Tim Burton Surprises Us With a Teaser for ‘Dumbo’
Tim Burton began his career as an animator at Disney, and his 2010 live-action remake of “Alice in Wonderland” grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. Now the studio is entrusting the director with another of its cherished titles, “Dumbo,” and a surprise teaser has just dropped.
But Mr. Burton brings a typically dark twist to the tale, as Dumbo is enlisted to appear at the ironically named Dreamland, a new entertainment mega-complex with a nightmarish underbelly.
The film reunites the director with Michael Keaton from “Batman” and “Beetlejuice,” and the actor’s nemesis from “Batman Returns,” Danny DeVito (a.k.a. the Penguin), as circus owners. Eva Green, who starred in Mr. Burton’s “Dark Shadows” and “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” also appears as an aerialist. Alan Arkin, who plays a Wall Street mogul, is not seen in the trailer.
“Dumbo” lands in theaters on March 29, 2019.
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