This version finds Alice ( Mia Wasikowska) returning to Wonderland to do battle with the evil Red Queen ( Helena Bonham Carter) with the help of the Mad Hatter ( Johnny Depp) and friends. Indeed, the Oscar-winning production design by Robert Stromberg and costumes by Colleen Atwood are the best thing about this chaotic and overblown adaptation. Starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Mia Wasikowska.īurton is nothing if not a master of creating imaginative worlds, and the wonderland of Lewis Carroll’s beloved book should be an ideal playground for the director. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton, based on “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. Image Credit: Snap Stills/REX/Shutterstock “Planet of the Apes” is as generic and forgettable as is it gets, which is the last thing you’d expect from Burton.
What’s especially surprising about the film is how anonymous it feels, with the director’s distinctive style nowhere to be found. Mark Wahlberg is at his least charismatic as an astronaut who crash lands on a planet inhabited entirely by talking apes who have turned humans into slaves. Yet all the Rick Baker makeup in the world can’t elevate this dreary retread. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Giamatti, Estella Warren.īefore the “Planet of the Apes” was rebooted to great acclaim with Andy Serkis, Burton took a swing at bringing the campy sci-fi franchise into the new millennium with state-of-the-art makeup and visual effects. Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, based on the book by Pierre Boulle. Image Credit: 20th Century/Zanuck Co/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Tour our gallery of Burton’s films, and see where your favorites are on the list. Surprisingly, those are his only two bids to date, despite helming such critical darlings as “Ed Wood” (1994), “Big Fish” (2003), and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007).
He scored Oscar nominations in Best Animated Feature for directing the stop-motion films “Corpse Bride” (2005) and “Frankenweenie” (2012). Four of his films, in fact - “Batman,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Sweeney Todd,” and “Alice in Wonderland” - have won Oscars for their art direction.īurton often returned to his animation roots, first as a producer on “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993). Burton followed that success with the macabre comedy “Beetlejuice” (1988) before entering the world of blockbusters with the dark, ominous superhero adventure “Batman” (1989).įrom the beginning, Burton displayed a talent for crafting visually stunning worlds unlike any seen before. He directed his first feature when he was just 26 years old: “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” (1985). Let’s take a look back at all 19 of his films, ranked from worst to best, in our photo gallery.īurton began his career as an animator for Walt Disney Studios before making the short films “Vincent” (1982) and “Frankenweenie” (1984). In his 35-year career, Tim Burton has carved out a niche for himself making quirky, eccentric films that are often box office bonanzas.
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