Tim Burton directed an adaptation of Ransom Riggs' book "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", which was released in September 2016, starring Asa Butterfield and Eva Green, in her second Burton film. Burton is in principal production on a live action adaptation of "Dumbo", with Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Michael Keaton starring. Around 2009, Henry Selick stated that he could make a sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas" if he and Burton could create a good story for it. In 2012, Shane Acker confirmed that Burton will work with Valve Corporation to create his next animated feature film, "Deep".
Tim Burton featuring Michael Keaton as the obnoxious bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, the film grossed $80 million on a relatively low budget and won an Academy Award for Best Makeup. It would be converted into a cartoon of the same name, with Burton playing a role as executive producer, that ran on ABC and later Fox. Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed studio executives, and he received his first big budget film, "Batman". The production was plagued with problems. Burton repeatedly clashed with the film's producers, Jon Peters and Peter Guber, but the most notable debacle involved casting. For the title