Tim Burton Hints at Nemesis Movie!

The Legendary Shark · 01 April, 2024, 06:59:41 AM

Speaking at AnimoCon in California last week, Tim Burton reportedly teased audiences with the subject of his next-but-one film project; "There's a writer called Pat Mills, from the UK, who wrote about an alien freedom fighter back in the 70s. All I can say is that we're in negotiations." Burton further hinted that stop-motion genius Phil Tippett may also be involved because he "lost a bet." The script is currently on its fourth draft (due to 'creative concerns') and pre-production is due to begin sometime in late 2025 or early 2026. Full details can be found here: animasaurus.Rex.com/news/2077612

Colin YNWA · 01 April, 2024, 07:59:02 AM

Oh almost, almost...

nxylas · 01 April, 2024, 03:12:17 PM

I really hate today. It's not the despair, it's the hope.

JayzusB.Christ · 01 April, 2024, 08:43:34 PM

Me too. I remember my late best mate texting to say he'd sent our admittedly shite sitcom script to the Father Ted writers*, and they wanted to meet us tu discuss it. I excitedly told my parents then began to plan my new high-flying life as a comedy writer, then found myself very close to tears when he reminded me what day it is.

Still, he's gone forever now, and I miss the fecker something rotten despite it all.

*this was before Linehan started acting the twazzock on Twitter, of course.

The Legendary Shark · 01 April, 2024, 08:55:45 PM

Well, I didn't expect this thread to win any comedy awards but neither did I expect it to trigger existential crises.

Sorry about that.

JayzusB.Christ · 01 April, 2024, 10:02:30 PM

No bother at all, it was more a response to Nxylas the Unpronounceable than anything you said.

Edit - though I will say, for the record, I'm not a fan of April Fool's pranks or any other kind for that matter - the small ones like yours are harmless of course, but I've had a couple of mischievous friends cause me huge amounts of anxiety or disappointment through elaborate hoaxes that nobody but the orchestrators found funny.

The Legendary Shark · 02 April, 2024, 06:01:21 AM

Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 01 April, 2024, 10:02:30 PM...the small ones like yours are harmless of course...

nxylas · 02 April, 2024, 01:00:54 PM

I should say that my comment was meant tongue in cheek. It wasn't really an existential crisis.

JayzusB.Christ · 02 April, 2024, 09:58:13 PM

Sorry, I didn't mean to get so serious. I was feeling very hungover and morose, so don't mind me. And Johnny Depp would make a rubbish Nemesis anyway.

The Legendary Shark · 03 April, 2024, 06:44:42 AM

I heard Johnny Depp would be playing Purity Brown...

Who would lend Nemesis a good voice, though? Hugo Weaving? Anthony Hopkins? Alan Carr?

JayzusB.Christ · 03 April, 2024, 09:38:00 AM

You're forgetting it's Tim Burton. Depp is already cast which only leaves Helena Bonham Carter as Nemesis.

The Legendary Shark · 03 April, 2024, 09:49:24 AM

Credo!

Doomlord66 · 03 April, 2024, 10:13:59 AM

In all seriousness, I always thought Clancy Brown would make a great Torquemada

karlos · 03 April, 2024, 11:19:23 AM

Leslie Phillips would've been a great Nemesis:

"Well, Cre-Do!"

JayzusB.Christ · 04 April, 2024, 03:50:29 PM

Quote from: Doomlord66 on 03 April, 2024, 10:13:59 AMIn all seriousness, I always thought Clancy Brown would make a great Torquemada

I'll buy that for a dollar. Perfect choice, especially for the Hicklenton era.

I just can't put a voice to Nemesis - how does he speak anyway through his near-permanently closed mouth grill? How does an alien god speak English? It would be like trying to find a voice actor for that other Lord of the Flies, the pig's-head beast god that only speaks in Simon's mind.