Tim Burton assures that he will no longer work with Disney and calls the studio a “horrible circus”

Tim Burton took his first steps as an artist in the world of cinema working as an animator for Disney in the 1980s. The popular director of ‘Edward Scissorhands’ soon realized that his quirky and dark sensibility didn’t match. the studio and left in search of his own path. However, over the years, Burton continued to work with the mouse company, first as the architect (non-director) of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and then as director of the remakes of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Dumbo”, among others.

Burton’s relationship with Disney has lasted for four decades, but the director officially ends it. This was expressed during the Lyon Lumière Festival, where Burton received the Lumière Prize for his contribution to cinema. Second Deadline, The director believes “Dumbo” will be the last time he works with the Walt Disney company.

“My story began there”Burton said during the contest, referring to his beginnings with Disney. “There I have been hired and fired multiple times throughout my career. My experience with ‘Dumbo’ is what leads me to think my days with Disney are over. I realized that I was Dumbo and I was working in a big horrible circus that I had to escape from.. That film is quite autobiographical in a way “.

The remake of “Dumbo”, the Disney animated classic number 4, was released in March 2019 and with $ 353.28 million grossed worldwide, it was a moderate success at the box office. (relating to the data that the study usually deals with), while not convincing critics. The film, starring Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Alan Arkin, expanded the original story with new characters and plots, adapting Burton’s personal style to the Disney remake machine.

He doesn’t even want to work with Marvel.

When Burton says he will no longer be working with Disney, he also includes Marvel. During a master class held at the aforementioned festival last Friday, October 21, the director reflected on his contribution to superhero cinema, having directed the iconic ‘Batman’ and ‘Batman Returns’, and how the genre has changed in recent years. : “In the beginning it was very emotional. […] People ask me what I think of the new Batman and I start laughing and crying, because I’m back in my time capsule, where the studios would tell me every day ‘It’s too dark’. Now it’s all light fun”.

Because of this, Burton believes it wouldn’t fit into Marvel Studios. “It has become very homogeneous, very consolidated”told Deadline, assuring that he will never make a Marvel movie in his career: “I can only deal with one universe, I cannot deal with a multiverse”. So don’t expect him to follow in the footsteps of Sam Raimi, who brought his personal brand of horror to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”.