File this one in the rumor pile for now, but Tim Burton might be developing a sequel to his 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. In a recent interview [via Dread Central], Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens said he would like to reteam with Burton in the future (the two teamed up for Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure), but that the director has a slew of potential projects already lined up. Reubens then proceeded to rattle off a list of various films Burton was developing and one of them was reportedly a sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Burton’s garnered a lot of clout ever since Alice in Wonderland broke a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. However, his next project is an adaptation of the 1960s gothic soap opera series Dark Shadows starring (who else) Johnny Depp. Filming on Dark Shadows is set to begin in April. It’s possible that Burton could still be developing a Nightmare sequel on the side, and just like the original, will hire someone else to direct. [Update: Derek Frey, a producer and executive at Tim Burton Productions, tells The Playlist that there is no truth to the rumor.]
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Enough with the sequels already.
Shut up, son.
Although it is actually a spin-off, at best, I always thought that the title character from “Corpse Bride” was essentially the same as Sally in “Nightmare Before Christmas.”
The similarities between the two characters may have been just that, but from a visual and thematic standpoint – not to mention the fact that both are stop-motion productions – I consider Corpse Bride to be part of the same universe as Nightmare.
Hence, no need to make a sequel: The artistic, thematic and visual equivalent of a sequel has already been made.
he shouldnt do a sequel to nightmare before “christmas” i think another holiday would be awsome tho! same characters and everything just a different attempt to walk in another holiday tree. or a prequel to what life was like before they all died and how hallowentown became what it was and what they did to kill time until hallowen, then at the end of the prequel, the can lead up to the begining of nightmare before christmas, or even just play night mare before christmas through that. i think that would be tight!!