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Corpse Bride

Does Corpse Bride have a happy ending?

November 7, 2005 Corpse Bride

I know you were brought in late on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and from what I gather, weren’t responsible for much of the story, but I’m curious about your thoughts on one particular story element. Is the ending a happy one for Victor? The way it plays, it seems as though it is intended to […]

Corpse Bride has risen

September 16, 2005 Corpse Bride, Projects

Corpse Bride is in theaters starting today — if you live in Los Angeles, New York or Toronto. For the rest of North America, and other parts of the world, you can begin seeing it next week, September 23rd. Last night, I spoke at USC’s 466 class, which screens a different film each week. At […]

Corpse Bride article in Script magazine

September 1, 2005 Corpse Bride, Projects

The new issue of Script magazine has a long-ish article about Corpse Bride, interviewing both Pamela Pettler and yours truly about the story and process. Pamela, Caroline Thompson and I share writing credit on the movie, but I was never really clear who wrote what and when. From the article, it appears that Caroline wrote […]

New, longer Corpse Bride trailer up

July 7, 2005 Corpse Bride, Projects

There’s a new trailer up for Corpse Bride, which tells a lot more of the story than the teaser trailer did. I have mixed feelings about the new trailer. Visually, it all looks great. This one shows a lot more of what makes the animation so distinctive. For instance, pay attention to Corpse Bride’s veil, […]

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