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Tim Burton to direct ‘Assault of the Fifty Foot Girl’ remake

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LOS ANGELES: ‘The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas’ creator Tim Burton and ‘Gone Woman’ author Gillian Flynn are tackling a remake of ‘Assault of the Fifty Foot Girl’ for Warner Brothers.

Burton is directing the upcoming movie from a script by Flynn. The science-fiction horror story follows a rich heiress who grows into an enormous after an alien encounter and exacts revenge on her dishonest husband, stories Selection.

It’s unclear how intently this new take will comply with the unique 1958 film, starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers.

The primary movie reportedly carried a funds of simply $88, 000, so it’s cheap to imagine the remake may have a barely increased price ticket.

The mission reteams Burton with Warner Bros., the place he’s presently engaged on the sequel to his 1988 film ‘Beetlejuice’.

As per Selection, the follow-up movie a few pesky poltergeist, newly and fittingly titled ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’, will probably be launched in theatres on September 6. His different directing credit embrace ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’.

Flynn, in the meantime, was just lately employed to adapt her novel ‘Darkish Locations’ for a restricted sequence at HBO. He wrote the screenplay for David Fincher’s 2014 thriller ‘Gone Woman’. She additionally turned her 2006 e book ‘Sharp Objects’ into the miniseries of the identical title, starring Amy Adams.

LOS ANGELES: ‘The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas’ creator Tim Burton and ‘Gone Woman’ author Gillian Flynn are tackling a remake of ‘Assault of the Fifty Foot Girl’ for Warner Brothers.

Burton is directing the upcoming movie from a script by Flynn. The science-fiction horror story follows a rich heiress who grows into an enormous after an alien encounter and exacts revenge on her dishonest husband, stories Selection.

It’s unclear how intently this new take will comply with the unique 1958 film, starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers.

The primary movie reportedly carried a funds of simply $88, 000, so it’s cheap to imagine the remake may have a barely increased price ticket.

The mission reteams Burton with Warner Bros., the place he’s presently engaged on the sequel to his 1988 film ‘Beetlejuice’.

As per Selection, the follow-up movie a few pesky poltergeist, newly and fittingly titled ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’, will probably be launched in theatres on September 6. His different directing credit embrace ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’.

Flynn, in the meantime, was just lately employed to adapt her novel ‘Darkish Locations’ for a restricted sequence at HBO. He wrote the screenplay for David Fincher’s 2014 thriller ‘Gone Woman’. She additionally turned her 2006 e book ‘Sharp Objects’ into the miniseries of the identical title, starring Amy Adams.

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