Already set for a March 9, 2012 release as per Disney, the feature-animation evolution of Tim Burton‘s 1984 career-breaking short Frankenweenie now has its voices. And they’re the usual Burton suspects. Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands, Beetle Juice) will voice the role of Elsa, Martin Landau (Ed Wood) to role of Mr. Rzykruski while Catherine O’Hara (Beetle Juice, Nightmare Before Christmas) and Martin Short (Mars Attacks!) will voice 5 characters each. Landau’s character is presumably the old man who brings his dead dog back to life after a tragic accident, Frankenstein style. [Deadline]
The script’s written by Burton regular John August (Corpse Bride, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The film will most likely be animated in the style of Nightmare and Corpse Bride as opposed to the original’s stop-motion format.
Below is the entire Frankenweenie short from 1984, in 3 parts:
Part 1:
Part 2:
And, finally, Part 3:
What do you think of the short? Will it translate to a feature well in your opinion?