If you love Tim Burton’s stop-motion masterpiece, The Nightmare Before Christmas, head over to http://corpsebridemovie.warnerbros.com and get ready to drool. At long last, the trailer for Burton’s latest animated feature, Corpse Bride, is online and it is glorious. Featuring the same animation style as Nightmare, the darkly comedic gothic tale is set for release this Halloween.
Corpse Bride is based on a 19th century Eastern European folk tale. Oscar nominee Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Sleepy Hollow), provides the voice of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (Bonham-Carter). Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. Warner Bros. describes the film as a tale of optimism, romance and a very lively afterlife, told in classic Tim Burton style.
The film’s star-studded voice cast also includes Emily Watson (Punch-Drunk Love, Equilibrium) Albert Finney (Big Fish, Traffic), Joanna Lumley (James and the Giant Peach, TV’s Absolutely Fabulous) and Christopher Lee (Sleepy Hollow, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars: Episodes II and III).
Corpse Bride is animated with stop-motion by Vinton Studios. This will be the first feature-length project for Vinton, best known for its work on the California Raisin ad campaign and the Fox primetime series The PJs. The production reunites several members of The Nightmare Before Christmas crew, including director of photography Pete Kozachik and Michael Johnson, who makes his directorial debut alongside co-director Burton.
Corpse Bride is produced by Burton and Allison Abbate, and exec produced by Jeffrey Auerbach. Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler penned the script and the score is composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2).
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