Tim Burton is sure he will work with Johnny Depp again

But not on Edward Scissorhands 2! “Some things work better solo,” comments the filmmaker.

Guest by the Marrakech film festival to participate in a conversation with the public, Tim Burton answered various questions about his career. IndieWire relays its responses on two subjects in particular: after the success of Beetlejuice2he discusses the possibility of giving new sequels to his cult films, and he also responds about a potential reunion with his former favorite actor, Johnny Depp. Here are the details.

Explaining that he loved being reunited with the Deetz family 35 years later Beetlejuiceparticularly the character of Lydia (Winona Ryder), Burton quickly adds that he couldn't do this on all of his cult films:

“There are some that I don't want to shoot the rest of. Quite simply because they are sufficient in themselves. I wouldn't want to continue The Nightmare Before ChristmasFor example. Neither Edward Scissorhands. Some things work better solo, and for me, these films are one of them.”

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In 1990, Edward Scissorhands marked his first collaboration with Johnny Depp. Seven others will follow regularly until 2012: Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), The Funeral Wedding (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (same year), Sweeney Todd (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2009) and Dark Shadows. Since this adaptation of the famous gothic series, they have not worked together again, and the star of Pirates of the Caribbean had fewer film projects following accusations of domestic violence made against him by his ex-wife, Amber Heard.

“I’m sure there will be others,” replies Tim Burton, asked about the possibility of a new collaboration with Depp. For his next project, the adaptation of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman ? “You know, I never tell myself in advance: 'Oh, I'll take such and such an actor.' Rather, the casting comes from the film I'm working on, depending on what it says. The idea is to truly collaborate, to exchange ideas with the people around you.”

Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci at the 2024 Marrakech International Film Festival.

Is he preparing well for this remake of a 1958 SF classic, from a screenplay by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) ? This is what was announced at the start of the year, but here too, Burton is cautious:

“I learned very early on that until I'm on set, I can't tell if I'm really going to do it or not. I don't like to talk about my projects too much beforehand, because I I've worked on so many films… sometimes they get made, sometimes they don't. I don't want to jinx it. Look, I worked on one. SupermanFor example. There is another feature that I worked on for a long year, and which was never made. It’s quite traumatic.”

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