Editing Tim Burton (section)

== Unreleased projects ==
{{Main|Tim Burton's unrealized projects}}
After [[Kevin Smith]] had been hired to write [[Superman in film#Superman Lives|a new ''Superman'' film]], he suggested Burton to direct.<ref name=Gross2>{{cite news | first = Edward | last = Gross | title = ''SUPERMAN LIVES'', Part 2: Writer Kevin Smith | work = Mania Movies | url = http://www.mania.com/21118.html | date = May 12, 2000 | access-date = February 3, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080214075754/http://www.mania.com/21118.html | archive-date = February 14, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Burton came on and Warner Bros. set a theatrical release date for the summer of 1998, the 60th anniversary of the character's debut in ''[[Action Comics]]''.<ref name=forever>{{cite book | first = Ken| last = Hanke | title = Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Renaissance Books]] | pages = 213–8 | isbn = 1-58063-162-2}}</ref> [[Nicolas Cage]] was signed on to play Superman, Burton hired [[Wesley Strick]] to rewrite Smith's script, and the film entered pre-production in June 1997. For budgetary reasons, Warner Bros. ordered another rewrite from [[Dan Gilroy]], delayed the film, and ultimately put it on hold in April 1998. Burton then left to direct ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''.<ref name=forever/> Burton has depicted the experience as a difficult one, citing differences with producer [[Jon Peters]] and the studio, stating, "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with."<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul A. Woods|title=Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares|year=2007|publisher= Plexus Publishing|page=150|isbn=978-0-85965-401-2}}</ref>

In 2002, [[The Walt Disney Company]] began to consider producing a sequel to ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', but rather than using [[stop motion]], Disney wanted to use [[computer animation]].<ref>{{cite news | author = Fred Topel | title = Director Henry Selick Interview – ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' | date = August 25, 2008 | work = [[About.com]] | url = http://movies.about.com/od/nightmarebeforechristmas/a/nightmare082508.htm | access-date = September 27, 2008 | archive-date = September 25, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080925081930/http://movies.about.com/od/nightmarebeforechristmas/a/nightmare082508.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. "I was always very protective of ['Nightmare'], not to do sequels or things of that kind," Burton explained. "You know, 'Jack visits [[Thanksgiving]] world' or other kinds of things, just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it... Because it's a mass-market kind of thing, it was important to kind of keep that purity of it."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adler|first=Shawn|date=October 19, 2006|title=How Burton's Fever Dream Spawned 'Nightmare Before Christmas'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1543596/how-burtons-fever-dream-spawned-nightmare-before-christmas/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011095141/http://www.mtv.com/news/1543596/how-burtons-fever-dream-spawned-nightmare-before-christmas/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=MTV}}</ref> Regardless, in 2009, [[Henry Selick]] stated that he could make a sequel to ''Nightmare'' if he and Burton could create a good story for it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blastr.com/2009/02/how_possible_is_a_sequel_to_nightmare_before_christmas.php|title=How possible is a sequel to Nightmare Before Christmas?|first=Adam-Troy|last=Castro|date=December 14, 2012|publisher=Blastr|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055426/http://www.blastr.com/2009/02/how_possible_is_a_sequel_to_nightmare_before_christmas.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton would work with [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] to create his next animated feature film, ''Deep''. Like ''[[9 (2009 animated film)|9]]'', the film would take place in a post-apocalyptic world (although set in a different universe). ''Deep'' would be another darker animated film, as Shane Acker has expressed his interest in creating more PG-13 animated films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/shane-acker-valve-deep-movie-sandy-178699/ |title='9' Director Teaming With Valve for Post-Apocalyptic Animated Film, 'Deep' |publisher=Screenrant.com |date=June 11, 2012 |access-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref> Since then, there have been no further mentions of ''Deep'', with Acker focusing on another project announced in 2013 (''[[Beasts of Burden#Film|Beasts of Burden]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/director-shane-acker-9-irelands-brown-bag-films-producer-gregory-r-little-and-author-j-barton-mitchell-launch-animated-undersea-adventure-film-deep-64275.html|title=Director Shane Acker ("9"), Ireland's Brown Bag Films, Producer Gregory R. Little and Author J. Barton Mitchell Launch Animated Undersea Adventure Film "Deep"|last=Arrant|first=Chris|date=August 6, 2012|website=Cartoon Brew.com|access-date=December 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=100599|title=Shane Acker to Direct Beasts of Burden|last=Lesnick|first=Silas|website=Coming Soon|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=December 5, 2016|archive-date=August 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802104015/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=100599|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Burton was briefly attached to direct ''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'' for [[Walt Disney Pictures]] in 2011, but chose to pursue ''Dark Shadows'' and ''Frankenweenie'' instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tim-burton-wont-direct-disneys-188700|title=Tim Burton Won't Direct Disney's 'Maleficent' (Exclusive)|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=16 May 2011}}</ref>

It was reported that Burton would direct a 3D stop motion animation adaptation of ''[[The Addams Family#Cancelled film|The Addams Family]]'', which was confirmed by Christopher Meledandri,<ref>{{cite web|last=Nemiroff|first=Perri|date=June 26, 2010|title=Tim Burton's Animated Addams Family Confirmed|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tim-Burton-Animated-Addams-Family-Confirmed-19250.html|publisher=Cinema Blend|access-date=March 2, 2022|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809094038/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tim-Burton-s-Animated-Addams-Family-Confirmed-19250.html}}</ref> but the project was scrapped on July 17, 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/illumination-chief-chris-meledandri-lines-up-originals-for-universal-1200564348/|title=Illumination Chief Chris Meledandri Lines Up Originals for Universal|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=July 17, 2013|magazine=Variety}}</ref> On July 19, 2010, Burton was announced as the director of the upcoming film adaptation of ''[[Monsterpocalypse#Film adaptations|Monsterpocalypse]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/510201/exclusive-tim-burton-developing-monsterpocalypse-full-details-revealed/ |title=Exclusive: Tim Burton Developing Monsterpocalypse, Full Details Revealed|website=[[/Film]]|date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102021401/http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/19/exclusive-tim-burton-developing-monsterpocalypse-full-details-revealed/#ixzz0u9LAf9W9 |archive-date=November 2, 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, it was reported that Burton was working on a live-action adaptation of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]'' starring [[Josh Brolin]], who would also be co-producing. The project did not move forward.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warner|first=Kara|date=May 11, 2012|title=Josh Brolin Excited to Play 'Funky' Hunchback of Notre Dame|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2441380/josh-brolin-hunchback-of-notre-dame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324154518/http://www.mtv.com/news/2441380/josh-brolin-hunchback-of-notre-dame/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2016|work=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2011/03/01/josh-brolin-tim-burton-hunchback-of-notre-dame|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|title=How ugly will Josh Brolin's Hunchback of Notre Dame be?|first=Jeff|last=Labrecque|date=March 1, 2011|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>