Friday, July 13, 2012

Burton resurrects dead dog tale 'Frankenweenie'

Figures on the set of of the Disney Tim Burton movie " Frankenweenie" on display at Comic-Con preview night held at the San Diego Convention Center on Wednesday July 11, 2012, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)

Figures on the set of of the Disney Tim Burton movie " Frankenweenie" on display at Comic-Con preview night held at the San Diego Convention Center on Wednesday July 11, 2012, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)

Figures on the set of of the Disney Tim Burton movie " Frankenweenie" on display at Comic-Con preview night held at the San Diego Convention Center on Wednesday July 11, 2012, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)

A photographer shoots into the set of of the Disney Tim Burton movie "Frankenweenie" on display at Comic-Con preview night held at the San Diego Convention Center on Wednesday July 11, 2012, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)

(AP) ? Tim Burton knows what it's like to be a boy with a dead dog.

The filmmaker came to the Comic-Con fan convention Thursday to show footage of "Frankenweenie," his expanded take on Burton's 1984 short film of the same name.

The film tells the story of a boy who brings his beloved dog back to life after the pet dies in an accident. Unlike the live-action original, the feature-length version is done in black and white through stop-motion animation using puppets meticulously shot one frame at a time.

Burton, who began as an animator, says it was a new experience back then to work with live actors but that the stop-motion version is the more pure take on his story.

"Frankenweenie" hits theaters Oct. 5.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2012-07-12-Comic-Con-Frankenweenie/id-7708c6e07f1e4d608ee9c472cff4edf5

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