Tim Burton says “Wednesday’ reignited his career and stopped him from retiring
nme.comTim Burton has revealed that he considered retiring before Netflix‘s Wednesday reignited his career.Speaking to Variety, the director said that after the release of Dumbo in 2019, he was unsure if he’d continue making films: “I really didn’t know.
I thought that could have been it, really. I could have retired, or become… well, I wouldn’t have become an animator again, that’s over.”The Corpse’s Bride director said it was Wednesday that “reconnected me to making things.”The Netflix series, which is a spin-off of the Addams Family starring Jenna Ortega, was created by screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, with Burton joining as a director and executive producer.“We went off to Romania and it felt like it was a creative health camp,” Burton recalled. “It went so well.”Wednesday went on to become a huge success for Netflix, being streamed for a total of 341.2 million hours and beating the record previously held by Stranger Things.
A second season of the series is expected to arrive on the streaming platform next year.Elsewhere in the interview, the filmmaker revealed that he has no interest in directing another superhero movie, having previously helmed Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) at the beginning of his career.“I come at things from different points of view, so I would never say never to anything.
But, at the moment, it’s not something I’d be interested in,” he said.“I was lucky because at that time, the word ‘franchise’ didn’t exist.
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