When Tim Burton had seemingly given himself a blank check by making a billion-dollar behemoth with Alice in Wonderland, he used it to look back and refurbish the childhood daydream that started it all ...

Yes, it’s another boy-and-his-dog story. Except that in “Frankenweenie” the dog happens to be deceased and the boy is, more or less, a mad scientist. Tim Burton’s 1984 short movie was a lot of fun and ...

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie will open this year's BFI London Film Festival. The stop motion animation sees a young boy (Charlie Tahan) attempting to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life via a ...

Walt Disney Pictures has scheduled in release dates for two of its big blockbusters for 2012. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, based on the director's 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back from the ...

(AP) As far as Tim Burton’s concerned, you can’t keep a good dog down. And you can’t keep a good, old-fashioned form of animation down, either. Burton’s boy-and-his-dead-dog tale “Frankenweenie” is ...