Tim Burton lashes out at ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ sequel idea: “Get off my land!”
nme.comTim Burton has made it abundantly clear that he never wants there to be a sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas.The 1993 stop-motion musical fantasy film has become a festive classic.
It was produced and conceived by Burton and directed by Henry Selick.It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of Halloweentown, who stumbles upon Christmastown and schemes to take over the holiday.In a new interview with Empire, he has set out clearly that he wants the original to remain the only instalment of the story.“To me the movie is very important,” he said. “I’ve done sequels, I’ve done other things, I’ve done reboots, I’ve done all that shit, right?
I don’t want that to happen to this.”“It’s nice that people are maybe interested [in another one], but I’m not. I feel like that old guy who owns a little piece of property and won’t sell to the big power-plant that wants to take my land.”“Get off of my land!” he continued. “You pesky little… You ain’t getting this property!
I don’t care what you want to build on it. You come on my property… Where’s my shotgun?”Rumours that Disney have been interested in making a sequel have existed for years, dating back to 2002, when they considered shifting it from stop motion to computer animation.In October, Selick told People that he might be interested in helming a prequel to the film. “There might be a more interesting story there about how Jack became the King of Halloweentown,” he said.A live production of The Nightmare Before Christmas was staged over three nights this Halloween to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original release.
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