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Tim Burton will be directing the live action remake of Disney's 'Dumbo', Danny Devito has already signed on as the ringmaster.

Tim Burton became popular after directing Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, personally chosen by Pee-Wee actor/creator Paul Reubens. Burton had recently been fired from Disney for creating the short film Frankenweenie, as it was deemed too dark and scary for children.

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1. Tim Burton did not direct or write 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas', asides from creating a poem that became the premise of the movie and working with Danny Elfman on several songs.

2. The 1981 cult film Heavy Metal was planned to be remade around 2010. David Fincher, Guillermo del Toro, Zack Snyder, Gore Verbinski, Tim Miller, and James Cameron were planned to direct a segment each.

3. 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' was NOT directed by Tim Burton. It was directed by Henry Selick, the guy that made 'James and the Giant Peach' and 'Coraline'

4. Superman Lives" was a cancelled Superman reboot from the '90s written by Kevin Smith, directed by Tim Burton, and starring Nicolas Cage as Superman. Burton and Cage both had "pay-or-play" contracts, meaning they got paid even though the movie was never made. Cage made $20 million.

5. That, after the release of Planet of the Apes in 2001, director Tim Burton said he'd "rather jump out the window" than direct a sequel.

6. Phil Hartman co-wrote and Tim Burton directed Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

7. Director Tim Burton wrote, animated and directed a 6 minute film in 1982 entitled, Vincent

8. Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs Sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA because in her last days, his dying mother made him promise to graduate college with a degree.

9. There was a 4-way studio bidding war for the film rights to Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park which included Warner Bros, whom if they had won it over Universal and Spielberg, would have had Tim Burton direct it.

10. Nicholas Cage was cast as Superman in the cancelled movie, "Superman Lives," directed by Tim Burton

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Tim Burton directed a "Hansel and Gretel" TV special that aired only once on the Disney Channel in 1982

The movie Scary Movie (2000) was the highest-grossing movie ever directed by an African American until it was surpassed by Tim Story's Fantastic Four in 2005. - source

According to Tom Waits autobiography Tim Burton directed the film Mystery Men under an alias. - source

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" *isn't* directed by Tim Burton

Tim Burton directed a 'Planet of the Apes' movie in 2001 starring Mark Wahlberg

There is a 1975 TV movie version of Jerome K. Jerome's book "Three Men in a Boat" written by Tom Stoppard, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Tim Curry and Michael Palin

Tim Burton didn't Direct Nightmare Before Christmas, cause he was still directing Batman Returns.

Those Old Spice commercials are so weird because they were directed by Tim & Eric of Tim & Eric Awesome Show: Great Job

Tim Burton did NOT direct The Nightmare Before Christmas.