever after.  besides being weirdly cast (mary-kate olsen??), the movie seems a bit too much like ‘twilight’ to me, minus the blood. while we’ll have to wait until july 2010 to see the flick – i know, i know, it’ll be hard – they’ve given us a sneak peek to hold us over. check it out below.